Julie Smith
Vice President, Human Resources The Christman Co.
Julie Smith is the Vice President of Human Resources at The Christman Company, where she has led the organisation’s HR function since 2024. In her role, she supports Christman’s construction, design build, program management and real estate development teams across sectors including healthcare, education, government, industrial and corporate environments. Julie focuses on strengthening Christman’s people strategy, leadership capability and culture to ensure the organisation continues to deliver award winning construction and complex projects in active, demanding settings.
Seminars
- Replacing manual processes and outdated systems with a modern HR platform, creating the digital foundation needed to support business growth, improve efficiency, and automate high-volume HR activities
- Bringing leaders, office employees, and field-based skilled trades workers on the transformation journey by overcoming resistance to change, driving technology adoption, and ensuring new systems work for the realities of a construction workforce
- Applying practical change management strategies to shift behaviors, modernize ways of working, and move from informal, people-dependent processes to scalable, data-driven workforce operations
Join both speakers for an interactive audience-led Q&A designed to unpack the strategies, challenges, and lessons behind their approaches to AI-enabled workforce planning, employee support, and HR efficiency. Ask your questions, compare perspectives, and gain deeper insight into what it takes to successfully drive change in this area.
