Deputy Industrial Relations Manager

Job Summary

In this role, you will lead a team and manage daily industrial relations activities on construction projects, providing advice in the resolution of employee disputes, project workforce effectiveness.

Major Responsibilities

• Maintains oversight of daily industrial relations activities on major LNG project.
• Provides advice and guidance to Industrial Relations team in the resolution of employee disputes, employment administration, and IR Work activities.
• Represents Bechtel in external meetings with community, internally with construction management, and with client representatives.
• Supervises the preparation of information and data to be discussed at these site meetings, including local area surveys on manual workforce availability, productivity, and compensation.
• Supervises the development and implementation of process improvement initiatives with construction management.
• Monitors existing IR/WFS programs to ensure desired objectives and/or results are being achieved.
• Leads complex craft employee relations investigations and resolves employee disputes.
• Provides advice and counsel to management on IR policies.

Requirements

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8 -10 years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience in lieu of degree.
• Knowledgeable and/or experienced in major project construction in Employee Relations, Industrial Relations, Workforce Services or Human Resources (HR).
• Comprehensive experience across all major areas within Industrial Relations, including recruitment / workforce development / employee dispute resolution program etc.
• Ability to liaise with site non-manual personnel – all departments – to ensure effective implementation of Industrial Relations systems.
• Working knowledge & understanding of Bechtel industrial / recruitment / training / manual craft employee systems and their implementation.

Education and Experience

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8 -10 years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience in lieu of degree.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of policies and practices and its application at project.
• Possesses proficiency in the requisition tracking programs and employee data programs.

Skills

• Strong understanding of policies and practices and its application at project.
• Possesses proficiency in the requisition tracking programs and employee data programs.

Benefits

Bechtel offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health, wellness, and financial security of our people. This includes:

• Advancing careers
• Delivering programs to enhance our culture
• Providing time to recharge
• Building a legacy of sustainable growth

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where every colleague feels they belong—where colleagues feel part of "One Team," respected and rewarded for what they bring, supported in pursuing their goals, invested in our values and purpose, and treated equitably.

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Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.