Innovation Engineer

Job description

SUMMARY: Mortenson is currently seeking an Innovation Engineer to support and promote innovative solutions for business improvement. Responsibilities include evaluating new technologies, products, and processes, and communicating successes and lessons learned. The role involves advancing solutions through market research, prototyping, and scaling. RESPONSIBILITIES: Review and refine objectives, business case, market viability, and development feasibility for each concept Create comparative estimates to predict development costs and contrast potential financial outcomes of proposed solutions Identify and partner with internal and external agents to design, manufacture, and test innovative products, processes, or systems Navigate vendor, OEM, customer relationships, contracts, and regulatory environment Apply legal procedures and confidentiality measures to protect intellectual property Ensure innovations are functional and accepted by the operational team, being transparent about those that do not meet requirements Communicate and celebrate failures as learning mechanisms Quantify and communicate positive results, promoting team contributions Build relationships with individuals of...