Construction Project Manager

About Action

Action is Europe's major retail success story. We grew from a single store in Enkhuizen (in Netherlands) into an international retail organization in the space of 30 years, with over 3 000 stores in 13 countries.

Impressive numbers, but what really matters to us is people. Our customers, whom we want to surprise everyday with amazing products for low prices and of course, our employees, who work every day to make a success of our company and themselves.

Purpose of the Job

As a Real Estate Project Manager you will be part of the construction team in Portugal and you will report to the Construction Manager.

The main focus of the job lies in executing the construction of new stores and renovation of existing stores. Your main responsibilities will be to carry out and advise on technical inspections and to ensure that the preparation, planning, costing, reporting and execution of all construction projects run smoothly.

Areas Of Responsibility

• Construction Support
• Prepares and executes technical inspections on both potential and owned buildings
• Draws up technical inspection reports and provides feedback to the Construction Manager
• Prepares and owns the process of cost calculation in the different phases of a project and financially closes the projects and hands it over to Store Operations and technical maintenance
• Makes an overall planning for the projects from lead till opening
• Oversees the execution of and quality control on construction activities and monitors the time planning, including on site activities
• Ensures that the preparations of construction activities and project planning are executed accordingly (in collaboration with the Acquisition Manager and Store Designer)
• Takes care of collecting, documenting, administrating and registration of relevant information related to construction projects.
• Communication
• Initiates, maintains and expands contacts with multiple relevant external parties (contractors, suppliers, municipality and local entities);
• Ensures a continuous share of information and communication with relevant internal and external parties (national and international)
• Provide input and recommend improvements from daily practice, with respect to processes , procedures, working methods and systems within the department.

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