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Bechtel’s Manufacturing and Technology (M&T) Business Unit is designing, building and commissioning a semiconductor fab in Clay, NY. M&T is an exciting and growing business unit that serves customers in the semiconductor, datacenter, life sciences, and electric vehicle markets. M&T strives to exceed our customer objectives through utilizing our agility, innovative technologies, and world class talent. M&T solves the industry's toughest challenges, building both our company and the world for the future. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the M&T global business unit also includes colleagues working in Arizona, Ohio, Texas, India, and additional project locations around the world.

Acting as a “Trusted Advisor” and Strategic Workface Partner on Bechtel projects the Construction Workface Effectiveness Operations Lead (COL) will establish themselves as the “eyes & ears” of productivity and leadership performance and effectiveness within the project. The candidate will work alongside Project Mgmt., client, and subcontractor leadership to help build, shape, & sustain performance of the highest quality leadership team on site.

This role is supported by the Global Construction CWE Organizational team in the home office and deployed CWEO project teams. The CWEO Lead will collaborate with other leads on the overall strategy and in coordination with the CWE Operations Manager, Site Management, Project Deployed HR Managers, Project Deployed IR/LR Managers and GBU management.

This role is highly visible within the company and as such, candidate should have versatile communication abilities to address all levels of personnel and management.

Interfaces:

• Maintains working and active relationship with Bechtel Global Construction CWE management team in coordinating, delivering, creating, and facilitating all aspects of the CWEO program
• Maintains working and active relationship with Project/Site Management teams
• Maintains contact with appropriate levels of Bechtel organization, including business unit, service organization, office
• Maintains working contact with site HR/IR/LR managers and recruiters  #LI-TH1 

The COL must be competent in all functions, activities and roles of the CWEO Specialist (COS) and may be expected to take on those roles in addition to those outlined below if required for the effective delivery of CWEO programs on the job site.

Organizational Leadership
Responsible for establishing strategic partnerships with site management and supervision
Manage program deployment (including execution of processes, programs, tools, reporting), and resource planning
Create targeted strategies that address organizational needs by identifying current and future capability requirements to support business initiatives and improve business results
Performance Analysis
Implement and manage productivity engagement cycle according to program guidelines and compile activity analysis data in a clear manner, ensuring accuracy
Summarize findings, trends, and solutions in easy-to-read report summary
Represent data analysis accurately and effectively to management/client sponsors with result of influencing effective performance at the workface 
Apply problem solving and Six Sigma techniques for root cause analysis of constraints impacting the workface, identified through activity sampling findings and trends
Recommend / promote solutions based on conditions (employee/site and process/behavior factors) and reasons a workface constraint exists
Document summary of proposed solutions on the action items list for regular review with management according to execution plan
Learning and Development
Utilize designed leadership, team and culture assessments to identify existing employee behaviors impacting Effectiveness at the workface
Recommend behavioral solutions based on an understanding of human performance factors, behavioral sciences, etc.
Design reports and resolutions based on data collected
Implement leadership and management solutions based on data and in accordance with business/project requirements
Partner with clients by applying active listening skills and asking powerful questions to clarify the client’s (Field Leaders/Field Supervision) goals from coaching
Encourage self-discovery-based client-generated solutions and strategies
Collaborating with the client, the coach should honor the client as the expert in their field and hold the client accountable and responsible to achieving their declared goals
The position will require someone with proven abilities to:
Lead people and manage programs
Problem solve independently and within a team context and propose solutions
Understand the various communication styles and preferences of the audience and adjust the message as needed for obvious interpretation
Recognize, understand, manage own emotions and/or adjust emotions to adapt environments
Recognize, understand, and influence the emotions of others
Align programs to support the project and overall business goals of the company to directly influence outcomes, deliverables, and actions
Build an inclusive environment where thoughts, ideas and disagreements are encouraged and generated by others to foster greater innovation and problem solving for business success
Facilitate leadership development workshops and possess a visible foundation for leading experiential learning
Identify and build development opportunities of applicable leadership resources and modules for gap closure that engages the audience and leads to leadership behavior change
Model, as well as coach and mentor employees through leadership and supervisor development
Identify, evaluate and recommend qualified field leadership for talent pools, promotions and transitions between projects
Demonstrate consultation skills to interface with project mgmt. and identify appropriate productivity and human capital solutions to increase performanc

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8 -10  years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience in lieu of degree.
• Comprehensive understanding of general Construction practices and Basic knowledge of Project Life Cycle
• 2-4 years’ direct experience in workforce development or equivalent learning and development field
• Must demonstrate classroom facilitation skills and knowledge of Discovery Learning
• Must have excellent people skills and the ability to deal with people in a professional manner and to contribute as a member of a team
• Must have experience with consultation techniques
• Experience leading a small group/team to achieve common goal
• Proven ability to maintain confidentiality of highly sensitive information
• Ability to work independently and in a team
• Must be organized, flexible, proactive and have strong written and oral communication skills
• Must be able to extract, compile, analyze and present data and information
• Intermediate Office skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Power BI)
• Must be willing to travel approx. 25% of the time  

• Master’s Degree
• Six Sigma Black Belt
• Proven Construction Experience
• Team Leadership
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills including OneNote
• Advanced written and oral communication skills
• Bilingual English/Spanish

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