Kathleen DiRenna

I started my career in the construction industry and worked there for probably 5 years. I then moved into other industries, one of them being the utility industry that also had some construction projects within. From there, I moved to financial, to telecommunications, and then the insurance industry, and then went back to construction doing telecommunications extensions construction, and now doing data center and microchip construction. In all, I probably have 20 to 25 years of construction experience in a career of about 35 to 40 years. My most recent job before working with Bechtel was with a telecommunications construction company that started as a family-owned business and was then acquired by a national company called Congruix. In that role, I was the Director of People Services for that particular company, which was known as Gudenkopf. There, I handled all HR issues, from anything from day-to-day policy issues, any kinds of employee relations issues, employee engagement. I also worked in handling OSHA and DOT, Department of Transportation regulations. I also did anything from benefits administration to compensation and compensation planning. Prior to that, I worked in the insurance and workers' comp industry, and prior to that, in the telecommunications industry from a service delivery standpoint. I was an HR manager there, where I handled all of the HR functions for any of the customer service and sales employees within the Columbus, Ohio region. Prior to that, I was more of a specialist in the employee relations function, but also worked as a generalist with JPMorgan Chase. There, I was an employee relations manager, I was a senior HR business partner, and I was an employee relations consultant during my career there.