Lead Innovative Training Program and Transform Construction Careers

Lead Innovative Training Program and Transform Construction Careers

Journeyman Carpenter Matthew Koziolek, left, and Foreman Ethan Weiskircher work from plans to create construction schedules during a Field Technical Training course. Haskell is seeking a Craft Development Specialist to lead the FTT program.

Published:
December 8, 2023 |
Updated
:
July 18, 2025

For its more than 100 Permanent Craft Employees (PCEs) , Haskell created its Field Technical Training (FTT) program, an innovative and industry-leading instructional method that helps them expand their versatility, perform to a set standard across job sites, attain certifications and progress in their careers.

“We’ve spent the past six years building a foundation of training and development for the field,” said Mike McLauchlan, Director of Field Technical Training. We have the curriculum, and we have the support of the company. The support has been awesome. This position will give someone the opportunity to put your stamp on a powerful program and grow it into something truly special.”

In addition to providing a highly collaborative and fast-paced environment, Haskell operates with the direction of six strategic pillars, the first of which is to “ Provide Team Members the BEST Job of Their Lives. ” It offers arobust benefits package that includes a 401k match and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), which creates stock ownership for every full-time team member.

Candidates should have field experience in construction, carpentry and mechanical work, including pipe fitting and pipe laying, and be comfortable delivering presentations. The successful candidate will spend about 75% of their time traveling to job sites, coordinating with the superintendent and instilling knowledge.

The FTT program takes a three-pronged approach to education, featuring videos to watch, textbooks to read and hands-on training to allow the skills to soak in. The wide-ranging curriculum includes courses on plan reading, construction layout, equipment operation, formwork, pipe laying, pipe fitting and tilt-wall construction.

“We have extremely strong content,” McLauchlan said. “We just need to be able to have somebody to help facilitate. We want to make sure that we're affording those folks the opportunity to grow and develop into versatile craft people and the next set of construction leaders.

“To me, the rewarding part is watching these team members grow and develop into that next set of field leaders— because they will. There's talent there. It just needs to be molded and developed, and we need somebody to go and do that. The job is so rewarding, and Haskell is such a great company and so supportive of training and development – to me, that's the No.

1 reason to work for us in this role. It’s a great opportunity.”

Haskell delivers over $3 billion annually in Architecture, Engineering, Construction (AEC) and Consulting solutions to assure certainty of outcome for complex capital projects worldwide. Haskell is a global, fully integrated, single-source design-build and EPC firm with 3,000 highly specialized, in-house design, construction and administrative professionals across industrial and commercial markets. With 25+ office locations around the globe, Haskell is a trusted partner to global and emerging clients.

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