Stakeholder and Communications Coordinator

Bechtel Corporation; Perth; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

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Job summary

Bechtel Corporation in Perth, WA is seeking a Senior Stakeholder Engagement Lead to drive external engagement for major projects. You will guide planning, delivery, and governance of community and regulator interactions, ensuring alignment with project approvals and corporate objectives.

Responsibilities include mapping stakeholders, managing CRM and feedback, and coordinating communications across channels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in communications or equivalent with 10–13 years’ relevant experience in construction/stakeholder engagement
• Experience leading stakeholder engagement strategies for major projects, regulatory approvals or complex environments
• Strong ability to manage multiple external stakeholders including regulators, tenants, contractors and community groups

Responsibilities

• Lead external stakeholder engagement across the project and estate
• Develop stakeholder maps, regulator engagement plans and contractor engagement plans
• Manage CRM, complaints, and community feedback for governance and reporting
• Coordinate stakeholder updates, newsletters and external messaging across channels
• Develop and implement engagement approaches for regulatory approvals
• Translate project priorities into engagement actions and communication
• Identify risks and develop proactive engagement strategies to maintain positive sentiment

Skills

Stakeholder management

CRM experience

Regulatory engagement

Communications planning

Public relations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in communications or related field

Tools

CRM software

Job description

Requisition ID: 295105

• Relocation Authorized: None
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
• Work Location: Perth, WA

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Bechtel is providing a wide variety project and contract management services, crossing all disciplines, to customers in Western Australia to support exciting capital works programmes, including in aviation, defence and energy infrastructure. We are looking for people to join us in a long-term relationship to deliver these services in and around Perth where we are working within integrated teams with our customers and to help build Bechtel’s capabilities for even greater opportunities in the future.

Job Summary

This position is responsible for leading the external stakeholder engagement, coordination and governance activity required to support a major project.

You will provide strategic engagement advice, planning and delivery support to ensure community, regulator, tenant, contractor and external stakeholder engagement is consistent, timely and aligned with project approvals, reputation, social licence and Corporate Affairs objectives. It will help create alignment across stakeholder mapping, engagement plans, contractor communication approvals, CRM and complaint management, community feedback, sentiment tracking, opposition strategies, tenant updates and external publications.

Major Responsibilities

In this role you will lead major project external stakeholder engagement, ensuring clear, coordinated and consistent engagement across project, estate and regulatory activity.

• Develop and maintain community stakeholder mapping, regulator stakeholder engagement plans, project stage gate engagement plans and contractor engagement plans
• Manage CRM, complaint management, community feedback and sentiment tracking to support coordinated engagement, reporting and issue management
• Develop community opposition strategies and coordinate proactive stakeholder responses to emerging issues, reputational risks and engagement sensitivities
• Coordinate estate tenant major project updates, external publications including newsletters, and consistent messaging across external stakeholder channels
• Develop and deliver the external stakeholder engagement approach for major projects and regulatory approval processes.
• Translate project priorities, milestones, impacts and sensitivities into clear engagement priorities and stakeholder actions.
• Identify emerging stakeholder risks, community concerns and opposition issues, and develop proactive engagement strategies to maintain positive community sentiment for the major project portfolio.

Education And Experience Requirements

• Requires bachelor's degree in communications or similar (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience preferably within the construction industry

Required Knowledge And Skills

• Tertiary qualification in communications, stakeholder engagement, public relations, planning, community relations or a related discipline; or equivalent senior experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading stakeholder engagement strategies for major projects, regulatory approvals or complex operating environments.
• Strong stakeholder management capability, with experience engaging community, regulators, tenants, project teams, contractors, industry groups and government stakeholders.
• Experience managing CRM, complaint and stakeholder information systems to support accurate reporting, issues management and governance.
• Capability in preparing engagement materials and external publications, including stakeholder updates, newsletters, briefings, consultation materials and project communications.
• Understanding of regulatory, safety, probity and risk considerations relevant to stakeholder engagement, project approvals and community consultation.

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