Project Labor Relations Director

Kiewit • Medford, OR

1d • $190,000 - $210,000 • Onsite

About The Position

As a Compliance Manager, you will be responsible for aligning procedures and practice with company policy, regulatory controls and contractual agreements and monitoring the effectiveness of established compliance processes and controls to recommend and implement enhancements. At Kiewit, the scale of our operations is huge. Our construction and engineering projects span across the United States, Canada and Mexico, improving and connecting communities with every initiative. We depend on our high-performing operations support professionals — they’re the glue that holds multiple areas of the business together and the catalysts that make things happen. We hire only the most driven people and we offer them diverse career opportunities, strong leadership and mentorship, rewarding, collaborative work, and responsibility they won’t find just anywhere. We’re always pushing new limits. You can too.

Requirements

• Fifteen (15) years of work-related experience
• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that may include but are not limited to management, coworkers, clients, vendors, contractors, and other stakeholders
• Job related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job
• Ability to learn and apply knowledge of applicable local, state/province, and federal/national statutes and guidelines
• Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner
• Basic computer and software skills to include the use of word processing and email as well as the basic use of spreadsheets and electronic presentations
• Strong public speaking, presentation, training, teaching, and writing skills
• Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner
• Regular, reliable attendance
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
• May work at various different locations and conditions may vary

Responsibilities

• This position would be managing the Industrial Relations function on a large, union project in the Pacific Northwest United States
• Maintain a close working relationship with project management to ensure that Industrial Relations services are being properly executed and that business needs are being met
• Organize, lead and manage all craft recruiting campaigns on the project and coordination with company wide craft recruiting efforts/services
• Facilitate staff training related to union relations and labor/CBA/PLA requirements
• Assist in development of skilled workforce onboarding and training. Play a key role in the onboarding/training of workforce
• Lead coordination of dispatching and scheduling of craft labor with both applicable unions and the project team
• Deep involvement with project management team regarding ramp up’s and ramp down’s of craft workforce
• Assist project team with craft layoffs and terminations
• Manage and coordinate the daily activities of the site Industrial Relations functions
• Set priorities to ensure task completion and make decisions that are guided by policies, procedures, and project business plan
• Ability to work closely with client and their representatives on all union related issues
• Has the ability to build a solid working relationship with applicable unions
• Attend and participate in Labor-Management meetings
• Understand union jurisdictions
• Manage grievances and arbitrations to resolution
• Provide input to Pre-bid documents and reviews subcontractor work assignments
• Pre-job engagement and meetings with local unions
• Prevent and manage threat and actual work stoppage
• Ability to manage one or two full time employees
• Interface and maintain a close relationship with the corporate Industrial Relation function
• Manage record keeping, reporting and documentation that may be required to meet project and corporate or regulatory requirements, including monitoring initiatives.
• Organize, lead, and manage all craft recruiting campaigns via on the project initiatives and coordination with company wide craft recruiting efforts / services
• Facilitate staff training related to union relations and labor requirements / standards
• Assist development of skilled workforce onboarding and training and play a key role in onboarding/training of skilled workforce.
• Lead coordination of dispatching and scheduling of craft labor with unions and project teams
• Deep involvement with project management team regarding ramp up and ramp down scheduling of craft labor
• Assist project management team with layoffs and terminations
• Lead resolution to all union grievances
• Ability to manage 1 or 2 FTE’s
• Ability to become NW NECA Accredited representative.

Benefits

• top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents
• voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs
• life insurance
• disability
• retirement plans with matching
• generous paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed