Johannesburg: Project Manager (Real Estate) posted by AtripleA recruitment & temps

About the Role

Our client in the Real Estate industry is seeking a Project Manager to provide technical assistance and on-site supervision for the complete development of company restaurants in an assigned territory, in compliance with company policies, plans, and specifications.

Key Responsibilities

• Promotes the development of outside consultants and contractors.
• Maintains working relationships and is the construction resource for the system.
• Cultivates and promotes positive working relationship with other departments, outside organizations, community groups, and municipal authorities.
• Communicates and implements corporate policies and procedures.
• Ensures quality control standards for Construction (cost, time, conformity with specifications, etc.)
• Optimizes site development processes
• Evaluates low-cost-best/value for all buildings, site, and construction costs.
• Responsible for managing the project budget.
• Conducts site checks and needs analysis on requirements to build and open a restaurant.
• Uses the building program guidelines to determine a building style and size, consulting with the Design Department.
• Assists the Real Estate Department to secure zoning and planning commission and/or council approvals.
• Obtains a Final Site Plan and updates buildings plans, submitting for permits.
• Assembles the contract package per corporate procedures.
• Furnishes the Construction Management with a letter of explanation.
• Initiates and verifies purchase orders for materials and equipment furnished by the company.
• Visits the site at regular intervals to make inspection and guarantee that improvements are being made which meets plans and specifications.
• Fills out the job inspection form to document pertinent data and indicate the progress of construction after every job site visit.
• Assures that the HVAC installation is inspected by the respective consultant to ensure compliance with standards.
• Contacts the Operations to arrange a joint site visit.
• Assures that the operator decides on the installation of his buyouts in conjunction with the store opening date.
• Confirms the final development cost of the project, which must be done within 7 days after opening.
• Approves all invoices for payment, including proper forms, waiver of liens, change orders, for each job.
• Instructs Field Service to obtain the operator’s check to pay for the cost of construction extras indicated in the Construction Agreement and any subsequent agreement two days prior to turnover of the building.
• Coordinates and installs all ESSD-related disciplines, specific to that single job, monitoring all costs and invoices approval.
• Determines when the building and site are acceptable for installation of kitchen equipment and various other operator buyouts in accordance with company standards.
• Meets at the site with contractor, Operations people, and the store operator within 14 days from opening, making inspection of building and site, executing the formal snag-list (punch list) itemizing construction deficiencies which must be satisfactorily correct before acceptance of the project is complete.
• Meets, eleven months after the store opens for business, at the site with the operator to make a structural and courtesy inspection, following up on latent and patent defects.

Requirements

• Any relevant Construction/Management Degree
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience in Project Management and Development Management

Qualifications

(No qualifications mentioned in the original job description)