Position Description: Initiate, administer, and oversee Workforce Development programs for local business unit projects.
Reports To: Community & Citizenship Manager, Director, or Project Executive
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Plan, build, and execute local Workforce Development program based on local social and economic conditions and aligned with project and/or business unit objectives.
- Develop specific Workforce Development Plan as part of project pursuit and implement as part of preconstruction phase.
- Establish program goals and measures, communication/planning activities, status/results reporting, training, and other functions as required.
- Attend pre-construction meetings to identify roles, responsibilities, and gain Workforce Development program support from the project team.
- Manage relationships with subcontractor community for greater buy-in of the workforce development plan and effective placement of participants in local project.
- Conduct outreach to diverse populations and other underrepresented groups to participate in skills-based career training and gain hands-on work experience in construction industry.
- Establish partnerships with local/regional community organizations, schools, pre-apprenticeship programs, unions, and city, state and Federal agencies to proactively identify training opportunities.
- Leverage local community organization relationships to create pipeline for project.
- Track and monitor inclusion of minorities, women, veterans, and local residents in program employed by project.
- Work with Marketing to develop and promote information about program to community and broader public.
- Other activities and duties as assigned.
Job Requirements:
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Associate's Degree from accredited and credentialed degree programs and at least 3 years of related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Highly skilled in analytics, labor and compliance, operations, and reporting
- Familiarity with local laws and Federal regulations, OFCCP, compliance and familiarity with the David Bacon Act and Labor laws (as applicable by location)
- Program management expertise, ability to develop and implement programs and processes in a skills-based industry
- Knowledgeable of economic and social issues, trends, impacts to local community, trades and professional network organizations
- Computer skills, industry application for workforce tracking, and MS Office skills
- Ability to work in non-structured environment, without supervision, take direction without follow-up, and work with multiple project teams
- Passion for helping others attain sustainable career in industry
- Energetic, hands-on, proactive, and continuous learner
- Displays initiative, professionalism, creativity, and independent thinking
- Professional verbal and written communication
- Must be able to prioritize responsibilities and ability to maintain confidentiality
- Resourceful with exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail and timely documentation
- Must exercise good judgment and have good problem solving skills
- Travel
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move heavy weight.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may work on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.
Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Females/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.
VEVRAA Federal Contractor
Turner is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer minorities / females / veterans / individuals with disabilities/ sexual orientation / gender identity. VEVRAA Federal Contractor