Sr HR Business Partner
The Sr HR Business Partner serves as a key partner to site leadership, providing strategic and hands-on HR support across multiple business units. This role is responsible for coordinating all core HR functions, including employee relations, performance management, compensation, compliance, and talent acquisition support. Acting as a trusted advisor, the Sr HR Business Partner ensures alignment between HR initiatives and business objectives, offering coaching to managers and fostering a positive, engaged workplace culture. The position requires strong communication, sound judgment, and a thorough understanding of employment law and transportation / DOT regulations. By actively engaging with employees across all levels, this role plays an essential role in promoting operational excellence, employee satisfaction, and organizational integrity. This is an on-site role.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate Human Resource functions for assigned sites; counselling of employees and management; salary administration; compliance with all Federal and State regulations.
- Provide guidance to the leadership team on a wide variety of employee relations issues (including policy and HR procedure).
- Execute transactional core HR processes (e.g. coordinate and conduct new associate orientation, onboarding and exit interviews, status changes, etc).
- Work with leaders to ensure the HR strategy is aligned with the business strategy.
- Provide coaching with regarding to performance management including performance improvement plans and employee performance counselling documents.
- Support hiring managers and Talent Acquisition with recruitment and staffing plans.
- Learn and understand the business segments supported and challenges of the workforce by shadowing employees at all levels.
- Assist in programs to enhance employee engagement and satisfaction levels.
- Demonstrate discretion and business ethics as well as operate with integrity and fairness.
- Possess working knowledge of federal, state, and local employment law as well as Human Resource practices.
- Demonstrate ability to communicate clearly and effectively, verbally and in writing.
- Communicate any concerns with HR Leadership.
- Ability to utilize Microsoft products such as Excel, Outlook, Teams, etc to communicate and provide reporting materials.
- Able and willing to enter the production areas occasionally which involves biosecurity measures such as showring in and wearing PPE.
- Other special projects and duties as assigned
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or a related fieldProgressive HR experience, including at least 3+ years at the HR Business Partner level with a strong background in Employee RelationsProven experience supporting a large transportation operation or site, including familiarity with DOT regulations and compliance requirementsProficiency with HRIS systems preferred