006 - Job Descriptions for Construction Contractors

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Clarity in job role descriptions is a foundational building block for successful careers and contracting businesses. Each stage of growth makes clarity in job roles more critical and difficult.

The job description itself is relatively simple if you just look at a single role. The challenge is integrating all the different roles together to build a project and company.

Dive deep into what truly makes job roles effective. We build upon the last five modules with over 3 hours of practical examples and 50+ additional resources (tools, books, training, and articles) to keep your career and company growing.  

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Video Timestamps

  • 00:00:00 - The Mission of the Job Role
  • 00:01:37 - Intro to 007 - Job Role Descriptions
  • 00:02:14 - Job Role Clarity = Consistent Outcomes
  • 00:04:32 - Topics Covered - Past & Present
  • 00:11:22 - Aligning Projects and People
  • 00:13:03 - Standards
  • 00:28:00 - Strategy > Systems> Business Model
  • 00:29:54 - Definition: Value Stream (System, Process, Workflow)
  • 00:36:12 - Systems & Process - The Foundation of a Job Role
  • 00:42:33 - Business Model Basics - Making the Math Work
  • 00:48:39 - Equipment and People - The Analogy
  • 00:56:51 - Effective Grouping of Tasks for a Job Role
  • 01:04:51 - From More Generalized to More Specialized With Growth
  • 01:09:01 - Degree of Discretionary Time
  • 01:13:02 - Time, Tetris, and Standard Work
  • 01:20:00 - Prioritization: What Impacts Your Outcomes the Most?
  • 01:23:39 - How Much Would You Bet on the Outcomes?
  • 01:34:09 - People Are Not Equipment
  • 01:38:45 - Construction Docs & Business Docs
  • 01:46:38 - Unpacking a Job Role (From Concept to Concrete)
  • 01:48:57 - Specific and Measurable Outcomes
  • 01:57:17 - Tangible Things to Do (Tasks, Decisions, Meetings)
  • 02:01:04 - Levels of Work: a Critical Grouping of Tasks
  • 02:10:44 - Responsibility Assignment Matrix
  • 02:16:08 - Why Most Job Descriptions Fall Short (Survivorship Bias)
  • 02:25:25 - General Competencies Required to Do the Job
  • 02:28:40 - Required and Desired Behaviors + Boundaries
  • 02:33:12 - Integrated Business Docs: From Values through Procedures
  • 02:47:49 - Build Your Org Chart from the Front-Line Up
  • 02:58:37 - Start Simple & Evolve With Growth
  • 03:03:00 - Standard Work & Quality Control: Field Example
  • 03:05:20 - Synthesizing Information vs. Synthesized Information
  • 03:14:42 - Coming Next

Resources Referenced


Definitions

Business Development (BizDev)

The process of creating new business opportunities through targeted networking, education, and awareness-building activities.

Competency

The ability to do something (skill) at a certain level of performance (standard). A Skill Performed to Standard.

Skill

The Ability to do something. Sometimes combined with performing to a certain level (standard / competency) and possibly the verification of that performance (certification).

Training

The process of Increasing the knowledge and skills of someone, typically shorter-term and in the context of being able to perform in their current role at a competency level that meets standards.


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