At Scotmid Co-operative, we are focused on serving our local communities and improving people’s everyday lives through our different businesses. We’ve been doing this for more than 160 years, and we will continue to work hard to do this for many more years to come. We’re a co-operative, which means that we are run by our members for the benefit of the local communities that we serve.
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Head Office team at Newbridge, Edinburgh as a Store Implementation Project Manager.
The Role
The key function of this role is the management of projects for the convenience food retail business from inception to completion.
Key accountabilities will include:
The role will require involvement in the planning of projects up to a year in advance for capital expenditure and programming purposes, which will involve assessing the feasibility of projects, undertaking surveys and inspections, preparing budget costs, coordinating with consultants and in-house teams, obtaining statutory consents, and providing presentations to the wider development team.
In essence the successful candidate will have a lead role in the planning, executing, monitoring, controlling and completion of projects.
Our Ideal Candidate
To succeed in this role, you will have:
The role requires an ability to run projects from inception to completion and so the following skills are essential:
Our ideal candidate will be looking for the next step in their career and will be looking to develop as a Project Manager in a client-side role.
A professional qualification (MRICS/MAPM) would be desirable, but this is not essential.
Hours of Work
This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week. Daily working hours will generally be 8.30am – 5pm, Monday to Friday, but some flexibility will be required from time to time to meet the needs and requirements of the role. This role will be office based, with a degree of hybrid working available.
Salary and Benefits