Field Culture Manager (Austin)

Turner Construction Company•Austin, TX

17d•Onsite

About The Position

The Field Culture Manager serves as a visible, front-line culture contact on a construction project site. The role builds trust through regular one-on-one engagement, creates opportunities that support worker wellness and connection, and helps ensure the physical work environment reflects project culture expectations appropriate to the jobsite’s size, needs, and conditions. The manager develops and maintains the project-specific Inclusive and Respectful Workplace (IRW) Plan, integrates workplace culture considerations into project operations and meetings, and partners with project leadership, trade representatives, crew leaders, and workers to establish and sustain project culture practices. The role also assesses jobsite resources and team dynamics, coordinates wellness and engagement activities, maintains project communications and feedback loops, and measures and reports progress against IRW goals. The position is based at construction sites in Austin, Texas, with occasional work in an office setting. The employee must comply with company safety policies, procedures, and applicable laws.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited program in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field, with a minimum of 6 years of field construction or related experience; an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience is also accepted.
Experience with various construction project sizes.
Strong interpersonal skills to develop and maintain stakeholder relationships, gather information, and discern impacts on workforce culture and programs.
Active listening skills, including the ability to ask clarifying questions and quickly learn and process information.
Knowledge of project jobsite logistics and planning associated with project progression.
Fundamental management and leadership skills, including self-monitoring and self-correcting, with the ability to operate independently.
Advanced project management skills, including driving results and accountability, prioritizing responsibilities, managing competing demands, and meeting deadlines.
Strong organization and attention to detail, with the ability to quickly understand needs and requirements.
Process and analytical skills to make decisions, address conflicts collaboratively, and recognize when to escalate issues.
Experience defining metrics, conducting gap analysis, assessing results, and anticipating risks.
Professional verbal and written communication skills and professional presentation delivery skills.
Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including mobility around active construction areas, stair and ladder climbing, and lifting up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 25 pounds occasionally.
Ability to work in compliance with company safety policies, procedures, and applicable laws.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual skills, such as Spanish.
A strong passion for creating the best possible worker experiences and the ability to advocate for others.

Responsibilities

Develop, promote, and maintain a project-specific Inclusive and Respectful Workplace (IRW) Plan with actionable measures aligned with project phases, workforce training, engagement, and guidance for Turner staff, trade managers, and crew leaders.
Establish IRW expectations at the beginning of the project and participate in procurement and mobilization to align trade contractors and project teams on culture priorities and practices.
Integrate workplace culture, inclusion, and employee-experience considerations into key project meetings, including OAC meetings, ORMs, Right Environment meetings, crew leader meetings, schedule look-ahead meetings, trade partner onboarding, Stretch & Flex sessions, trade partner principal meetings, pre-task planning meetings, and safety orientations.
Partner with project leadership to incorporate workforce culture considerations into operational decisions and discuss leadership behaviors, workforce trends, and continuous improvement opportunities.
Maintain a visible and accessible presence on the project site; engage with workers, forepersons, crew leaders, and trade representatives; build trusted relationships; listen to concerns; and identify opportunities to improve worker experiences.
Create a systematic approach for trade representatives to adopt the IRW Plan and conduct site walks and workplace-culture audits with trade crew leaders to identify needed corrective actions.
Assess team dynamics and workforce interactions to identify opportunities to improve collaboration, trust, communication, and team effectiveness.
Assess worker support resources, including gathering spaces, cooling and warming stations, bathrooms, drinking water, and break areas, to ensure they are clean, equipped, accessible, appropriate, and scaled to project conditions.
Identify, establish, and coordinate wellness activities, workforce engagement opportunities, and project events that promote connection, camaraderie, personal well-being, and positive jobsite experiences.
Create and maintain a communication strategy and cadence to share information with crew leaders and workers, increase visibility of culture priorities, and establish feedback loops.
Partner with crew leaders to establish a shared understanding of how to model and maintain workplace culture standards and promote training that supports employee development and growth.
Define and track key performance indicators, measurable metrics, worker feedback, and inclusion solutions based on the IRW Plan; report progress.
Promote awareness of the “You asked, we did” Program, follow up on action-item completion, and communicate results to the workforce.
Create a roles and responsibilities RACI chart to inform project leaders and workers and support sustainable IRW Playbook implementation.
Understand Worker Experiences, the Vandalism and Graffiti Policy, and Bias Motivated Events (BME) Protocols to inform and educate Turner leadership and workers about the benefits of actions supporting IRW.