Workforce Services Manager

**Requisition ID**:268230**
- ** Relocation Authorized**:None**:

- ** Telework Type**:N/A**:

- ** Work Location**:Perth, WA**

**Company Overview**:
Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.
Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers’ objectives to create a lasting positive impact.
We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy, and Mining & Metals markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations. Core to Bechtel are our values - ethics, safety, quality, people, culture, relationships, innovation and sustainability, and our covenants - integrity, respect, collaboration, trust, and delivery. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver.

Reports to and receives operational instruction from the Site Manager.< Receives functional guidance from the Regional Workforce Services Manager.

**About the role**:

- Understanding and personally complying with Project environmental, safety and health philosophy, systems, and requirements.
- Works as part of a team to develop industrial and employee relations and communication systems to support an effective workforce onsite.
- Oversight on the recruitment and mobilization of site employees
- Proactive provision of advice and instruction (training) to Project professionals (staff) and craft professional (workforce) personnel in relation to employee relations matters, ultimately, working with supervision and professional craft performing work on the project to ensure consistency.
- Oversee the development of field training programs for professional craft employees and their supervisors. Develops and/or adapts existing training programs to cover specific working conditions, covering topics such as Workforce Services, dispute resolution, Project Work Rules awareness, diversity, working respectfully and other relevant procedures to support the Projects objectives. Supports Bechtel Legal representatives by developing documentation, if required, in support of industrial matters which may result in claims, industrial disputes, or cases documented by professional craft employees.
- Preparation of the Workforce Services component of the Project Orientation/Site Induction, collaborating with the Project HSE team in delivery.
- Represents Bechtel as a participant in any industrial committees, as approved and/or delegated by the Site Manager
- Industrial risk mitigation, including: development of industrial relations conditions for subcontracting; subcontracting strategy; industrial action contingency planning.
- Development & implementation of systems to minimize (industrial) risk associated with subcontracting the works & interface with Client contractors
- Responsible for implementing improvement of worker services programs at the site. Works with union representatives and subcontractors to form process improvement initiatives.
- Workplace Agreements & supporting systems including counselling / discipline, probation assessment & performance evaluation;
- In conjunction with the on-site HSE representatives, supporting the on-site implementation of Environmental, Safety and Health programs concerning direct professional craft employees.
- Development and Maintenance of Workforce Services performance statistics and logs.
- Other tasks as designated by the Site Manager.

**What you bring**:
The Employee Relations Manager shall be knowledgeable and/or experienced in:

- Major project construction Employee / Industrial Relations in a unionised environment.
- Ability to liaise with site non-manual personnel - all departments - to ensure effective implementation of Workforce Services systems.
- Working knowledge & understanding of Bechtel industrial / employment / training / manual craft employee systems and their implementation.
- Must have the right to work in Australia and Union experience preferred.

****Additional Information**:
**What We Offer**
- There are many reasons why choosing to join Bechtel is one of the best career decisions you will ever make. In addition to working with talented, dedicated people and having the opportunity to play an integral role in stimulating and challenging local and international projects, Bechtel is committed to offering employees the benefits and resources to live healthy lives
- With a competitive salary package and annual discretionary performance bonus scheme in place, employee wellbeing is also at the centre of our business - promoted through flexible working arrangements, private health cover and includes access to a leading employee assistance program
- We are serio