Pre-Conference Focus Day
Recruitment & Workforce Development
Monday, 27 February 2023
12.50-4.20pm
12:30 pm
Recruitment & Workforce Development
12:50 pm Chair’s Opening Remarks
1:00 pm Redefining Project Controls Roles & Responsibilities to Meet the Needs of a Booming Construction Industry
Synopsis
- Clarifying what project controls is within construction, and how roles and responsibilities have, and need, to evolve to support a flourishing construction industry
- Reviewing the routes to project controls as a career choice and understanding the learning curve for new team members from analytics, projects or construction backgrounds
- Addressing the challenge of retaining industry competency in the fields of project controls as the industry hits a retirement cliff
1:40 pm Panel: Managing Recruitment in a Tight Market to Meet High Demand
Synopsis
- Expanding candidate profiles when embarking on recruitment, reviewing backgrounds and additional training requirements
- Identifying the key gaps in project controls roles, examining shortages of specialist expertise and seniority
- Developing a strategy to diversify and become more representative without sacrificing quality
- Building a pipeline of qualified candidates while managing salary expectations and non-financial benefits
2:20 pm Afternoon Refreshments
3:00 pm Developing a Curriculum for Entrants to Project Controls to Meet the Needs of an Evolving Industry
Synopsis
- Identifying the key skills requirements for your organisation, what can you train, what comes with experience and mapping this out as a curriculum and career path
- Defining roles and responsibilities for entrants to project controls to help engage your staff early and improve retention
- Training the basics and developing a robust development framework to future proof your team
3:40 pm Audience Discussion: Analyzing the Opportunities & Risks of Technology to Support a Labor Market Struggling to Keep Up
Synopsis
- Using technology strategically to supplement inexperienced employees’ skillsets
- Reinforcing the fundamentals of a project controls role to avoid technology becoming a crutch
- Pairing digital natives and industry veterans to integrate the soft skills, how can you effectively transfer knowledge in a labor force at either end of their careers?