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Job Description
- Req#: 835247
- Bonus: Enjoy an annual Whitbread performance incentive worth up to 30% of base salary
- Healthcare: For you and your family
- Discounts: Up to 60% discount on Premier Inn stays and 25% discount on our Restaurant brands
- Company car OR allowance: Car allowance of £5,650 or company car.
- Gather data for Planning/Investment meetings to assess Project viability.
- Drive project progress, overseeing external consultant teams and reviewing key metrics to ensure financial compliance.
- Collaborate with the supply chain to optimize value, suitability, and long-term costs.
- Provide input on briefs from operators and marketing managers regarding brand development and environmental initiatives.
- Leisure/retail/residential/student development experience – hotels preferred
- Demonstrable membership or pathway to RICS/CIOB/RIBA etc
- Experience of single projects > £5m
- Experience of multiple, concurrent projects >£2m
- Role will include management of projects - value >£100m
- Commercial awareness and decision making
- Construction management
- Project management
- Programme management (managing multiple projects at once)
As a Construction Project and Programme manager, you will drive our property development programs in London and Southern UK, including new builds, conversions, and Premier Inn extensions.
You’ll Oversee projects from inception to post-completion review, using standard procedures, KPIs, and commercial insights to ensure best value and efficient delivery through the external team.
The ideal candidate is flexible, eager to learn, and thrives in a fast-paced environment. Excellent organizational and communication skills are a must, as you’ll influence and report to all parts of our business, including company directors.
Location: Field Based – London, Southern UK (Covering M25) onsite visits expected).
Candidates will ideally live within 1 hour of London due to projects which are approved and in situe.
Salary: £70,000 - £75,000
Why you’ll love it here:
What you’ll do:
What we need:
Be part of our Property Team at Whitbread
New premises, refit, floor plan, they’re all part of the day-to-day life in our property team. Here it’s all about getting everything ready for our guests’ arrival. Getting into the right places, strategically selection locations and ensuring every little detail is considered before our spaces are unveiled to the public. With plans to expand our portfolio of more than 800 hotels in the UK, Germany and the UAE, there are real opportunities to come on the journey with us and help us reach new global destinations. We’re just warming up.
About the company
The business was founded as a brewery in 1742, and had become the largest brewery in the world by the 1780s.
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