Eric D Fajer

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Littleton, CO 80127 720-***-**** (home) ac00tz@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/ericfajer

Senior human resources leader with over 15 years of experience in developing and implementing organizational improvements, change management and communication approaches and talent management for a Fortune 500, engineering firm.

Summary of Expertise

Change Management and Organizational Effectiveness -- Design and Continuous Improvement

Corporate Culture, Communications, Employee Engagement and Accountability

Meeting Facilitation for Team Building, Training, Project Chartering and Strategic Planning

Coaching and Mentoring of Senior Staff, Colleagues, and Junior Staff

Talent Management Leadership in alignment with HR Strategy Development & Implementation

Workforce Planning and Work Sharing (e.g., staff transfers across business units and offices)

Coordination with Global Recruiting Team and Hiring Managers

Leadership and Overall Staff Development

Workforce Analytics, Metrics and HR Dashboard Development and Interpretation

Professional Experience

CH2M – (1999 to 2016)

CH2M is a Fortune 500, global environment and infrastructure company, delivering consulting, engineering and design, construction and program management services for national, state and municipal governments, and private sector clients.

Career Highlights and Accomplishments

Talent Leadership – Talent Manager team representative on international water business leadership team that transformed business into globally integrated, profitable enterprise.

Staff Development and Performance – Led performance evaluation, compensation reviews, personal and career development/training, and strategic deployment of 1000+ international staff in Europe, SE Asia, Australia and the Middle East. Led selection, deployment, monitoring, and follow on opportunities for Energy & Industrial staff participation in company Leadership Development program.

Strategic & New College Graduate Recruitment: Led strategic recruitment for business unit’s “Top Twenty” List (based on strategic staffing plan), with an emphasis on project leaders, engineering discipline leads, and business solution providers -- included strong emphasis on diversity hiring. Co-led development and implementation of Water Business Group “Recruitment Day” for hiring New College Graduates throughout the USA. Co-led the development of Water Business Group Internship program. Managed $750K/year international strategic recruitment budget.

Redeployment of talent from failing businesses and offices – Led successful redeployment of EPC Power staff, and critical engineering talent from closing Bellingham, WA office, thereby saving $1M in severance costs, and greatly reducing recruitment and integration costs.

Integration of New Company Staff – Led successful integration of talent management tools, processes and best practices to acquired Halcrow business, with staff based primarily in Great Britain and the Middle East.

CH2M Talent Leadership Roles

All roles are in partnership with Business Unit leaders and HR for workforce planning, staff deployment, staff development, coaching and mentoring, strategic recruitment, new college graduate and diversity recruitment, performance evaluation, and compensation reviews.

Senior HR Operations Leader, Energy and Industrial Business Unit (2013 to December 2016)

Senior Talent Leader, EPC Power Business Group and Construction/Risk Business Unit (2014 to 2016)

International Human Resources Manager, Water Business Unit (2004 to 2009; 2011 to 2013)

Strategic Talent Management Leader, Water Business Unit (2007 to 2013)

Meeting Facilitator and Team Chartering Expert (2009 to 2016) – Led over 25 session with an emphasis on organizational improvement and alignment, conflict resolution, team building, lessons learned discussions, and strategic planning.

Additional CH2M Roles

Project Manager and Client Service Manager, Water IQC for the US Agency for International Development -- USAID (1999 to 2004) – Oversaw US$2.5 million portfolio of projects in Jordan and Uzbekistan, manage strategic pursuits, and coordinate with partner firms and USAID.

China Coordinator, Global Water Business Group (2002 to 2004) – Sales manager for strategic pursuits, including winning our first desalination consulting project in Hong Kong, and business development for the firm’s water and sanitation business in mainland China.

Latin American Coordinator, Global Water Business Group (1999 to 2002) – Strategic planning, annual business planning, business development, and management of the firm’s water and sanitation business in Brazil and Honduras (for Hurricane Mitch Reconstruction projects.

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): Environment Division, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)

USAID Career Highlights and Accomplishments

Parks in Peril Leader: Cognizant Technical Officer (e.g., Technical Leader) for USAID’s $40 million Parks in Peril program, one of USAID’s benchmark environmental programs worldwide, and led expansion of program to over 30 sites in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Strategic Planning: Lead or Co-Author for USAID environmental strategies for Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Paraguay.

Trust Funds: One of the lead USAID developers for the Mexico Conservation Fund, a $20+ million endowment to support biodiversity conservation projects of Mexican non-governmental organizations.

U.S. Government Merit Awards (five separate monetary awards for outstanding performance): 1994, 1996 to 1999

Education

Ph.D., Biology, Harvard University, 1990

M.A., Biology, Harvard University, 1987

B.S., Biology, Stanford University, 1985

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