Innovation Engineer - Safety

About This Role

Coordinate team activities and conduct research on innovation technologies to develop safety solutions for construction projects. This role involves standardizing processes and evaluating software solutions to scale safety initiatives nationally.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with EH&S leadership and field teams to standardize processes, accelerate onboarding and training
• Evaluate and pilot software solutions and scale safety initiatives nationally
• Conduct thorough research on innovation emerging technologies related to Safety (e.g., IoT, AI, machine learning, robotics)
• Maintain knowledge of current trends and related industry developments and develop summaries to share knowledge
• Assist and engage with Innovation and EH&S teams to support project initiatives, workshops, and groups
• Contribute to preparation of scope of work documents, create management and documentation structures to organize project artifacts and materials, track project schedules and activities
• Support process improvements by identifying opportunities for standardization, automation, and workflow optimization
• Plan, co‑facilitate, and progressively lead workshops with EH&S stakeholders, and collect, analyze, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative feedback
• Engage with Innovation and EH&S teams to understand and develop supportive technology requirements to assess potential value
• Engage with Innovation management and EH&S leadership to identify related training needs and coordinate with the appropriate team to develop training schedules and sessions

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from accredited degree program
• Minimum of 2 years of construction operations experience, preferably specializing in safety or EH&S
• Familiar with bringing new products or services to market and passion for technology innovation
• Project management skills
• Highly organized
• Ability to coordinate concurrent projects
• Comfortable with ambiguity, uncertainty, and humility working through creative process
• Relentlessly curious, continuous learner, and take initiative to explore and ask questions
• Professional verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work independently and in collaboration with others
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Proficient computer skills, Microsoft Office suite of applications, and collaborative tools

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from accredited degree program
• 2+ years of construction operations experience, preferably specializing in safety or EH&S

Nice to Have

• Commercial construction industry experience
• Self-perform operations experience preferred

Skills

* Required skills