Innovation Engineer - SPO

Position Overview

Coordinate Self-Perform Operations (SPO) team activities, conduct research on innovation technologies, and contribute to cross-functional development of solutions for SPO innovation projects. This can be a fully remote position.

Location: New York, NY 10001 USA
Experience Required: 2 years
Education: Bachelors Degree
Compensation: Salaried Exempt

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with SPO leadership and field teams to standardize processes, accelerate onboarding and training, evaluate and pilot software solutions, and help scale SPO nationally.
• Conduct thorough research on innovation emerging technologies related to SPO (e.g., IoT, AI, machine learning, robotics), maintain knowledge of current trends and related industry developments, and develop summaries to share with Innovation and SPO teams. May engage with external technology leaders and university partners as directed.
• Assist and engage with Innovation and SPO teams to support project initiatives, workshops, and groups, contribute to the preparation of scope of work documents, create management and documentation structures to organize project artifacts and materials, and track project schedules and activities.
• Support process improvements by identifying opportunities for standardization, automation, and workflow optimization. Plan, cofacilitate, and progressively lead workshops with SPO stakeholders, and collect, analyze, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative feedback from workshops, surveys, and stakeholder discussions.
• Engage with Innovation and SPO teams to understand and develop supportive technology requirements to assess potential value through proofs of concept, prototypes, and pilots.
• Engage with Innovation management and SPO leadership to identify related training needs and coordinate with the appropriate team to develop training schedules and sessions.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited program with a minimum of 2 years of construction operations experience, preferably in self-perform work.
• Thorough knowledge of applications in cost, scheduling, and estimating.
• Ability to understand and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scope of work, and project schedules.
• Capability to work remotely while accommodating regular travel (~30% of time or at least one week per month).
• Ability to work independently without direct supervision and in collaboration with others.
• Strong professional written and verbal communication skills with confidence in presenting to and facilitating groups of varying sizes.
• Proficiency in computer applications and MS Office.
• Familiarity with leading-edge technologies.
• Experience with Design Sprint Methodology.