Sr. Manager, Development Projects
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Process due diligence for new development projects, including scheduling and communication with consultants, tracking progress, reviewing submitted reports, providing recommended action steps, and coordinating the distribution of reports.
- Manage the plan production and permitting process in partnership with our internal design team for new company cafes, Fresh Dough Facility projects and/or any development project that might require plans and/or permits.
- Communicate with design consultants, permit expediters, landlords, utility companies and city officials throughout due diligence, design, and pre-construction phases of development projects.
- Coordinate the shop drawing review, approval and distribution process between Design, Construction, consultants and Panera Purchasing.
- Manage overall project schedules utilizing Procore to create and continuously update all cafe projects.
- Identify, manage, and minimize risks associated with challenging project variables throughout entire project lifecycles.
- Monitor all Company projects for consultant compliance with plan distribution to vendors, general contractors, landlords and other applicable parties.
- Manage the distribution and tracking of all incoming and outgoing plans and specifications from Existing Conditions (EC) packages and Site Investigation Reports (SIRs) through final construction documents.
- Maintain consistent focus on assisting development teams in reducing timelines and overall project durations from initial Development Committee review (1st Pass) to intermediate review (2nd Pass) through final review (CDO) to ultimately increase team productivity.
- Schedule, produce, distribute, and present for review (1st pass, 2nd pass and CDO) packages of new projects to the Senior Development team.
- Prepare and present project status reports on all applicable development projects at regularly scheduled project status meetings.
- Process the consultant, general contractor, municipal fees and miscellaneous vendor invoicing and payment applications.
Qualifications (Education & Experience):
- 5+ years’ experience working in prior job-related field such as construction or development projects.
- Previous experience with permit expediting, scheduling multi-unit development or similar experience.
- Previous experience obtaining permits from cities and municipalities, initiating preliminary plans, surveying sites, and preparing site reports.
- Excellent computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project (Tango experience preferred, not required).
- Strong organizational and scheduling skills.
- Ability to work both independently and as a team player and thrive in a fast paced, high-pressure environment dependent on managing multiple project timelines and schedules simultaneously.
- Strong work ethic, high degree of professionalism with the ability to work with little supervision, handle multiple tasks in an organized manner, produce quality work and meet strict deadlines.
- BS or BA in architecture or related field preferred.
- Up to 10% travel as needed for meetings and/or to site locations.
Working Conditions:
- This role works from either the Support Center office (Boston or St. Louis) or remote. Occasional overnight travel necessary when attending team and/or corporate events and meetings.
Physical Requirements:
- While performing this job, the incumbent is regularly required to stand, sit, talk hear & use hands and fingers to operate keyboards. May require lengthy time in bakery-cafe including pre-opening/post-closing timeframes.
Saint Louis Support Center
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What We Do
Panera began in 1987 as St. Louis Bread Company, a humble community bakery founded with a sourdough starter from San Francisco and a dream of putting a loaf of bread in every arm. While our business has expanded well beyond St. Louis since then, that same sourdough starter is still used in our iconic sourdough bread and the craft of baking bread fresh each day remains at the heart of Panera Bread. Each day, our trained bakers fill our bakery shelves with delicious freshly baked cookies, pastries, bagels, and a range of breads from focaccia to classic baguettes.
We believe in serving delicious, freshly prepared, clean food made with carefully selected ingredients that we are proud to serve our own families. Our menu, crafted by chefs and bakers, features classic, comforting dishes, each with an intriguing twist.
We respect our planet and take measures to lessen our impacts. We believe in treating people with warmth, kindness, and respect, whether it’s a guest in our cafe or one of our associates. And we believe in helping our local communities, especially in times of need.
We’re also focused on improving quality and convenience. With investments in technology and operations, we offer omni-channel access to your Panera favorites – like mobile ordering, catering, and Rapid Pick-Up® for to-go orders, Curbside pick-up and delivery – all designed to make things easier for our guests.
Today, Panera operates as both Panera Bread® or Saint Louis Bread Co St. Louis Bread Company in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Canada.
Panera Bread is privately held by JAB Holding Company. Panera Bread is part of Panera Brands, one of the largest fast-casual restaurant platforms in the U.S., comprised of Panera Bread®, Caribou Coffee® and Einstein Bros.® Bagels.
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