Organizational Competencies
The constuction industry is a complex blend of logistics and highly skilled people, from the trades as well as the many administrative functions necessary for projects to proceed successfully to completion.
Safety is priority number one at Big J. Extensive training, onsite safety officers, daily safety assessments and a top-down commitment have created a safety culture at Big J: IIF - incident and injury free.
Big J's exemplary safety record has resulted in many local and national industry awards.
Human Resources
Big J's Seamless philosophy recognizes the critical role people play in the process. Big J culture focuses on supporting and growing its people. The result is a stable workforce with increasingly valuable skills and experience.
Seamless at Work
Hiring
The construction industry faces an increasingly intense demand for skilled workers and a steadily shrinking supply. As the workforce ages and fewer young people choose to enter the trades, the competition for capable talent grows more fierce daily. Big J has responded to this challenge in two ways: an aggressive recruiting program staffed with a full time experienced recruiter, and creating a culture that makes Big J the employer of choice. Group interviewing and personality profiles are tools we use to make sure job applicants at the supervisory level and above not only can do what they say they can do but will fit well into the Big J culture and team.
Training and Development
Big J supports trade association apprenticeship programs, local vocational education and conducts its own apprenticeship program for the trades. All administrative, supervisory and management personnel attend monthly Seamless Team meetings as a central part of their work. In these sessions, areas of interaction that are not Seamless are identified and task groups formed to smooth out the wrinkles. Ongoing training in communication and other interpersonal skills, basic business understanding and computer systems are mandatory. The result is an ever increasing sophistication of the Big J workforce able to exercise good business judgment on behalf of our customers.
Big J's Human Resources department is supported by a sophisticated HRIS platform with a custom designed interface with the MasterBuilder system. In addition, Big J is building a significant library of online learning programs to continually increase the intellectual capital base of the company. The standard of Seamless is a challenging one, but from the top down Big J employees are in pursuit of that ideal:
- Seamless connection with our customers
- Seamless construction integrity
- Seamless internal coordination
The HR department at Big J plays a crucial role in our ongoing commitment to that goal and to creating such a rich work experience that we can skim the cream of the labor pool to support our customers.