The Manager Construction & Facilities is responsible for all aspects of interior and exterior store planning, construction, and facilities improvements on assigned projects. As part of a collective leadership team this individual works closely with Store Planners, Facilities Managers, Store Operations, Visual Merchandising, and Store Managers. This position manages the day-to-day activities of external consultants, contractors, and vendors, in coordination with mall managers and landlords.
Essential Functions:
• Schedules and manages the construction of capital and expense projects including interior and exterior building construction, fixture installation, preventative maintenance, and facility systems repairs/replacements.
• Prepares, tracks, and reports detailed project scopes, construction schedules, budgets, and progress reports on all assigned projects.
• Communications include frequent calls, attending meetings, site visits, and updating schedules, reports and photos for the store planning team, operations, asset protection, visual merchandising, real estate, IT, and finance.
• Works closely with the divisional management and store managers in preparing construction-phasing plans for remodel projects.
• Validates, approves, and tracks all field generated change orders timely.
• Ensures that the quality of all building construction and interior fixture installation follows Belk’s drawings and specifications and that all workmanship is acceptable to Belk’s standard of quality.
• Performs thorough inspections and detailed punch lists for the contractors.
• Develops the scope of work, cost estimates, project budgets, and schedules for capital and expense projects.
• Manages the bidding process for contractors on all assigned projects.
• Provides recommendations and feedback for plans, specifications, contractors, and value engineering.
• Coordinates Facilities and Maintenance Projects such as roof repairs, parking lot repaving, HVAC repairs, vertical transportation upgrades, landscaping, and signage.
• Stays abreast of building codes, ADA requirements, recent technologies, and industry trends. May include attending trade shows, seminars, and web-based forums.
• Focuses on customer service, flexibility, and innovation.
• Able to travel to stores, off site facilities, and Home Office up to 50% of the time.
Minimum Education/Experience/Skills:
• Education: Preferred 4-year degree in Construction Management, Architecture, or Engineering
• Experience: Preferred 5 years management in retail store planning, construction, or facilities
- 5 years working in Microsoft 365
• Preferred Skills: 5 years working in Microsoft Project, CAD, BIM and/or CMMS
Technical knowledge of HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing and Vertical Transportation
Familiarity with leases and AIA contract documents
Supervisor: Director Store Planning & Facilities
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