Laing O'Rourke
Human Innovation and Performance Intern
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Role Purpose
This placement offers an outstanding opportunity to work at the intersection of psychology, leadership, team dynamics, and organisational performance.
The role is ideal for students in psychology, organisational behaviour, human performance, or related fields, who are passionate about people and systems in high-pressure environments.
You will work closely with the Human Innovation and Performance (HIP) team, project and functional teams across major infrastructure projects to support the development of high-performing individuals and teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in the day-to-day operations of the Human Innovation and Performance (HiP) Team.
- Maintain regular contact and gather insight from the team of HiP Associates and Coaches.
- Assist the Senior Human Innovation and Performance Manager with tracking the work of the team and considering impact measurement.
- Support the team with and during scoping conversations about individual and team interventions.
- Assist in the design and delivery of team performance diagnostics, workshops, and interventions.
- Support the facilitation of leadership development and team effectiveness programmes on live projects.
- Collect and analyse qualitative and quantitative data to inform human performance insights.
- Support HiP member and associate coaches working with project teams in embedding high-performance practices.
- Contribute to research and thinking by exploring the psychology of performance in a wide range of environments.
- Assist with day-to-day project coordination, workshop preparation, and stakeholder communications.
- Work closely with senior coaches, psychologists, and operational leaders to drive behavioural change.
- Support team members with engaging and effective presentation design.
- Produce case studies, reports, and presentations to capture learning and impact.
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Essential Candidate Requirements
- Studying towards (or recently completed) a degree in Psychology, Human Factors, Organisational Behaviour, Sports Science, or a related discipline.
- Passionate about human performance and leadership in complex systems.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently using own initiative to complete tasks and seek out opportunities for impact.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, site-based environments.
- Critical thinking, curiosity, and adaptability.
- Comfortable with data collection, analysis, and presenting findings.
- An interest in finding new, innovative and exciting ways to design and deliver sessions including presentation and activity design.
- Interest in exploring new thinking through research and the ability to consolidate and summarise key and actionable insights from a range of sources.
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What You'll Gain
- One-to-one mentoring and coaching from highly-experienced psychologists and performance experts.
- Real-world experience working on complex, high-value infrastructure projects.
- A deeper understanding of the construction and engineering industry from a human systems perspective, with the opportunity to apply that learning in other environments.
- Opportunities to shape the way human performance is understood and delivered in project environments.
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