Project Manager

Job Description

CKitchen is a leading retailer of restaurant supplies in the nation, with multiple industry recognitions. CKitchen takes pride in its accomplishments, which would not have been possible without the dedicated and hardworking team. Join CKitchen today and make a difference by creating legendary experiences together.

Job Summary

Job Summary: The CKitchen Project Manager is responsible for managing projects from start to finish. The Project Manager collaborates with the Contracts, Sales, Installation teams, and construction company partners to lead projects. The Project Manager is responsible for ensuring World Class Customer Service delivery and achieving financial results.

Core Accountabilities

• Understands the project scope and efficiently builds an execution plan
• Collaborates with supporting workgroups to establish timelines and execute schedules
• Participates in project estimates, final budgets, cost tracking and reconciliation
• Ensures consistent project specific communications between contributing workgroups and customer
• Builds valuable operational and financial relationships with partners, vendors, customers, and subcontractors

Project Site Specific

• Accountable for obtaining and confirming field measurements and assessing site readiness and condition
• Collaborates with the Installation Manager to coordinate and manage work by subcontractors
• Provides value engineering suggestions and solutions in collaboration with sales, install, and customers
• Ensures CKitchen services conduct themselves safely, positively, and professionally at all times
• Completes detailed documentation of all safety-related close calls and incidents on and off site

Administrative

• Effectively documents, communicates, and processes project scope changes with supporting workgroups
• Proactively manages and monitors budgets, remedies variances, diagnoses discrepancies, and resolves issues
• Ensures the field operations calendar is updated, and daily reports on project progress are recorded
• Monitors project equipment orders to ensure timely deliveries and communicates delays and changes

CKitchen Essentials

• Develops and cultivates professional relationships that promote and add value to the CKitchen brand
• Provides leadership and supports a positive collaborative work environment and culture at CKitchen
• Fosters a work environment that promotes a world-class experience in every facet of our organization

Desired Knowledge and Skills:

• Background in all aspects of construction project management, including contracts, AIA billing, scheduling, reading blueprints, submittals, and building codes
• Experience working in the institutional construction field, including schools, hospitals, and government entities
• Requires hands-on, diverse knowledge of food preparation equipment, including ranges, freezers, refrigerators, steamers, ovens, hot holding units, cold holding units, fryers, etc.
• Ability to read, interpret, understand, and apply all relevant Federal State, County and City codes, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, policies, and procedures
• Excellent organizational, communication, and time-management skills
• Knowledgeable with Project Management software, preferred
• Advanced computer skills (CRM and Microsoft Suite, Procore)
• Knowledge of the foodservice equipment industry required
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and translate them into specific requirements
• Proven ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously

Minimum Qualifications (knowledge, skills & abilities): To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and/or Experience: Associate degree with a minimum of 2+ years of relevant experience in project management, commercial food equipment business, or an equivalent combination.