Director of Construction Innovation
Full Time
Boston, MA 02119
Posted
Job description
Overview:
Suffolk is a national enterprise that invests, innovates, and builds. We provide value throughout the entire project lifecycle by leveraging our core construction management services with vertical service lines that include real estate capital investment, design, self-perform construction services, technology start-up investment and innovation research and development. We have $4.5 billion in annual revenue, 2,400 employees, and main offices in Boston (headquarters), New York, Miami, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Estero, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. We serve clients in every major industry sector, including health care, science and technology, education, gaming, transportation and aviation, and commercial. Suffolk is privately held and is led by founder, chairman and CEO John Fish. We’re ranked #23 on the Engineering News Record list of “Top 400 Contractors.” And we’re proud to be a certified 2022 “Great Place to Work.” For more information, visit www.suffolk.com and follow Suffolk on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram
The Role:
The construction technology landscape is rapidly evolving with over 8,000 construction technology startups emerging in the last few years. At Suffolk, we are capitalizing on this surge of solutions to identify the tools that will create the most value to our operations project teams. Suffolk is seeking a Director of Construction Innovation to equip teams with the best tools to solve their operational needs and to drive safety, efficiency, and quality.
About Suffolk:
Suffolk is a national enterprise that invests, innovates, and builds. We provide value throughout the entire project lifecycle by leveraging our core construction management services with vertical service lines that include real estate capital investment, design, self-perform construction services, technology start-up investment and innovation research and development. We have $4.5 billion in annual revenue, 2,400 employees, and main offices in Boston (headquarters), New York, Miami, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Estero, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. We serve clients in every major industry sector, including health care, science and technology, education, gaming, transportation and aviation, and commercial. Suffolk is privately held and is led by founder, chairman and CEO John Fish. We’re ranked #23 on the Engineering News Record list of “Top 400 Contractors.” And we’re proud to be a certified 2022 “Great Place to Work.” For more information, visit www.suffolk.com and follow Suffolk on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram
The Role:
The construction technology landscape is rapidly evolving with over 8,000 construction technology startups emerging in the last few years. At Suffolk, we are capitalizing on this surge of solutions to identify the tools that will create the most value to our operations project teams. Suffolk is seeking a Director of Construction Innovation to equip teams with the best tools to solve their operational needs and to drive safety, efficiency, and quality.
Reporting to the SVP of Operational Excellence, the Director of Construction Innovation will identify operational pain points and gaps in our current systems, tools, and technologies. They will drive the product innovation stage-gate process to transform innovative ideas into standard operating processes across job sites. They will lead a team of regional associates to design and execute data driven pilots to inform the scaling potential of products. The Director will stay up-to-date on emerging trends and best practices in the construction technology landscape to proactively identify opportunities to incorporate new ideas into Suffolk's ecosystem. This is a highly cross-functional role that will partner with operational and functional leaders to test and embed solutions. The ideal candidate has a passion for technology and a deep understanding of how it can be leveraged to improve construction workflows and project outcomes.
Responsibilities:
- Systematically collect feedback to understand operational pain points and effectiveness of current systems, tools, technologies
- Design construction innovation strategy to address priority operational issues
- Define and drive the product innovation stage-gate process to systematically prioritize ideas and transform them into standard operating processes across jobsites
- Design, execute, and analyze pilots to inform the scaling potential of construction technology
- Lead a team of regional construction technology associates to execute process and product pilots, support training and adoption of new processes and tools, and solicit on-the-ground feedback
- Work cross functionally to perform required technical and legal assessments of products at each stage of the innovation stage-gate process
- Embed approved tools into the organization including integrating tools with standard operating procedures, integrating data and applications, and ensuring training and support is in place
- Manage vendor relationships and Master Service Agreements for tech tools
- Stay up-to-date on emerging trends and best practices in construction technology and proactively identify opportunities to incorporate new ideas into Suffolk's innovation roadmap
- Continuously assess and update the set of approved and required tech tools, and drive usage of those tools
- Define construction innovation metrics and report on the progress of construction innovation program
- Strong understanding of technology tools used in construction
- Experience managing and overseeing the deployment of technology solutions.
- Experience influencing and collaborating at all levels of an organization
- Strong project management experience
- Clear and concise written and oral communicator, able to adapt information by audience
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities and work in a fast-paced environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; talk or hear; perform fine motor, hand and finger skills in the use of a keyboard, telephone, or writing. The employee is frequently required to stands; walk; and reach with arms and/or hands. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The employee will spend their time in an office environment with a quiet to moderate noise level. Job site walking.
EEO Statement:
Suffolk provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, disability, protected veteran, gender identity, age or any other status protected by law. This policy applies to recruiting, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Suffolk will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination toward, or harassment of, applicants or employees by anyone at Suffolk, or anyone working on behalf of Suffolk.
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