Construction Supervisor - New Builds - Southern, CA
Date: Sep 3, 2025
Location: Chicago, IL, US, 60607
Company: McDonald's Corporation
Company Description
McDonald’s is proud to be one of the most recognized brands in the world, with restaurants in over 100 countries that serve 70 million customers daily. As the global leader in the food service industry, our legacy of innovation and hard work continues to drive us.
From drive thru updates to delivery to mobile order and pay, we are innovating quickly and growing. Joining McDonald's means thinking big and preparing for a career that can have influence around the world.
Responsibilities
Principal Accountabilities
In addition to following McDonald’s policies and procedures, principal accountabilities include, but are not limited to:
Market Planning
- Partners with the REM in gathering and analyzing information on the potential of the market and each restaurant in assigned geographical area
- Provides input in the creation of the vision plan for the existing restaurant portfolio throughout the Field Development Team territory.
- Partners with the REM to utilize US Restaurant Development tools to strategically focus and prioritize actions to maximize market potential
- Assists the REM in ensuring that portfolio databases are accurate and current.
Maximizes Existing Assets
- Utilizes established development standards to optimize the sales performance of existing restaurants
- Proactively identifies opportunities for potential improvements in physical plant and infrastructure
- Supports the Real Estate Portfolio Manager in ensuring resolution of property issues
- Ensures resolution of physical plant and infrastructure issues
Reinvestment
- Provides construction and design recommendations for specific elements of reinvestment plans
- Reinforces and supports the reinvestment standards to Owner Operators and Operations throughout the reinvestment process.
- Coordinates with Owner Operators and Operations to determine project scope and timing.
- Coordinates and manages entire construction process
Site Development
- Partners with Real Estate COE & Field Development Team to prioritize development opportunities and ensure best use of capital throughout the Field Office.
- Creates, manages, and executes the development plan to meet portfolio returns and goals of the Field Development Team.
- Ensures quality control standards for construction
- Works with US Restaurant Design to ensure consistency and apply development standards to optimize the site development processes
- Monitors and controls the construction process by coordinating the efforts of others
- Negotiates terms and conditions of construction agreements
- Assembles and presents construction contracts packages to management for approval.
- Works with Real Estate COE, Field Development Team, Field Office and outsourced service providers to secure all required entitlements and approvals.
- Ensures projects are closed out appropriately
- Ensures appropriate construction files are maintained for all projects.
Relationships/Consulting
- Communicates and implements corporate policies and procedures.
- Fosters the Team approach to Development throughout the Field Office.
- Develops and utilizes a network of contractors and other outside consultants.
- Provides effective consulting and maintains effective working relationships with Field Office, Group & USRD leadership, Owner Operators, other McDonald departments, alliance partners and outside organizations
- Provides Field Office operations staff input into Owner Operator's Business Reviews
Qualifications
- Construction management experience
- Experience with entitlements and permitting preferred
- Bachelor's Degree
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment
Compensation
Bonus Eligible: Yes
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Salary Range
The expected salary range for this role is $98,140.00 - $125,130.00 per year
The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors.
Additional information
At McDonalds we are People from all Walks of Life...
People are at the heart of everything we do, and they make the McDonalds experience. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture that means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices, which helps us to better serve our customers. We have a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities, which we are proud of. The diversity of our people, customers, Franchisees, and suppliers gives us strength.
We do not tolerate inequality, injustice, or discrimination of any kind. These are hugely important issues and a brand with our reach and relevance means we have a very meaningful role to play.
We also recognise our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities, helping to develop skills and drive aspirations that will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it, whether with McDonalds or elsewhere.
Nearest Major Market: Chicago