At Scotmid Co-operative, we are focused on serving our local communities and improving people’s everyday lives through our different businesses. We’ve been doing this for more than 160 years, and we will continue to work hard to do this for many more years to come. We’re a co-operative, which means that we are run by our members for the benefit of the local communities that we serve.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Head Office team at Newbridge, Edinburgh as a Store Implementation Project Manager.

The Role

The key function of this role is the management of projects for the convenience food retail business from inception to completion.

Key accountabilities will include:

• The roll out of specific in store initiatives including Food to Go/bakery
• The management of replacement refrigeration installations to food stores
• The management of refits
• The fit out of new stores
• The coordination of the construction of new stores
• The value of projects will range from £5,000 to £2,000,000

The role will require involvement in the planning of projects up to a year in advance for capital expenditure and programming purposes, which will involve assessing the feasibility of projects, undertaking surveys and inspections, preparing budget costs, coordinating with consultants and in-house teams, obtaining statutory consents, and providing presentations to the wider development team.

In essence the successful candidate will have a lead role in the planning, executing, monitoring, controlling and completion of projects.

Our Ideal Candidate

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A minimum of 5-10 years’ experience in project management ideally in the food retail sector, but experience in other sectors would be considered.
• An appropriate knowledge of health and safety legislation, a Health and Safety qualification would be desirable.
• A demonstrable track record of managing projects in live environment.

The role requires an ability to run projects from inception to completion and so the following skills are essential:

• Good communication skills both written and verbal.
• Team leadership skills
• Motivational, negotiation and dispute resolution skills.

Our ideal candidate will be looking for the next step in their career and will be looking to develop as a Project Manager in a client-side role.

A professional qualification (MRICS/MAPM) would be desirable, but this is not essential.

Hours of Work

This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week. Daily working hours will generally be 8.30am – 5pm, Monday to Friday, but some flexibility will be required from time to time to meet the needs and requirements of the role. This role will be office based, with a degree of hybrid working available.

Salary and Benefits

• Competitive salary, commensurate with the role and dependant on experience.
• Company vehicle
• Staff Discount
• Enhanced company sick pay as a service-related benefit
• Enhanced holiday entitlement as a service-related benefit
• Employee Assistance Program
• Cycle to Work Scheme