Construction Manager

Construction Manager

Carrols Restaurant Group, headquartered in Syracuse, NY, is a subsidiary of Burger King Corporation. Carrols operates over 1,000 Burger King locations across 23 states and approximately 60 Popeyes locations in 6 states. Carrols currently employes over 25,000 people in our restaurants and our Home Office. We've been in the quick service restaurant business for over 60 years, so we know a little bit about success. We're all about finding talented people and giving them the tools and knowledge to make it to the top.

At Carrols, a job is never just a job. It's a career. We are excited to search and bring on a new team member in our Construction department and we are currently recruiting for a Construction Manager to join our team.

The Construction Manager is responsible for the daily construction activities in a geographical assigned area in support of the Carrols construction build plan while providing major maintenance oversight.

Summary of Key Job Responsibilities:

• Initiate, establish and maintain working relationships with architect/engineer and subcontractors to facilitate construction activities. Organize, conduct and represent the company at project coordination meetings at regular agreed upon intervals.
• Collaborate with Real Estate and Legal Department in all issues of development.
• Manage and prepare bid proposals, site plans, building plans and specifications, and direct architects and civil engineers during plan development.
• Review and coordinate all scheduling, bids and proposals.
• Manages control of all projects to achieve completion within budget.
• Effectively communicate the schedules of construction projects to executive staff, regional operations personnel and home office staff as needed.
• Inspect each project site to ensure compliance to Carrols Corporation, Burger King Corporation and building code specifications.
• Attend public hearings as applicable with Federal, State, County and local officials in order to achieve the "right to build".
• Coordinate submittals of plans and specifications for review by code officials and respond to review comments as necessary.
• Prepare capital improvement budgets for presentation of executive staff, Real Estate and Construction Departments.
• Establish and maintain open lines of communication between peers and CM's to enable professional assistance, collaboration and development.
• Manage cost controls for specific projects including management and tracking of subcontractor change orders against approved project scope and budget.
• Responsible for obtaining all necessary permits and licenses.
• Investigate delays and bad weather emergencies at construction site to ensure proper procedures are carried out.
• Possess working knowledge of all construction standards, projects plans, specifications, owner contract, subcontracts, purchase orders, and all other project related standards & documents.
• Manage closeout process to ensure completion of works and required closeout documents.
• Responsible for OSHA safety requirements for all workers on project site during construction.

Requirements & Qualifications:

• BS in Engineering or Construction Management Preferred with minimum 3 years' experience in ground-up construction and remodels or Trade/Vocational/Community College grad with minimum 5-10 years' experience with ground-up construction and remodels.
• Demonstrated competency in the areas of estimating, scheduling, budgeting/cost control, insurance, field supervision, financial reporting, interpersonal skills, with general knowledge of ADA OSHA safety requirements.

The salary range for this position is $90,000 - 135,000 per year depending on experience. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.