Coord of Supplier Diversity

At Hensel Phelps, we don’t just build projects—we build careers, communities, and a culture of excellence. As an employee-owned company, every person here plays a vital role in shaping our success and future. Guided by our core values of Ownership, Integrity, Builder mindset, Diversity, and Community, we combine cutting-edge technology with hands-on expertise to deliver landmark projects across the nation. When you join Hensel Phelps, you join a team that values your growth, empowers your ideas, and invests in your journey. Together, we create an environment where innovation thrives, safety is paramount, and every individual has the opportunity to make a lasting impact.

About the Role

The Coordinator of Supplier Diversity is an entry-level, project-focused role responsible for supporting the implementation of supplier diversity initiatives on assigned projects. This position assists the Manager of Supplier Diversity, project leadership, procurement, estimating, and field teams in executing small business inclusion, workforce development, community engagement, and trade partner enhancement strategies. The coordinator helps ensure project teams understand client requirements, engage qualified small and local businesses, monitor and report compliance, and maintain strong relationships with community stakeholders and industry partners.

Responsibilities

• Pre-Construction: Support early engagement with potential clients, community partners, small business liaisons, small business trade partners, small business support organizations, workforce development organizations, stakeholders, and community leaders; assist with outreach coordination, meeting preparation, follow-up communication, and documentation of market intelligence.
• Marketing / Business Development: Help promote Hensel Phelps and the Supplier Diversity program by preparing outreach materials, success stories, small business participation data, community engagement summaries, and event support materials for pursuits and relationship-building activities.
• Market Assessment: Assist with identifying local business participation opportunities, workforce development needs, training resources, small business capacity gaps, and market trends; maintain information that helps project and regional teams understand available local small business capabilities and capacity.
• Procurement / Project Pursuit: Support RFP reviews by helping identify small business participation, workforce development, community involvement, and outreach requirements; assist with proposal content, outreach summaries, small business participation plans, workforce development plans, and community involvement plans.
• Small Business Trade Partner Evaluation: Gather and maintain information on small business capabilities, capacity, certifications, bonding, safety, quality, documentation readiness, and project experience for new and existing trade partners.
• Estimating Engagement: Support estimating and procurement teams by reviewing solicitation lists, recommending qualified small businesses, tracking small business participation, reviewing small business responsiveness, assisting with bid room documentation, and supporting communication between Hensel Phelps and trade partners.
• Operations: Assist project leadership with implementation of small business participation and workforce development strategies; support pre-award and post-award outreach events, small business interviews, scope reviews, purchasing meetings, and communication of project expectations.
• Reporting: Track and report compliance as it relates to small business participation, workforce development status, outreach activity, training participation, and other project-level supplier diversity documentation for internal meetings, owner meetings, and stakeholder updates.
• Workforce Development: Coordinate with Hensel Phelps staff, large business trade partners, workforce development organizations, training providers, apprenticeship programs, and candidates to support project workforce development commitments.
• Programs and Trainings: Assist with internal and external supplier diversity trainings, including successfully working with small businesses, estimating training support, federal project training support, Technical Assistance Program (TAP), Emerging Trade Partner Program (ETPP), Head Start Bonding Program, and path to do business with Hensel Phelps activities.
• Organizations: Support Hensel Phelps participation in national, regional, state, local, and private supplier diversity organizations by coordinating event logistics, maintaining contact lists, tracking memberships, and supporting follow-up with organization partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management or business, marketing, public administration, communications, or related field.
• 2+ years of experience and/or a combination of education and experience.
• Significant progressive experience in supplier diversity, construction procurement, small business development, workforce development, community engagement, compliance, business development, or related leadership roles.
• Demonstrated ability to lead regional or multi-region strategy, manage cross-functional initiatives, and influence executive, operational, and project-level stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of construction project delivery, federal and client-specific subcontracting requirements, small business participation plans, workforce development commitments, outreach documentation, and compliance reporting.
• Established credibility with clients, agency representatives, industry organizations, community leaders, small business support organizations, trade partners, and internal leadership.
• Proven leadership in developing people, building teams, creating consistent processes, managing change, and translating enterprise strategy into project-level execution.
• Excellent executive communication, presentation, facilitation, negotiation, writing, and strategic planning skills.
• Ability to travel regularly across assigned regions or business units and participate in evening, weekend, or industry events as needed.

Physical Requirements

• Light Work: Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
• The individual in this position will periodically walk, kneel, sit, crouch, reach, stoop, read/see, speak, push, pull, lift, stand, and finger/type. The frequency of each action varies by workflow and office activity.
• Walking: Occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, boxes, cabinets, etc.
• Constantly operates a computer and other office machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, phone, computer, and computer printer.
• Frequently communicates with employees and external stakeholders regarding a variety of topics related to office administration.
• Constantly computes, analyzes, and conceptualizes mathematical calculations and formulas.
• Constantly reads written communications and views email submissions.
• Regularly sits in a stationary position in front of a computer screen.
• Visual acuity and ability to operate a vehicle as certified and appropriate.
• Rarely exposed to high and low temperatures.
• Rarely exposed to noisy environments and outdoor elements such as precipitation and wind.

Pay

Compensation Range (Southern California Only)

• Salary Range: $60,990 - $67,410
• Anticipated Cost of Living Adjustment: $19,200.00 (COLA)
• Total Compensation Range: $80,190 - $86,610 (Salary + COLA)

Benefits

Hensel Phelps provides generous benefits for our salaried employees. This position is eligible for:

• Company paid medical insurance, life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment, long-term disability, 401(K) retirement plan, health savings account (HSA) (HSA not available in Hawaii), and our employee assistance program (EAP).
• Employee paid enrollment in vision and dental insurance.
• Paid time off beginning upon hire.
• Annual bonus plan for project engineers and above, subject to company and employee performance.
• Company cell phone or cell phone allowance in accordance with company policy.
• Vehicle or vehicle allowance for project engineers and above in accordance with Hensel Phelps’ policies.
• Cost of living adjustment (COLA) based on position location (subject to periodic review and adjustment).