About Us
Imagine: 30 unique restaurants to order from, brought to your door in under 30 minutes. That’s what our customers experience.
At Wonder, we want to make world-class food within reach, no matter where you live. That’s why we’ve created a vertically integrated, new standard of dining that will allow you to enjoy menus from award-winning chefs and iconic restaurants across the country, all in one place. Our elevated brick + mortar locations will offer pick up and dine in options, as well as delivery to your home.
As a food-tech startup backed by top-tier venture capitalists and led by a team of experienced entrepreneurs—including some of the most accomplished leaders in the technology, culinary, and logistics industries—we’re growing. Join us in pioneering a new category of dining called “Fast-Fine”, and revolutionizing the way people eat.
About the role
We are looking for an Assistant Project Manager who is eager to learn and grow in a friendly fast-paced environment. This person will support in all aspects of project management, with a focus on task follow-ups, documentation, and transition to operations with plenty of opportunity to grow responsibilities in an emerging company.
Responsibilities include:
- Reports to and assists the project manager or senior project manager in all aspects of restaurant projects
- Actively participates in program and project specific meetings to update task statuses in project management softwares, reports and spreadsheets
- Independently prioritizes tasks, collaborates with project manager to follow up with vendors to ensure completion; escalates where required
- Gathers updates from internal cross functional team members; updates project plans and schedules
- Tracks and performs follow-ups with design team to ensure design reviews are completed, issues are resolved, and construction documents are completed on time
- Solicits proposals, coordinates contracts, and collaboratively reviews change orders and invoices with project manager and contracts team for approval
- Documents costs in budget tracking tools
- Focuses on activities related to transitioning a restaurant to opening; including, coordination of dates with internal stakeholders and external vendors, setting up service contracts, monitoring completion on site
- Assist with punch lists, close out documentation, TI reimbursements, to close projects
- Travels to job sites as required for due diligence, meetings, project progress checks and Turnover activities
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The experience you have
- 2-5 Years of relevant work experience
- Past experience in Project Management, Construction, or Design, with focus in project management activities
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite
- Financial management experience
- Ability to read and understand construction documents
- Experience reviewing proposals contracts and change orders
- Ability to independently relay instruction in person, on site, to vendors
- Procurement experience
- Jira experience a plus
The way you work
- You operate independently after receiving direction; acknowledge and request support or guidance when needed
- You gain trust through open dialogue, collaborative problem solving, and actively seeking improvement
- You communicate effectively
- You are biased towards action, and speed, willing to take a calculated risks and able to correct or recover from mistakes
- You are organized, have ability to prioritize and multi-task
- You are detailed oriented
- You are relentless in follow-ups to ensure completion of tasks
- Willingness to travel throughout the east coast (30-50%)
Benefits
We offer a competitive salary package including equity and 401K. Additionally, we provide multiple medical, dental, and vision plans to meet all of our employees' needs as well as many benefits and perks that are not listed.
Base Salary: $92,750
A final note
At Wonder, we believe that in order to build the best team, we must hire using an objective lens. We are committed to fair hiring practices where we hire people for their potential and advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. As such, we do not discriminate or make decisions based on your race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, marital status, disability, or any other protected class. If you have a disability, please let your recruiter know how we can make your interview process work best for you.
We look forward to hearing from you! We'll contact you via email or text to schedule interviews and share information about your candidacy.