Director Of Store Design And Construction

About the Role:

As our Director of Construction, you will play a critical role in supporting the company's efforts to deliver on our ambitious store growth goals, overseeing the design and construction of our Franchisee's retail stores. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of relevant experience in high-growth retail or foodservice. Our Store Development team's mission is to open high-quality stores, on time and on budget.

Responsibilities:

• Develop the vision, strategy, processes, and resources for the Construction department to scale at the ambitious rate that we are looking to scale
• Directly oversee construction projects as required. Manage internal and external project team members, select contractors, coordinate with all vendors, conduct site inspections, monitor budgets, prepare weekly updates, and anticipate risks.
• Develop and execute strategies to deliver increasingly efficient and successful construction projects, balancing our brand vision with our business goals on every project
• Collaborate with our Real Estate team to conduct field surveys, estimate budgets, and perform due diligence on potential new locations, ensuring that aesthetic and construction concerns are accounted for
• Communicate project statuses and priorities with written/oral executive summaries and detailed reports to all relevant leaders and teams, helping us all stay coordinated and focused
• Collaborate with external architects, internal project managers, and our Retail team to uphold our design intentions while meeting budgets and the thorough specifications of city planning and building departments
• Directly oversee the Construction Project Managers
• Lead the store development process and collaborate with the Real Estate, Franchise Development and Operations teams to ensure the delivery of attractive and functional stores on time and on budget
• Project Managers are responsible for working with pre-selected General Contractors to ensure project completion to the standards we have set forth

Candidate Requirements:

• Extensive architectural, engineering, and construction materials and techniques knowledge.
• 10+ years managing retail construction projects.

• Self-starter with ability to work independently under minimal supervision.
• High degree of reliability with ability to travel extensively.
• Experience in a high-growth retail environment preferred.

Benefits : At Pinch A Penny you'll find plenty of excellent career advancement and training opportunities to support your career growth. Our generous benefits package includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision
• 401K with up to 4% company match
• Free Education with Purdue Global and Arizona Universities
• Excellent career advancement and training opportunities to support your career growth and much more!
• Eligible for Paid Time Off and 8 paid holidays

POOLCORP/PinchAPenny is a drug-free company.

POOLCORP/PinchAPenny is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. The Company understands, respects, and values diversity – unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions – while striving to be inclusive of all people. This commitment is critical to our success as a global company as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Hiring and promotional decisions are based solely on the qualifications required for the job to be filled.

This position is considered "safety-sensitive" and includes tasks or duties which could affect the safety and health of the employee performing the tasks or others.