Project and Construction Manager - Mid-EU

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**** **WHY WORK AT JOE & THE JUICE** JOE & THE JUICE is a people-centric food and beverage company built around culture, not just juice, sandwiches, coffee, and much more. When joining us, you step into a high-energy community where the music is loud, the bar is your stage, and your personality matters as much as your skills. We believe in four simple virtues that shape everything we do: - Positive Attitude - Inclusion - Social Ties - Growth For us, this means that when you choose a cup-half-full mindset, welcome people from every background, build real friendships across the bar by creating great guest experiences, and use every shift as a chance to learn something new — you become more than just a Juicer; like us, you continue to search and find purpose and meaning in what you do. From your first day, you’ll be part of an international network of Juicers who support each other, celebrate wins together, and push each other to grow. You will learn by doing, move through a clear Moneyball career path, and be part of a company where most leaders have earned their stripes behind the bar (fun fact: over 75% of our employees started as Juicers!). If you love fast-paced service, music, people, and the idea of turning a job into a lifestyle, JOE can become a place to build skills, friendships, and a career that can take you across cities, countries, and roles. **English: ABOUT THE JOB** The roll offered is to serve the Company as a Project and Construction Manager directly reporting to the Real Estate and Construction Director of Mid Europe mainly in the French speaking market (France, Belgium, Switzerland). On a Global level, the Mid EU Real Estate team will be reporting to the Company’s Vice President of Development/Construction and locally you will also work closely with the Mid EU Managing Director and the wider Mid EU operational teams. This role is responsible for leading store construction projects, overseeing the full lifecycle from design and planning through fit-out, commissioning, and handover while ensuring compliance, quality, budget control, and timely delivery. The position acts as the construction expert, building strong supplier and contractor networks, driving cost efficiencies, and collaborating closely with Real Estate, Operations, Finance, Design, and other stakeholders to protect brand standards and achieve successful store openings. Additionally, the role focuses on governance, health and safety, risk management, and continuous improvement by maintaining robust project controls, conducting post-project reviews, and providing clear updates to senior leadership. **KEY RESPONSIBILITIES** - Work closely with the Real Estate team to oversee and project manage the full technical and commercial lifecycle of new store projects end-to-end in Mid EU - Maintain strong knowledge of competitive market construction costs, technical benchmarks, and value-engineering opportunities - Manage key stakeholder engagement across Finance, CAPEX, Designers, Architects, Engineers, Contractors, IT and other departments - Technically review designs and specifications to ensure buildability, cost efficiency, and operational performance - Interpret technical construction documentation, including architectural, structural, and CAD drawings - Ensure compliance with retailer, landlord, health & safety, and regulatory requirements - Translate brand, design, and operational requirements into robust, technically compliant project delivery - Build and maintain strong collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders - Ensure brand equity is maximized in line with brand and retailer guidelines - Delivering retail store construction projects with high technical complexity - Coordinate and supervise detailed design phases, including technical design coordination between disciplines - Collaborate with supply chain partners and contractors to ensure engineering integrity and construction quality - Ensure compliance with retailer, landlord, and regulatory requirements - Deliver a clean, complete, and technically commissioned handover to the Mid- EU Operations teams - Prepare preliminary cost estimates and detailed construction schedules with critical path awareness - Obtain financial approvals and manage cost variance and technical change reporting - Tender projects and evaluate bids in collaboration with local architects and technical consultants - Maintain and communicate detailed project schedules - Conduct site inspections, technical quality checks, and manage defect resolution - Create and maintain risk registers, change logs, and budget trackers - Track cost savings using the project management tool - Ensure compliance with JOE standards, policies, and specifications - Provide weekly project status reporting, clearly highlighting technical, cost, and program risks - Manage snagging lists and final sign-offs with Real Estate and Operations - Approve final accounts and manage technical validation of invoices and variations - Maintain a budget tracker regarding our capex forecast - Conduct post-installation and post-opening technical reviews **KEY QUALIFICATIONS** - 5+ years experience managing food retail and construction projects, preferably for a growing large retail company - Strong cross functional coordination skills and ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy - Strong negotiations skills - Strong management skills - Capable in the budgeting and forecasting of Capex spend - Understanding of local regulations and standards - Office 365 sufficient capabilities required - Global mindset and muti-cultural understanding - Full clean driving license - Fluent English and French are needed - Available to work fully on-site **OUR BENEFITS** - Competitive salary with relocation support - Paid pension plan and health insurance - Great healthy nutritious meal-packages - Access to our global network of Juicers and high-energy work culture - Modern office environment in Paris - Opportunities for BTC (Behind the Counter) shifts, joining in the action at our bars - Social calendar including running clubs, wine tastings, creative events and more **Français:** **À PROPOS DU POSTE** Le poste proposé consiste à servir l'entreprise en tant que Responsable de Projet et Construction, rapportant directement à la Directrice/au Directeur Immobilier et Construction de Mid Europe, principalement sur le marché francophone (France, Belgique, Suisse). Au niveau mondial, l'équipe Immobilier Mid EU rapporte au/à la Vice-Président(e) Développement/Construction de l'entreprise, et localement, vous travaillerez également en étroite collaboration avec le/la Directeur(trice) Général(e) Mid EU et les équipes opérationnelles Mid EU au sens large. Ce poste est responsable de la conduite des projets de construction de magasins, en supervisant l'ensemble du cycle de vie, de la conception et la planification jusqu'à l'aménagement, la mise en service et la remise des locaux, tout en garantissant la conformité, la qualité, le contrôle budgétaire et le respect des délais. Le poste agit en tant qu'expert construction, en développant un solide réseau de fournisseurs et d'entrepreneurs, en générant des gains d'efficacité sur les coûts, et en collaborant étroitement avec les équipes Immobilier, Opérations, Finance, Design et autres parties prenantes afin de protéger les standards de la marque et de réussir les ouvertures de magasins. Par ailleurs, le poste se concentre sur la gouvernance, la santé et sécurité, la gestion des risques et l'amélioration continue, en maintenant des contrôles de projet rigoureux, en menant des revues post-projet et en fournissant des points d'avancement clairs à la direction. **PRINCIPALES RESPONSABILITÉS** - Travailler en étroite collaboration avec l'équipe Immobilier pour superviser et gérer l'ensemble du cycle de vie technique et commercial des nouveaux projets de magasins de bout en bout dans la zone Mid EU - Maintenir une bonne connaissance des coûts de construction du marché concurrentiel, des références techniques et des opportunités d'optimisation de la valeur (value engineering) - Gérer l'engagement des principales parties prenantes à travers la Finance, le CAPEX, les concepteurs, architectes, ingénieurs, entrepreneurs, l'IT et d'autres services - Examiner techniquement les conceptions et spécifications pour garantir la constructibilité, l'efficacité des coûts et la performance opérationnelle - Interpréter la documentation technique de construction, y compris les plans architecturaux, structurels et CAO - Garantir la conformité avec les exigences du distributeur, du bailleur, en matière de santé et sécurité, et réglementaires - Traduire les exigences de marque, de conception et opérationnelles en une livraison de projet solide et techniquement conforme - Construire et entretenir des relations de collaboration solides avec les