Junior Project Manager (m/w/d) - Minor Hotels

Head Office

Berlin

Germany

Reporting to the Director of the Projects and Construction area of Northern Europe, and/or to the Supervisor Project Managers, the (Junior) Project Manager is responsible for repositioning the existing portfolio as well as new openings and maintenance projects. This role involves managing projects within key milestones, budget, and quality, analyzing costs and savings, risk assessment, forecasts, and creating and maintaining transparent reporting.

What do we offer?

• Fair, collectively agreed remuneration including company pension scheme, capital-forming benefits and planning security through a permanent employment contract
• Favorable employee rates (from EUR 36.00 per night for 2 people with breakfast) in our hotels worldwide
• Regulated, family-friendly working time models in full or part time
• Varied catering provided by our kitchen team
• Shopping benefits through our benefits portal with a variety of branded products and event tickets
• Pluxee Benefits Card: Your monthly credit of EUR 25.00 on your personal prepaid card
• Sporty and environmentally friendly on the road: company bike leasing for employees
• Bonus payment of €500.00 gross for recommending new team members
• This laundry is on us: you get free uniforms including cleaning
• A structured, individual induction in our Best Buddy & Training program
• Investment in your future: a wide range of further training opportunities via our internal academy and external providers
• Development and exchange programs within Europe

Your Requirements:

• A resident of Germany, preferably living in or near Berlin.
• 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 3 to 5 years of experience.
• 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 laws, legislation, procedures, and best practices.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office suite, including MS Project and 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 organizational skills, flexibility, quick reaction, and pragmatism characterize you.
• High analytical capacity.
• Comfortable collaborating with various internal and external partners at different levels.
• You stand for self-sufficiency and a strong sense of responsibility.
• You bring a high degree of willingness to travel.
• Excellent in English and German; other languages such as Dutch or French are a plus.

Your Responsibilities:

• You are responsible for the assigned projects in ordinary or extraordinary CAPEX.
• You are responsible for the repositioning projects of existing hotels and the realization projects of new openings.
• Prior to 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 and 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 design management, you coordinate the design team (interior designer, MEP engineers, fire prevention consultants, build team, etc.) to deliver a full design package (drawings, specifications, bill of quantities, etc.) as per agreed SoW and time schedule.
• Regarding construction management, you perform Project Management, cost, scope, quality, planning, risk control, compliance with standards, KPI update, risk assessment, and 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 the 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.

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; therefore, we warmly welcome people from all horizons & personal abilities.