Innovation Optimization/Scaling Solutions Manager

Bechtel; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 141,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Paid time off

Paid holidays

401(k)

Job summary

Bechtel seeks an Innovation Optimization/Scaling Solutions Manager to lead enterprise efforts to harvest, harden, and generalize proven solutions for deployment across GBUs. The role requires coordinating with GBU leaders, IT and IP teams to ensure scalability while maintaining field effectiveness and governance.

The candidate will define readiness gates, own the solution catalog, and develop TCO and sustainment models, driving cross‑GBU collaboration and ensuring reusable,

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, construction management, or a related field.
• 12 years of relevant experience, including 5 years leading teams or programs.
• In lieu of degree, 18 years relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Harvest proven GBUs' solutions and surface tools that deliver field results.
• Collaborate with GBU Managers of Innovation and project teams to scale solutions.
• Assess maturity, data needs, adoption, and fit across project types.
• Define readiness gates for moving from project use to multi-GBU deployment.
• Own enterprise solution catalog and cost ownership, with proper handoff.

Skills

Large projects

Change management

Cross-functional

Bechtel processes

Digital tools scaling

Education

Bachelor's or higher in Engineering/Construction Management

Job description

Innovation Optimization/Scaling Solutions Manager

• Relocation Authorized: National/International - Family
• Telework Type:Part-Time Telework
• Work Location: Houston, TX, Reston, VA
• Salary Range: RESTON, VA LOCATION ONLY ~ $140,800 - $203,700 annually (salary range is based on market data; final salary offered is determined by education, experience, and qualifications of the applicant.)

• parental leave
• paid time off
• paid holidays
• 401(k)

Extraordinary teams building inspiring projects:

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grew 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; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start‑up and operations.

Core to Bechtel is our Vision, Values and Commitments . They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver. Learn more about our extraordinary teams building inspiring projects in our Impact Report .

Job Summary:

The Innovation Optimization & Scaling Solutions Manager reports directly to the Chief Innovation Officer and leads the enterprise effort to find solutions that already work on Bechtel projects and make them available to every GBU. Proven tools too often stay on one project while other projects rebuild them; this role closes that gap by harvesting, hardening, and generalizing GBU‑developed solutions so they can be deployed at scale. Success is measured by capability transferred into the business, not by a P&L.

Major Responsibilities:

• Identify and harvest proven solutions built by GBUs and projects, working with GBU and Project Managers of Innovation to surface tools that deliver results in the field.
• Work closely with the five GBU Managers of Innovation, Project Managers of Innovation, GBU Solution Development, and GBU Solution Deployment teams, and the EPC functions.
• Assess candidate solutions for technical maturity, field results, data dependencies, user adoption, and fit across project types.
• Lead the hardening and generalization of selected solutions with IT, cybersecurity, data, and intellectual property (IP) teams so they meet enterprise standards without losing what made them work.
• Prove generalized solutions on a small number of projects and in a second GBU before recommending enterprise standardization.
• Define and administer readiness and scaling gates with clear, light criteria for moving a solution from project use to multi‑GBU deployment.
• Own the enterprise solution catalog and registry so project teams can find existing solutions and duplicate builds are stopped.
• Develop total cost of ownership estimates and sustainment models, and agree ownership, funding, and support before handoff.
• Partner with GBU Managers of Innovation and Enterprise Solution Deployment to hand off scaled solutions with documentation, training materials, and support arrangements in place.
• Keep originating project teams engaged as champions and storytellers for the solutions they built.
• Coordinate with GBU Solution Development teams and Enterprise Development to avoid unintentionalparallel builds and feed field lessons into enterprise development.
• Track and report capability transferred, reuse across projects and GBUs, and cost avoided byeliminating duplicate builds.
• Travel to GBU offices and project sites to assess solutions in use and support second‑GBU proving.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, construction management or a related field and 12 years of relevant experience, including 5 years leading teams or programs or in lieu of degree, requires 18 years relevant experience.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience with large construction project execution.
• Multi-discipline knowledge across project execution, including engineering, procurement, construction, and project controls.
• Experience as a change agent, leading people and teams through new ways of working.
• Cross-functional and cross-business experience, including work across more than one GBU or function.
• Familiarity with Bechtel’s work processes and procedures.
• Experience evaluating, implementing, or scaling digital tools or work‑process improvements on projects.
• Working knowledge of the IT, cybersecurity, data and IP requirements that apply to enterprise solutions.
• Ability to travel to GBU offices and project sites as required.

Preferred:

• Product management experience, including roadmaps, release planning, and user feedback.
• Experience scaling digital or software products across multiple business units or geographies.
• Portfolio management experience, including prioritization and stage‑gate decisions.
• Experience building total cost of ownership and sustainment models for enterprise software.
• Experience working in more than one Bechtel GBU.

For decades, Bechtel has worked to inspire the next generation of employees and beyond! Because our teams face some of the world’s toughest challenges, we offer robust benefits to ensure our people thrive. Whether it is advancing careers, delivering programs to enhance our culture, or providing time to recharge, Bechtel has the benefits to build a legacy of sustainable growth. Learn more at bechtel.com/total‑rewards.

Diverse teams build the extraordinary:

As a global company, Bechtel has long been home to a vibrant multitude of nationalities, cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. This diversity has made us a more trusted partner, more effective problem solvers and innovators, and a more attractive destination for leading talent.

We are committed to being a company where every colleague feels that they belong-where colleagues feel part of "One Team," respected and rewarded for what they bring, supported in pursuing their goals, invested in our values and purpose, and treated equitably. Click here to learn more about the people who power our legacy.

At Bechtel, our employees enjoy a competitive total rewards package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, along with optional disability and supplemental insurance options, generous paid time off (160 hours annually, accrued 6.16 hours per pay period), nine paid holidays, paid parental leave, discretionary bonuses, and a well‑designed 401K plan with matching and profit‑sharing components

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