Shop Design Planning Administrator

Vacancy Information

We have a fantastic opportunity to join the Shop Design team at Greggs as Shop Design Planning Administrator.  

We can offer you:

• 21 days (4.2 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service, plus bank holidays and 1 additional floating day
• Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products
• Paid breaks
• Free hot drinks while on a shift break
• Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our colleagues who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year
• Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits
• Career progression and learning and development
• Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing
• Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers
• A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge
• Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another

What you'll do

Working closely with the Shop Design Manager, Designers, Project Managers and other stakeholders you will:

• Manage all aspects of planning, building regulations/warrants for programmed new sites, re-sites and refits
• Complete and monitor planning applications, including listed building consent for shopfronts, HVAC, Air Conditioning, internal works and adverts.
• Liaise with Greggs planning consultants to monitor change of use applications
• Arrange any supplementary reports and surveys to support planning submissions, which would include Noise, Odour and Acoustic surveys
• Manage the building regulations compliance register and planning register to ensure it is in line with shop development programme and ensuring compliance with all policy's/certification
• Liaise closely with designers, project managers, Greggs approved building inspectors and local authority building inspectors
• Manage the workflow of design, planning, building regs orders, ensuring costs are signed off, orders placed and any queries dealt with in a timely manner
• Work to tight and challenging deadlines, along with maintaining accurate and up to date documentation
• Communicate in a professional and timely manner, both within our team and to our stakeholders, within the business and externally
• Attend weekly meetings to update on progress and highlight any issues

About you

You will fit right into this role if you can demonstrate:

• Experience in working in a similar role, industry knowledge preferential
• Ability to read and understand drawings
• Are results focused with strong planning, prioritising, report writing and organisation skills
• Strong attention to detail, organisation and presentation skills
• Can multi-task and work with multiple priorities at pace, accuracy, delivering results within tight timescales and work under pressure
• Have advanced IT skills including Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams
• A good communicator and strong team player, able to operate and influence at all levels clearly and concisely
• Enjoy being part of a hard-working team, sharing the same end goal, and celebrating results together
• Are supportive of an inclusive culture – recognising and valuing that difference is good
• Want to develop and are ready to work alongside some great people and have lots of fun on your Greggs journey!

About Greggs

Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.