Communities and Social Performance Lead

Major Responsibilities

• Support regional business development and project teams to understand sector trends, customer sustainability and decarbonization objectives, regulatory requirements, ESG expectations, and social performance priorities across North America.
• Identify, assess, and communicate social performance risks, opportunities, and stakeholder considerations that may influence project viability, permitting, execution, reputation, or long-term value.
• Develop and maintain relationships with Indigenous Nations, Indigenous organizations, communities, government agencies, customers, and other key stakeholders relevant to project development and execution.
• Identify and evaluate Indigenous partnership, participation, procurement, employment, and community investment opportunities that align with customer commitments and project objectives.
• Support business development activities by providing social performance, sustainability, ESG and decarbonization input to project pursuits, proposals, studies, customer engagements and strategic planning activities.
• Cook up coordination with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, ES&H, Legal, and Project Controls teams to integrate social performance considerations into studies, project planning, design, and execution strategies.
• Maintain awareness of evolving legislation, industry practice, regulatory developments, and stakeholder expectations across the United States and Canada, advising project teams of potential implications.
• Monitor emerging social, community, and stakeholder issues that may affect Bechtel, customers, or project outcomes and support their proactive management.
• Support customers and project teams in the development and implementation of sustainability strategies, ESG roadmaps and sustainability reporting approaches, including consideration of climate change, decarbonization, social value and community benefit objectives.
• Mentor and support project-assigned Sustainable Development practitioners and contribute to the ongoing development of the function.
• Collaborate with Sustainable Development regional leads globally to share lessons learned, best practices, tools, and emerging trends.

Position can be based in

• Houston, TX
• Reston, VA
• Denver, CO
• Vancouver, BC

Extraordinary Teams Building Inspiring Projects Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place. Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers' objectives to create a lasting positive impact. We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree* and 10-13 years of experience, or 14-17 years of relevant work experience in social science, sustainability, planning, environmental studies, communications, public affairs, community development, Indigenous studies, or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in social performance, stakeholder engagement, Indigenous relations, community relations, sustainability, or a closely related field.
• Experience supporting large-scale mining, infrastructure, energy, industrial, or construction projects through development, permitting, execution, or operations phases.
• Demonstrated understanding of social performance principles and their application to major projects, including social licence, stakeholder engagement, Indigenous engagement, impact assessment, risk management, and value creation.
• Experience establishing and maintaining productive relationships with Indigenous Nations, Indigenous organizations, communities, customers, regulators, and other stakeholders.
• Understanding of regulatory, permitting, environmental and social impact assessment, consultation, and sustainability requirements across the United States and/or Canada.
• Knowledge of relevant industry frameworks, standards and best practices, including ESG principles, sustainability reporting frameworks, climate and decarbonization initiatives, lender requirements, Indigenous engagement frameworks and community impact management approaches.
• Strong analytical, facilitation, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing reports, presentations, proposals, and executive-level communications.
• Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary and geographically dispersed teams and to influence outcomes in a complex project environment.