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SalaryCompany Introduction: T&T Supermarket Inc. was founded in 1993 with two stores in BC. Since then, it has expanded rapidly and is now Canada’s largest Asian supermarket chain with 33 stores across the country: 14 in BC, 7 in Alberta, 11 in Ontario, and 1 in Quebec. The Company’s continuous expansion is going to bring more new stores in the next couple of years.
The Role: Reporting to the CPO, the Director, Construction, holds the responsibility of leading and supervising the construction team of the Engineering Department for North America. This team supports all construction activities for new store development and existing facilities including stores, food production centers, warehouse, and support centers across North America.
- Major Responsibilities: Responsible for the scope of work and budgets for new builds and expansions for all building and site construction; accurately forecast cost estimates. Identify complete scope of work required to encompass operations requirements and needs.
- Complete clear and concise tender documents, allowing for competitive pricing of projects; review sites to ensure geo/environmental issues are addressed cost efficiently.
- Provide strategies for all contract requirements and follow up with proper bid analysis and signed documentation.
- Spearhead and manage the civil engineering of all sites in a cost-effective manner; monitor project costs closely, identify “extras” early, and ensure appropriations are prepared and signed off prior to proceeding.
- Ensure schedules are maintained in an environment that balances moral motivation and cohesiveness.
- Ensure construction projects run smoothly and contractors meet deadlines. Monitor schedules and resolve delays to meet completion date. Advise business of delays.
- Provide technical expertise on construction related issues.
- Ensure work is completed to T&Ts standards and specifications.
- Minimize the long-term maintenance costs of the building.
- Set and enforce standards for inspections and testing by all Consultants.
- Ensure building/site/off site standards meet T&T requirements.
- Proactively seek opportunities to reduce costs for construction.
- Knowledge, Skills and Ability Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, or related fields.
- Minimum of 20 years of work experience in building engineering and/or the construction industry.
- Extensive experience in construction of supermarkets and/or commercial kitchen development.
- 10-15 years of managerial experience in general construction industry is preferred.
- Deep practical engineering knowledge with a proven track record in timely project delivery, project management, cost control, and ensuring customer satisfaction.
- Significant experience in strategic facilities and construction planning, capital construction management, real estate development, and/or asset management for a large, multi-site organization.
- Familiar with Canadian regulations and legal compliance.
- Familair with setup of Asian supermakret is an asset.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and interpret blueprints and other technical documents.
- Strong business acumen, strategic perspective, consultative, planning, and implementation skills
- Demonstrated strong leadership and supervisory experience, ability to lead by example, delegate appropriately, manage, and motivate the team.
- Strong problem-solving, decision-making, critical thinking, and job task planning and organizing ability.
- High level of integrity and work ethics; ability to work independently with excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Effective team player with the ability to interact with various internal and external stakeholders.
- Capability to bring knowledge, creativity, and discipline to the position to drive results and adhere to established fundamental processes.
- Experience in a demanding, fast-paced, or retail environment will be an asset.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project Management)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English; ability to communicate in Chinese (Cantonese and/or Mandarin) is an asset.
- Possession of a valid driver’s license with the ability to travel as required.
Benefits
- Quarterly discretionary bonus
- Life/AD&D insurance
- Extended health/dental/vision care
- Long term disability insurance
- Retirement benefit
- Paid annual/sick/marriage/bereavement leave
- Subsidized staff meal
- In-store staff purchase discount
Shift
5-day work week (Monday to Friday), 9:00am – 5:30pm
Safety Statement
Safety continues to be T&T Supermarket’s top priority. We’ve established health and safety policies and measures to ensure our Stores, Food Processing & Production Centres and Warehouse & Distribution are as safe as possible.
