Regional Technology Associate

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Granite Construction is seeking an energetic and technically curious Regional Technology Associate to operate out of our Arizona regiona; office and serve as a hands-on technology liaison between regional operations and the Granite Systems Division (GSD). This junior-level role is ideal for an early-career technologist who is eager to learn civil construction operations, work closely with field teams, and help turn regional ideas into deployable, pilot-ready technology solutions.

This role will develop a working understanding of Granite’s construction processes, and act as a conduit for identifying, shaping, and advancing technology-enabled improvements that drive efficiency, safety, quality, and cost performance.

Essential Job Responsibilities

Regional Engagement & Discovery

• Learn Granite’s regional operations, business processes, and civil construction workflows through direct field engagement.

• Actively mine, document, and catalog technology opportunities surfaced by project teams and regional leadership.

• Observe pain points and inefficiencies and translate them into clearly defined problem statements and solution concepts.

Technology Development & Enablement

• Design, prototype, and develop lightweight applications, tools, or analytics to move ideas into a pilotable state.

• Support rapid experimentation, testing, and iteration of solutions in close collaboration with end users.

• Assist with release planning, versioning, testing, and deployment of early-stage solutions.

Coordination & Communication

• Serve as a day-to-day conduit between regional teams and Granite Services Division leadership.

• Package regional ideas, pilots, and learnings into concise briefings and artifacts suitable for leadership review.

• Support transition of validated solutions from regional pilots into enterprise pathways, where appropriate.

​Governance & Quality

• Follow Granite technology standards, governance, and security guidelines.

• Document solutions, assumptions, test results, and lessons learned to support scalability and reuse.

Desired Skills & Qualifications

Technical Skills

• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 Copilot (prompting, workflow integration, document automation)

• Experience building or configuring AI agents and workflows (Copilot Studio, StackAI, N8N, etc.)

• Ability to identify and automate workflows using low-code/no-code tools (Power Automate, Power Apps, Replit)

• Working knowledge of data analysis tools (Excel advanced functions, Power BI, Python, R)

• Experience building lightweight apps using:

  • Power Platform (Power Apps, Dataverse)

  • Replit or similar cloud AI-assisted dev environments

• Basic understanding of:

  • APIs, webhooks, and integrations

  • JSON / data structures

  • Versioning and deployment concepts

  • Release Management

  • Source Control (Github)

  • CI/CD Pipelines

• Strong familiarity with Microsoft 365 ecosystem (Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Planner)

Professional Attributes

• High energy, enthusiasm, and genuine curiosity about how things work in the field.

• Strong communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences, connecting users’ needs to technical solutions

• Comfortable working in ambiguity, learning on the job, and iterating quickly.

• Self-starter mindset with a bias toward action and contribution.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field preferred.

• Internship, co-op, or early professional experience in software development, analytics, or applied technology encouraged.