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Project Manager |Minor Hotels| Business Unit Northern Europe
Minor Hotels is a leading hotel owner, operator and investor in Thailand, Asia and around the world. From our first property in Hua Hin, Thailand, we have built a diverse portfolio of more than 540 hotels, resorts, and branded residences across six continents. Our commitment to environmentally friendly and ethical practices run deep and we always strive to be responsible members of the communities within which we operate. Built on a strong culture of entrepreneurialism, business performance and a passion for hospitality, our corporate brand is designed to lead the next phase of our development.
Reporting to the Director of the Projects and Construction area of Northern Europe, and/or to the Supervisor Project Managers, the Project Manager is amongst others responsible for repositioning the existing portfolio as well as new openings, and maintenance projects. This role involves managing the projects within key milestones, budget, and quality, analyzing costs and savings, risk assessment, forecasts, and creating and maintaining transparent reporting.
What will you do?
- You are responsible for the assigned projects in ordinary or extra ordinary CAPEX
- You are responsible for the repositioning projects of existing hotels and the realization projects of new openings
- Prior starting a new project, you take responsibility for the feasibility reporting of each initiative (preliminary cost / time estimates) and ensure the refurbishment agreed SoW (Scope of Work) according to BP (Business Plan) for repositioning and new openings
- You draft the execution plan and define the displacement in terms of available rooms inventory
- You undertake the cost control of the approved budget, KPI (Key Performance Index) monitoring
- Tendering, with analysis of the tender, technical and financial review, and recommendation for projects and CAPEX committee
- PO (Purchase Order) requests, contracting including the review of the construction agreements, coordination, and supervision during execution, check good receipt, together with other departments and external resources
- Regarding the design management, you coordinate the design team (interior designer, MEP engineers, fire prevention consultants, build team, etc.) in order to deliver a full design package (drawings, specifications, bill of quantities, etc.) as per agreed SoW and time schedule
- Regarding the construction management, you perform the Project Management, cost, scope, quality, planning, risk control, compliance with standards, KPI update, risk assessment, change management
- The regular legal inspections and permit management are just as much part of your work as ensuring regulatory compliance and preventive and corrective actions
- Regarding the handover and commissioning phase, you take care of snagging process, handover to hotel operation, collecting all as built, certificates and technical information to apply maintenance protocols, payment retentions and closure of the projects (permits, administrative, financial) with the close-out report.
What's in it for us?
Your Requirements:
- A resident of the Netherlands or Belgium
- You have a completed degree in architecture/engineering or construction management
- Experience in design and construction project management at both the technical and strategic level, with a range of experience between 5 and 10 years
- Experience in construction project management at both the technical and strategic level
- Experience in facility management, current industry, and market practices and standards.
- Relevant experience in the hotel industry is beneficial
- Very good knowledge of the construction industry as well as of construction costs in the local market(s)
- Very good knowledge of construction law(s), legislation(s), procedures, best practices, etc.
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office suite, incl. MS Project, AutoCAD
Your Skills:
- You have an innovative and creative mindset
- You are a team player and have good communication skills on different levels
- You have a proactive way of working and bring along a service vocation
- Strong organization skills, flexibility, quick reaction and pragmatism characterize you
- You can prioritize and anticipate issues, able to handle multiple tasks
- High analytical capacity
- You can keep an eye on the big picture, along with attention to detail
- Comfortable with collaborating with various internal and external partners at different levels.
- You stand for self-sufficiency and a strong sense of responsibility
- Decision-making and leadership skills
- You bring a high degree of willingness to travel
- Excellent in English, other languages such as Dutch, German or French are a plus
What's in it for you?
- Annual salary indication of 55.000 euro full time (40 hours per week)
- Free online & offline training organized by our own University.
- End of year bonus (up to 100% of monthly gross salary) & refer-a-friend bonus (500 EUR).
- Employee rates differing from 36 euros in all our hotels worldwide, 30% discount in the F&B outlets, and Friends & Family discount up to 25%. Various discounts in (web)shops.
- Team building events, trips and holiday parties.
- The opportunity to grow within our company worldwide.
Are you looking for a new challenge? Apply now!
Minor Hotels Europe & Americas is committed to an inclusive working environment in which everyone is valued and encouraged equally, therefor we warmly welcome people from all horizons & personal abilities.