At L.L.Bean, we believe the outdoors brings out the best in all of us. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging and creating safe, inclusive spaces where everyone feels welcome—both here and Outside. We value individual differences and are dedicated to maintaining an inclusive work environment where everyone can bring the best of their experience and talents and truly thrive.
L.L.Bean is currently seeking a Construction Project Manager to oversee and direct construction of assigned stores or corporate facilities. In this critical role you will ensure construction adheres to contract plans and specifications and communicate directly with contractors and designers concerning project scope, cost and scheduling through meetings and project status reports. ***A minimum of four days in the office in Freeport, Maine required.
Responsibilities:
- Applying in-depth knowledge of construction methods, processes and procedures to manage contractors building retail stores or corporate facilities. Correctly interpret site and building plans and specifications to ensure construction is properly completed. May coordinate multiple simultaneous efforts including store construction and/or corporate construction efforts.
- Participating in the selection of contractors. Process includes contractor pre-evaluation, bidding of plans and specifications, evaluation of proposals and recommendation of contractors to consider.
- Development and administration of project plans including scope, budgets and schedules. Integrates and coordinates the efforts of internal resources that may include Retail Store Management, Electrical, HVAC, General Maintenance (wood shop), Network Services, Security, Procurement, and Risk Management.
- Responsible for conducting inspections of the construction site throughout process. Will identify project status variances and suggest solutions/alternatives to mitigate delays or other issues. Site visits will typically require multi-day/week presence as project is initiated, with weekly visits as internal fit up occurs and then extended 5-6 day/week presence prior to store or facility opening.
- Communicating weekly project status reports to appropriate parties across the organization. Will directly work with various parties such as architects, engineers, consultants, code enforcement authorities, public service providers, etc.
- Reporting unsafe work practices and environmental conditions. Responsible for orienting the contractor to and applying the L.L.Bean Contractor Safety Program at the work site. Will communicate infractions to appropriate internal and external authorities.
- Reconciliation and payment of invoices per L.L.Bean corporate practices.
- Assume additional responsibilities as directed.
Health and Safety Requirement: Every employee is responsible for contributing to a safe and healthy workplace. Employees are expected to be active participants in health and safety by following all safety policies and procedures, reporting unsafe conditions or at-risk behaviors to leadership, and conducting work in a safe manner. Those in a leadership role are also expected to model safe behaviors, evaluate risk, and ensure that risks are reduced to acceptable levels.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Excellent functional, process and/or technical skills related to the sixteen divisions of construction
- Familiar with using project management software, such as Microsoft Project
- Knowledge of AIA (American Institute of Architects) contract administration
- Knowledge of L.L.Bean Contractor Safety Program requirements
- Broad knowledge of project management and business skills
- Demonstrated success coordinating retail or corporate construction efforts of significant scope (cross functional impact, managing project budgets in excess of 500K and efforts lasting greater than 6 months)
- Strong communication skills with ability to communicate across wide range of audiences
- Strong organizational and analytical skills
- Strong people management skills
- Understanding of group dynamics and proven ability to gain cooperation across multiple teams and disciplines
- Ability to influence across wide range of audiences including the highest levels of management
- Bias for action; driven to obtain issue resolution and project closure
- Certification in Construction Project Management preferred
- Must be able and available to travel extensively (both distance and length of stay); 40-100% of workweek depending on phase of project and project status
If you care about the outdoors, joining L.L.Bean is a great way to feel good about what you do. Our benefits package makes a good thing even better, with programs and perks designed to support your health and financial goals. Plus, maintaining a healthy work-life balance and re-charging outside are all part of the plan.
If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you'd be great at this role, we'd love to learn more about you! At L.L.Bean, we believe the outdoors brings out the best in all of us. We strive to reflect this every day in our commitments to employees and partners and in our efforts to promote belonging.