About Me
H. Steven Gilbert Retired Senior Vice President Fluor Corporation
Steve Gilbert joined Fluor in 1970 and retired in 2009.
Fluor is a global engineering, procurement and construction company that builds and maintains complex projects for clients all over the world.
About two-thirds of his career was spent managing projects, business units and Fluor’s offices around the world and one-third was spent as a senior corporate executive.
The majority of his capital project experience involved new large refineries built outside the U.S. Steve led the company’s Telecommunications business unit and its Government business unit. During his career, he was also responsible for Fluor’s offices in North America – Southern California, Houston, Calgary, Greenville South Carolina, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Fluor’s offices in Europe - the U.K., the Netherlands, Spain and Germany.
One of Steve’s corporate assignments was senior vice president of Business and Work Process Integration, where he was responsible for leading a major initiative to improve the company’s business work processes and information management systems. It also included implementation of an award winning knowledge management system.
Prior to his retirement, Steve was senior vice president of Human Resources and Corporate Administration for Fluor Corporation, responsible for all Fluor Corporation administrative functions including global human resources, executive compensation, executive development, benefits design and administration, talent development, employee training, corporate communications, corporate public affairs, corporate donations, real estate, facilities management and office services.
He graduated from the Case Institute of Technology of Case Western Reserve University, with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. He has attended executive management programs at the University of California at Los Angeles and Pennsylvania State University.