Chris Lalevee

Member Assistance Coordinator

Chris Lalevee is a Business Agent for IUOE Local 825 that services all of New Jersey and New York’s Hudson Valley with a workforce of heavy equipment operators.

As an accomplished crane operator, Chris spent years in the industry on numerous projects running cranes in various fields and operations.

Chris was then brought into Local 825’s referral hall where he worked as a dispatcher. This role consisted of coordinating workforce to companies to meet their heavy equipment operator needs. During this time, he developed IUOE 825’s Member Assistance Program. This peer program is designed to assist members and their families getting help with issues like substance misuse as well as mental health.

Chris now serves as a business agent for Local 825 and maintains and coordinates a thriving assistance program. He also shares his skills as an instructor for the IUOE in teaching crane operation classes and MAP peer classes. In addition to MAP peer classes Chris holds many certifications as well as facilitates various trainings regarding these topics.

His lived experiences, his constant development and empathy have transformed him into an expert in the construction industry with a deep understanding of a misunderstood workforce.

Chris has taken his knowledge of substance misuse, mental illness and suicide ideation to another level by blending these topics into construction safety. He is involved nationally, collaborating with like minded individuals to raise awareness, break stigma and make the construction industry a safer place. Chances are you have or will run into him or someone that knows of his work.