Construction Lead UK&Ireland - London/Nottingham based

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Your role: The Construction Lead UK&Ireland will be responsible for the team of Construction Project Managers. While every department's scope will be limited to its specific function, it is the duty of the Construction Lead to collect the flow of information and converge it into the project phases from design to realization and commissioning.

Main responsibilities:

• Coordinate and lead the Project Managers (2 internal head counts + various external local consultants) operating in the UK & Ireland Region for the brands of EssilorLuxottica, specifically for the following banners: David Clulow, Sunglass-Hut, Ray-Ban, Oakley, Vision Express, John Lewis Opticians.
• Oversee planning, detail design and construction engineering for Luxottica Brands Retail Stores in the UK&Ireland Region.
• Undertake construction engineering design on new and remodel projects with support from local consultants.
• Select local consultants and permit expeditors suitable for the project, sourced from the corporate vendor list of Luxottica procurement department.
• Manage relations with Local Authorities, Malls, Airports, Outlets centres, and Department stores involved in the project.
• Prepare reports, specifications, and technical analysis to fully define the design requirements, equipment, and services required.
• Provide technical direction within engineering design, building design, layouts, build details, schedules, and materials.
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables, create schedule and project timelines, define tasks and required resources.
• Manage budget, allocate project resources and collaborate with designers, R&D managers, consultants, and local country stakeholders.
• Lead quality assurance.
• Monitor and report on project progress, track deliverables.
• Share with stakeholders reports in progress as well as problems and solutions.
• Implement and manage process changes when necessary to meet updated outputs.
• Evaluate and assess the results of the project.

Main requirements:

• Delivering of Retail Stores: Deliver the Retail Store to the related market with the three main scopes: on time, on budget, on quality.
• Construction Budget: Budget cost evaluation and control and timing for the construction.
• Quality of the Execution: Quality of execution of the store and snag completion after opening.
• Effectiveness of the Communication: Communicate and transfer the main construction constraints and achievements to the related market and stakeholders.
• Network of interaction: INTERNAL: Departments of Construction, Property-Real Estate, Logistics, Procurement, Planning, Finance, Administration. EXTERNAL: General Contractors, Local Consultants, Permit Expeditors, Material Suppliers (IT, Digital, TVCC, Sound, etc.), Landlords representatives.

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