Innovation Engineer - Safety

About This Role

Coordinate team activities, conduct research on emerging innovation technologies related to Safety, and contribute to the cross-functional development of solutions for innovation projects within the construction industry, working closely with EH&S leadership and field teams.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with EH&S leadership and field teams to standardize processes, accelerate onboarding and training, evaluate and pilot software solutions, and help scale safety initiatives nationally.
• Conduct thorough research on emerging innovation technologies related to Safety (e.g., IoT, AI, machine learning, robotics) and maintain knowledge of current trends and related industry developments.
• Develop summaries to share knowledge of innovation technologies with Innovation and EH&S leadership.
• 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 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 for assessing potential value through proof of concept, prototypes, and pilots.
• Engage with Innovation management and EH&S leadership to identify related training needs and coordinate with appropriate teams to develop training schedules and sessions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 2+ years of construction operations experience
• Familiarity with bringing new products or services to market and passion for technology innovation
• Project management skills
• Proficient computer skills, Microsoft Office suite of applications, and collaborative tools

Qualifications

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

Nice to Have

• Commercial construction industry experience
• Self-perform operations experience

Skills

* Required skills