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No matter your background, education, or career path, if you share our vision to create extraordinary experiences, you belong at HITT.\nAssociate, CommunicationsJob Description:\nReporting to the Communications Manager, the Communications Associate is focused on public relations and community engagement for mission critical projects, while also supporting broader corporate communications activities. This position is required to be based on-site at our Dallas or Houston office location. They will serve as the day-to-day communications resource for assigned Technology projects, with travel to jobsites as needed (up to 20%). Responsibilities include stakeholder outreach, community bulletins and construction alerts, tracking and helping resolve community concerns, media coordination, and general communications support.\nWorking closely with the client’s PR and community outreach team and HITT project leadership, the Communications Associate will identify communications needs, support jobsite messaging and engagement, and help ensure project information is clear, timely, and aligned with company brand and communications standards. The role will also support internal and external corporate communications assignments.\nThe position requires strong writing and editing skills, sound judgment and discretion, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate is collaborative, solutions-oriented, and comfortable spending significant time in active construction environments. They are a proactive self-starter who takes ownership, learns quickly, and is motivated to grow their communications skills and responsibilities over time.\nJOB FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES\nTechnology Client PR & Community Relations (70%)\nServe as the embedded, on-site communications and community relations resource for assigned data center projects, often visiting jobsites to understand upcoming construction activity, anticipate community impacts, and support logistics alignment and issue-reduction planning before work proceeds.\n\nCoordinate communications around grading, material handling, and other visible construction activities, including on-site and off-site operations that may affect neighboring properties or public perception.\n\nSupport proactive dust and site-impact communications, including frontage dust and silt controls, airborne dust mitigation, and high-height temporary fencing requirements.\n\nPartner with the client on implementation and communication of the on-site signage and route-control program, including roadway signage, access routes, and traffic-flow expectations.\n\nCoordinate communications related to frontage and off-site traffic management, bussing, crew activity, and other highly visible project operations to help minimize neighborhood disruption.\n\nWrite and distribute community bulletins, construction alerts, and other outreach materials addressing noise, dust, traffic, road closures, changes to work hours, and other anticipated impacts in coordination with the client-led outreach team.\n\nBuild and maintain relationships with neighboring residents, community associations, local businesses, and municipal stakeholders adjacent to active projects.\n\nSupport community meetings, open houses, and neighborhood briefings; document questions, concerns, and commitments and track follow-up items through resolution.\n\nManage community questions and complaints related to construction activity, including noise, dust, traffic, and site operations; route issues to the appropriate client and project teams and follow through until resolved.\n\nMonitor local social media, news coverage, and community forums for project sentiment and emerging concerns, escalating potential public relations risks to the Communications Manager and Technology client as appropriate.\n\nRoute on-site media inquiries to the corporate spokesperson and coordinate safe, authorized, PPE-compliant site visits for approved media.\n\nSupport client-facing reporting on community outreach, stakeholder engagement, construction-impact communications, and issue resolution.\n\nGeneral Communications Support (30%)\nWrite, edit, and proofread internal content-articles, announcements, leadership messages, and companywide emails-in the company voice\n\nContribute content to the weekly company newsletter and the monthly Team Member Spotlight features\n\nSupport internal campaigns and communications projects from planning through execution and recap\n\nMaintain assigned pages on the company intranet (Blueprint), including document swaps, text updates, and organization chart updates\n\nAttend project meetings to take notes, distribute minutes, and organize jobsite photo archives\n\nQUALIFICATIONS\nBachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, English, or related fields\n\n2-4 years’ experience in public relations, community relations, or public affairs, or in corporate communications with public-facing responsibility; agency, municipal, or infrastructure outreach experience valued\n\nExperience in a fast-paced B2B or professional services environment; architecture/engineering/construction (AEC) experience preferred but not required\n\nExcellent interpersonal and organizational skills required\n\nExceptional oral and written communication skills, including the ability to write clear, plain-language community bulletins and construction alerts for non-technical neighborhood audiences\n\nIntellectual curiosity about community relations, construction operations, and the mission critical industry and data center projects\n\nAbility to turn construction schedule and activity changes into resident-ready notices on short deadline, and to produce recurring internal content such as newsletters and announcements\n\nDiscretion and sound judgment when handling sensitive internal information, leadership communications, and community inquiries\n\nFamiliarity with company intranets, email marketing systems, org chart software, and basic photo archiving\n\nWorking knowledge of SharePoint or comparable intranet platforms, email distribution tools, and presentation development programs; basic video or audio production experience a plus\n\nProficiency in Microsoft Office Suite is required; proficiency in Adobe CC a plus\n\nAbility to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects with changing priorities\n\nStrong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage recurring deliverables across a variety of functions\n\nWillingness to work on-site at project field offices on a regular basis and to comply with all jobsite safety and PPE requirements\n\nComfort with sustained in-person community interaction-walking the jobsite, staffing neighborhood meetings, and responding to resident concerns directly\n\nHITT Contracting is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to hiring and developing the most qualified individuals based on job-related experience, skills, and merit. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We value a respectful, inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. 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