Specialist, Construction

Duties

In addition to following McDonald’s policies and procedures, principal accountabilities include, but are not limited to:

Construction Projects (80%):

• This will be a hybrid role, supporting Construction Managers within the McDonalds Construction department, as well as supporting National Initiatives and management of data reporting against targets.
• Assist with the preparation, circulation, and approvals of capital budgets and purchase orders.
• Verify all necessary paperwork has been submitted by general contractor (GC) prior to construction ground break as well as assist with GC PO creation, monthly draws, change orders and retainage release.
• Vendor (supplier) management, including requests for quotes during project tender, coordination, scheduling, reviewing quotes, dealing with escalations, troubleshooting, etc.
• Assistance with receipting for payment of project invoices.
• Set up new vendors, GC’s, and suppliers in accounts payable system including training those new parties on the accounting system.
• Monitor and update key milestone schedules and budgets within McDonalds Corporate databases.
• Ensure projects files are organized, maintained, updated per McDonalds Corporate standards.
• Collect and file all GC project closeout documents such as deficiency lists, as-built drawings, operations & maintenance manuals, etc.
• Ensure project accounting is fully invoiced and closed out with 120 days from the store Grand Opening date.
• Occasional travel for meetings with National team and project site visits.

Admin Support (20%):

• Support Construction Team and Leadership on various admin tasks, including:

• • Setting up meeting invites and reminders, including weekly meetings with Construction Managers to review projects.
  • Coordinates/Plans for various meetings.
  • Putting together meeting agendas.
  • Taking meeting minutes and distributing.
  • Generating reports from McDonalds database.