Description Position at McKinstry Co., LLC Build the future, spark innovation and align your career with purpose. McKinstry is innovating the waste and climate harm out of the built environment and creating lasting impact. Together, we're building a thriving planet. Buildings are a leading contributor to the climate crisis, generating nearly 40% of total global energy-related carbon emissions. We're making a lasting impact on our industry and within our communities by addressing the climate, affordability and equity crises through:
- renewables and energy services
- engineering and design
- construction and facility services
To get where we're going, we need big thinkers, problem solvers and collaborative mindsets. Does that sound like you? The Opportunity with McKinstry We are adding a Director, Craft Labor & Workforce Development to our growing Platform Construction division in Seattle, WA. The Director, Craft Labor & Workforce Development is one of the Director-level seats within Modular Products' Manufacturing Platform Services team, serving all four product families (Thermal, Power, Distributed Energy, and Specialty) simultaneously. This role owns the craft workforce strategy and execution that makes production possible - the skilled labor workforce is a key area of focus for our production facilities, and managing the gap between craft labor supply and production demand is a direct constraint on the business's ability to meet production throughput expectations. This role is responsible for the skilled labor strategy, approach and workforce development efforts / programs associated with both our union (affiliated) and non-union (non-affiliated) workforce. This is a specialized craft labor operations and strategy role supporting our manufacturing business that is scaling dramatically over the next 3 years across our network of manufacturing hubs and associated jurisdictional labor markets and multiple product families with distinct fabrication and assembly scope requirements. The person in this role must understand and have had experience managing union labor workforces and associated collective bargaining agreements as well as non-union skilled production labor well enough to support the mixed / hybrid labor workforce strategy and model being executed across our manufacturing network. Affiliated Craft Labor McKinstry Co. is the primary source of affiliated craft labor for our Modular Products business across existing manufacturing facilities. This director role represents the Modular Products business side of that relationship. McKinstry, Co. manages and supports the requested affiliated labor operations themselves. All labor draw-down coordination, Task Order structure, scope management, and workforce planning shall be the responsibility of this role as well as the close coordination with the McKinstry, Co. labor counterpart.
- Responsible for managing the existing MSA and Task Order framework with McKinstry Co.: draft, negotiate, and manage Task Orders for each hub and program, defining scope boundaries (welded fabrication and claimed electrical scope to UA/IBEW; downstream assembly to non-affiliated), headcount commitments, and rate structures.
- Responsible for "claimed vs. non-claimed" scope boundary at the production floor level: ensure jurisdictional compliance, minimize classification risk, and resolve scope boundary disputes before they become labor relations events or contract exposures.
- Coordinate the McKinstry Co. labor plan with MP production scheduling: headcount draw-down requests, Task Order timing, traveler coordination, and Local engagement - ensuring affiliated labor supply is matched to production demand rather than trailing it.
- Manage Local union engagement for craft retention and referral: share the MP growth story with existing and future local chapters to improve retention and build referral pipelines that supplement open-call hiring.
Non-Affiliated Production Workforce The downstream assembly, test, and logistics scope - approximately 30% of daily production floor activity - requires a non-affiliated production workforce that operates with manufacturing consistency, not construction-industry transience. This role is responsible for building that workforce strategy and plan through a deliberate, legally defensible employment model.
- Own and advance the three-pathway model for non-affiliated workforce access: 3rd-party production staffing, MP direct-hire, and other
... For full info follow application link.The McKinstry group of companies are equal opportunity employers. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, race, color, creed, marital status, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other basis protected by law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to employment, advancement, assignment, and training.
