Rebecca Embleton
Rebecca is the NSW Workforce and Industry Participation Manager for Lendlease Construction. In this role Rebecca works in close coordination with Government, Industry Employers and Local Organisations to deliver participation, employment and skilling outcomes with a focus on priority cohorts.
Rebecca has extensive experience working across the construction and infrastructure sector where she has proven capability to boosting productivity and enhancing business capability.
Passionate about local skills and training she co-founded Productivity Bootcamp in 2015. Productivity Bootcamp provides unique skilling and training programs that help solve industry skills shortages. Productivity Bootcamp is highly regarded by NSW Government and industry for its revolutionising productivity and training. Through Productivity Bootcamp Rebecca has established relationships with a number of employers and contractors in Western Sydney and supported them to build their workforce capability.
Rebecca also co-founded a formwork and concrete company Productivity Force that employed graduates of Productivity Bootcamp. Working on some of Sydney’s major infrastructure projects, Rebecca understands the needs, challenges and opportunities that contractors and suppliers experience. Rebecca has an active role in several industry committees such as the Business NSW Workforce Skills Policy Committee whose role is to advocate for policy change in the areas of skilling, education and employment. In addition to this, she founded charity organisation, The Now Effect, developing a unique model and approach to solving social challenges, providing supports to young people in the areas of education, employment and wellbeing.
Rebecca is an advocate for the advancement of women in the industry and is closely connected to the challenges and opportunities in this space.
Born and raised in Western Sydney, she is passionate about the Western Sydney community and continues to have strong connections and understandings of their unique needs.