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McDonald's Construction Project Manager in Midlands, United Kingdom
Company Description:
Who are McDonald’s?
McDonald’s has run its business in the UK since 1974 and celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The business currently operates over 1,450 restaurants across the UK and Ireland, serving almost four million customers each day. McDonald’s is one of the UK’s largest private sector employers, employing over 177,000 people.
McDonald’s UK & Ireland has a proven track record of investing in the development of its employees and offering flexibility as part of its dedication to being a modern and progressive company. Every year, it invests over £40 million in developing people, giving every one of its employees the opportunity to take part in structured training.
McDonald’s buys ingredients from over 23,000 British and Irish farmers and spends over £1.1billion annually on its food and packaging requirements. McDonald’s is committed to supporting British and Irish farmers to ensure it can continue to source many of its ingredients from the UK and Ireland.
McDonald’s is a market leader in its field, striving for the highest standard of quality, speed and restaurant experience. Re-generation of our restaurant infrastructure, covering digital ordering, re-imaging and dual-point service make working at McDonald’s more exciting than ever!
We are dedicated to using our scale for good: good for people, our industry and the planet. From bold recycling initiatives and sustainable sourcing efforts to our partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities, we see every day as a chance to have a genuine impact on our customers, our people and our partners.
We're a people business just as much as we are a restaurant business. We strive to be the most inclusive brand in the world by building diverse teams who create delicious, feel good moments that are easy for everyone to enjoy. Joining McDonald's means thinking big every day and preparing for a career that can have impact around the world.
Company Vision and Culture
Our Global vision is to build a better McDonald’s and in the UK and Ireland we are working hard to be the UK & Irelands best-loved restaurant company.
McDonald’s is defined by its culture. Our culture shapes and informs everything we think and everything we do. Our culture influences the way we interact with each other, and how we interact with customers, franchisees and suppliers. Our culture motivates and inspires us to attract and retain great talent, creating positive, energising, exceptional working environment for us all.
Our values drive our culture and shape our beliefs, our priorities and our actions. They influence the decisions we make, how we treat one another and how we show up as a brand to the world.
Serve: We put our customers and our people first
Inclusion: We open our doors to everyone
Integrity: We do the right thing
Community: We are good neighbours
Family: We get better together
Job Description:
The Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for to join our Construction Team as a Project Manager. We are looking for a hardworking and ambitious individual to join our dynamic team managing construction projects for one of the most valuable and iconic brands in the world.
With the support and guidance of a Senior Project Manager you will have an instrumental role in helping the team to deliver reimage and refurbishment projects to our ever growing estate of over 1,700 restaurants across the UK and Republic of Ireland.
What will my accountabilities be?
With the support and guidance of a Senior Project Manager, you will manage the full lifecycle of reinvestment construction projects. You will undertake scoping and design review meetings with key stakeholders, notably franchised owner/operators and their teams, as well as external consultants and contractors.
What Team will I be a part of?
You will be a part of the Construction Department and more specifically the Reinvestment Team, which is responsible for undertaking refurbishment and improvement projects of existing leasehold and freehold properties on both company owned and franchised restaurants. The property portfolio consists of both modular and traditionally constructed drive-thru and high street restaurants. The Reinvestment Team has an extensive programme of works to refurbish and reimage everyone of our 1,700+ restaurants on a rolling 10 year programme.
Who are my customers?
Primarily you will be providing your services to the Franchised owner/operators, their management teams and crew as well as the Operations Teams for the company-owned restaurants that you will be working in.
You will also need to consider the customer experience during the design process and ensure that they are put first in all decisions.
Qualifications:
What background do I need to have?
Ideally, you will have experience working client-side for a retail or QSR business, or as a project manager within a consultancy however more important than your background is what you bring to the role:
Eager to learn with a proven record of managing multiple in-flight projects.
Comfortable forming, leading and managing teams of consultants to deliver project scope.
Skilled in managing multi-disciplinary professional teams.
Commercially astute with the ability to quickly build and maintain excellent professional relationships.
Capable of influencing key decision-makers.
Empathetic to understand physical and operational problems within restaurants and help find innovative and imaginative solutions.
Comfortable with hybrid working and traveling to sites to chair project progress meetings and design reviews.
Our team culture is one of high professional standards, a flat hierarchy, and a genuine desire to share knowledge, best practices, and success. We encouraged everyone to make bold decisions and work independently, with guidance and reassurance available when required.
Note a full UK driving licence is essential for this role.
Additional Information:
At McDonald’s we are People from all Walks of Life...
People are at the heart of everything we do and they make the McDonald’s experience. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture that means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices, which helps us to better serve our customers.
We have a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities, which we are proud of. The diversity of our people, customers, Franchisees and suppliers give us strength.
We do not tolerate inequality, injustice or discrimination of any kind. These are hugely important issues and a brand with our reach and relevance means we have a very meaningful role to play.
We also recognise our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities, helping to develop skills and drive aspirations that will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it, whether with McDonald’s or elsewhere."
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