Construction Workface Effectiveness Lead

Construction Workface Effectiveness Operations Lead

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Project Overview:

Fab 62 is an advanced semiconductor fabrication facility for Intel Corporation, located at Intel's Ocotillo campus in Chandler, Arizona. As part of this work, the M&T team is responsible for delivering the engineering, procurement, and construction scope required to complete and finish-out a leading-edge chipmaking facility a highly demanding environment where precision, cleanliness, schedule certainty, and coordination across thousands of craft and professional personnel are essential to success. The project supports the continued expansion of domestic semiconductor manufacturing capacity, contributing to a more resilient technology supply chain while creating significant opportunity for the local Arizona workforce. Joining the Fab 62 team means contributing directly to one of the most strategically important construction efforts in the United States and helping deliver the infrastructure behind the next generation of microelectronics.

Job Summary:

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

Major Responsibilities:

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 CWE programs on the job site. Those roles include Workface Resource (WFR), Facilitator, Coach, and Coordinator.

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

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or 6 years' equivalent degree/experience and 5-8 years of relevant experience or 9-12 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• 2-4 years' direct experience in workforce development or equivalent learning and development field

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Comprehensive understanding of general Construction practices and Basic knowledge of Project Life Cycle
• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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

Total Rewards/Benefits:

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