Job opportunity

Construction Project Manager / Construction Project Manageress

W Talent M1 1AJ Greater Manchester September 15, 2026

Construction Project Manager - Retail North & Scotland

Are you an experienced Project Manager with a passion for delivering retail environments that drive customer experience, sales growth, and operational performance? We are recruiting a Development Project Manager to join a leading UK multi-site retail operator with an ambitious investment program focused on modernizing and expanding its national estate. This role is at the heart of the business's retail growth strategy, delivering everything from flagship refurbishments and store extensions to major redevelopments and food-to-go partnerships.

The Role

This position offers more than just traditional construction project management; you will act as the vital link between development and retail operations. Your focus will be on ensuring projects are designed and delivered with both customer experience and commercial performance in mind.

You will take ownership of multiple projects simultaneously, managing them from detailed design through to practical completion. Your goal will be to ensure minimal disruption to trading while maximizing value, quality, and speed of delivery.

Key Projects Include:

  • Retail store refurbishments and modernization programs
  • Store extensions and redevelopment schemes
  • Knockdown and rebuild projects
  • Food-to-go and concession partner rollouts
  • Customer journey and retail experience improvements
  • Operational and infrastructure enhancement projects

What We're Looking For

We're eager to speak with candidates who have experience delivering projects within:

  • Retail
  • Convenience retail
  • Supermarkets
  • Hospitality and leisure
  • Foodservice and QSR environments
  • Multi-site property portfolios
  • Forecourts and roadside retail

Ideal candidates will possess:

  • Proven experience managing retail fit-out, refurbishment, or development projects.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills, capable of engaging operational, commercial, and construction teams.
  • A commercial mindset with experience managing budgets and driving value.
  • An understanding of how physical environments influence customer experience, trading performance, and operational efficiency.
  • The ability to manage multiple projects across a diverse national portfolio.

Why Apply?

  • Play a key role in shaping and enhancing a large-scale UK retail estate.
  • Deliver visible projects that directly impact customers and commercial performance.
  • Join a business that is significantly investing in estate development and growth.
  • Enjoy autonomy, variety, and genuine influence over project outcomes.
  • Excellent long-term career development opportunities within a growing organization.
  • Remote role with travel for projects as required.
  • Highly competitive salary, car allowance, and bonus structure.

This is an ideal opportunity for a Project Manager from a retail, hospitality, supermarket, convenience, or multi-site development background looking to take ownership of high-profile transformation projects across a nationally recognized estate. Apply online using the form below. Please note that only applications matching the job profile will be considered.

Work locationM1 1AJ Greater Manchester, Switzerland

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