Innovation Engineer - SPO

Position Description: Coordinate Self-Perform Operations (SPO) team activities, conduct research on innovation technologies, and contribute to cross-functional development of solutions for SPO innovation projects. This can be a fully remote position.

Reports to: Innovation Project Manager HQ or Innovation Manager HQ

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with SPO leadership and field teams to standardize processes, accelerate onboarding and training, evaluate and pilot software solutions, and help scale SPO nationally.
• Conduct thorough research on innovation emerging technologies related to SPO (e.g., IoT, AI, machine learning, robotics) and maintain knowledge of current trends and related industry developments and develop summaries to share knowledge with Innovation and SPO teams. May engage with external technology leaders and university partners as directed.
• Assist and engage with Innovation and SPO teams to support project initiatives, workshops, and groups, contribute to preparation of scope of work documents, create management and documentation structures to organize project artifacts and materials, track project schedules and activities.
• Support process improvements by identifying opportunities for standardization, automation, and workflow optimization. Plan, cofacilitate, and progressively lead workshops with SPO stakeholders, and collect, analyze, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative feedback from workshops, surveys, and stakeholder discussions.
• Engage with Innovation and SPO teams to understand and develop supportive technology requirements to assess potential value through proof of concept, prototypes and pilots.
• Engage with Innovation management and SPO leadership to identify related training needs and coordinate with the appropriate team to develop training schedules and sessions.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Physical Demands* Bachelor's Degree from accredited degree program with minimum of 2 years of construction operations experience, preferably in self perform work
• Thorough knowledge of applications in cost, scheduling, and estimating
• Understand and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scope of work and project schedule
• Able to work remote with regular travel (~30% of time or at least one week per month)
• Able to work independently without direct supervision and in collaboration with others
• Professional written and verbal communication skills with confidence presenting to and facilitating groups of varying sizes
• Proficient in computer applications and MS Office
• Proficient in leading-edge technologies
• Proficient in Design Sprint Methodology

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands, talk, and hear. The employee frequently views a computer monitor and frequently uses a computer keyboard. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is regularly required to be mobile and the employee occasionally travels both short and long distances via a variety of conveyances. The employee occasionally performs work on-site at construction work sites, office locations, and/or off-site venues. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office or remote setting. The noise in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate in an office setting. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally work at construction work sites 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 the work environment is usually moderate to loud. The employee is required to work in compliance with company safety policies, procedures, and applicable laws.

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.