Project Manager – Catering Fit Out

Croydon, Greater London
£45,000-55,000 per year
Permanent
Full-time

22 days ago

IFSE Group design, build and fit-out award-winning restaurants and commercial kitchen facilities for companies across the UK, from the high street brands to office and B&I food and beverage facilities. From a single piece of equipment to a full turn-key package, we treat every project with exactly the same care and efficiency, creating great results for our customers, our partners and our team.About the role:Due to a high level of inbound enquiries, IFSE are seeking to add a project manager to our successful team.The company undertakes restaurant design and build contracts from concept to competition and the project manager is responsible for the successful delivery of our design, build and fit out projects.As the project moves from an opportunity to a contract, the project manager will work closely with the sales team to review the detail and will begin planning the programme and will co-ordinate the installation and trade teams.Key Responsibilities:

Liaise with the Operations Director and Order Processing Administrator to establish details regarding equipment, including special fabrication. This will involve taking part in a handover meeting to be held between PM, SM and Operations.
Liaise with the Client or Main Contractor to establish IFSE requirements and expectations and to assist with any technical queries that they may have.
Liaise with the IFSE Design Office to check layout drawings and to co-ordinate any necessary alterations.
Expedite and check fabrication drawings with the specialist sub-contractors and ensure that all such drawings are issued and approved. To raise orders for special fabrication once full site dimensions are available. This involves preparation of sketches.
Ensure the cost effectiveness and profitability of all special fabrication orders, liaising with the OP Administrator/Projects Director and negotiating with fabricators regarding price and manufacturing programmes as necessary.
Ensure all variations are covered by either IFSE variation order or client Purchase Order/Site Instruction and to ensure that variations are prepared and signed off promptly and passed to the Operations Director for processing into the project spreadsheet and order/invoice log.
Generate and collate pre-installation Health and Safety documentation and Method/Risk Assessments. Checking to ensure these are acceptable and co-ordinating with third parties as necessary. Manage the installation to ensure maximum efficiency, quality and on-time completion, supervising the ifse installation engineers/sub-contractors and coordinating any requirements during the installation period.
Carry out a project handover with the client involving snagging, co-ordination of commissioning and staff training.
Liaise with Operations Director to communicate when completed projects are ready to be invoiced and ensure that all IFSE contractual requirements are met with regard to certification and Operating and Maintenance Manuals.

What we’re looking for:

Understanding the principles of catering design
Have excellent customer focus and interpersonal skills
Enjoy working within a busy team environment
Have a broad knowledge of commercial catering equipment and all associated works required to equip a commercial kitchen
Experience with Microsoft Office suite and CRM software

What you’ll receive:

A competitive salary depending on experience.
Company car (details to be agreed)
Discretionary annual bonus (paid in April/May) which is related to the success of the company for the year
Private Health Care (after 20 weeks service)
Generous Company Pension (4% company contribution)
Life cover amounting to 4x salary (after 20 weeks service)
Paid annual leave: 25 days + public holidays. Following the third year of service, leave increases by one day per year, up to a maximum of 30 says annual leave. Bank holidays are paid in additional to the above annual leave

Additional Information:Overseas candidates will NOT be considered for this role. We are not sponsoring Visa’s at this time, so please refrain from applying unless eligible to work in the UK.Work schedule of 9am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, with on-site parking available and the IFSE offices are within a 5 minute walk of the Waddon Marsh tram stop.Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV for this role.Candidates with experience of; Project Management, Project Design, Project Estimator, Project Planning, Project Coordinator, Project Director, Senior Project Lead, Senior Project Manager, Senior Project Coordinator, Project Lead, Catering Project Manager, Construction Project Manager will all be considered.How can we help?If you have any questions and you would rather chat to a member of our team please email or call us about this role.CV Writing TipsGet helpful tips and tools for writing an awesome CV.Apply for this roleFirst NameLast NameEmailPhone numberCovering letterLinkedIn URLGRPRa class="form-link" href="/privacy/"
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