Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Heartland Staffing Solutions is partnering with a respected, privately held construction and infrastructure company seeking a Senior Director of Human Resources. The role serves as the senior HR leader and strategic advisor to the CEO and Executive Leadership Team, leading workforce strategy, talent acquisition, organizational and leadership development, employee relations, compensation, compliance, analytics, and HR team development.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior HR leader and strategic advisor to the CEO and Executive Leadership Team
- Translate company strategy and growth objectives into effective workforce and talent strategies
- Partner with leadership on Organizational Design, Strategic Workforce Planning, Talent Management, and Succession Planning
- Use workforce data and HR metrics to provide leadership with actionable insight into retention, recruiting, labor costs, organizational effectiveness, and workforce risk
- Lead Talent Acquisition Strategy across executive, professional, corporate, field leadership, craft, and operational positions
- Partner with Operations to forecast staffing requirements based on project backlog and company growth
- Build sustainable recruiting pipelines that improve quality of hire, time-to-fill, and retention
- Develop partnerships with schools, apprenticeship programs, veteran organizations, and workforce-development organizations
- Strengthen employer branding and the candidate experience
- Lead the company's Leadership Development and Succession Planning strategy
- Identify high-potential employees and establish development plans for future leadership roles
- Strengthen leadership capacity through career development, coaching, and Talent Management
- Lead Performance Management strategy and establish consistent expectations for feedback, accountability, and employee development
- Build manager capability and strengthen organizational effectiveness
- Provide senior leadership for Employee Relations, workplace investigations, conflict resolution, disciplinary matters, and complex performance concerns
- Coach managers on leadership, accountability, recognition, performance improvement, and difficult conversations
- Strengthen employee engagement and retention across corporate and field teams
- Champion a culture of integrity, accountability, teamwork, safety, respect, and continuous improvement
- Lead the organization's HR Compliance and Employment Law Strategy
- Lead HR compliance audits and proactively identify and mitigate employment-related risk
- Ensure company policies, procedures, handbooks, and leadership training remain current with employment law
- Lead Compensation Strategy and provide oversight of employee benefits
- Benchmark compensation and recommend strategies supporting talent attraction, retention, and internal equity
- Partner with Finance on workforce costs, compensation, turnover, recruiting investments, and productivity
- Leverage People Analytics and Workforce Analytics to improve organizational and executive decision-making
- Provide strategic oversight of HR technology and HRIS systems
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing HR team
- Establish clear ownership, accountability, and priorities across HR functions
- Develop HR team members into confident, autonomous leaders
- Build a scalable HR function capable of supporting a growing, multi-location organization
Skills
- 10+ years of progressive Human Resources experience, including significant HR leadership responsibility
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Leadership, or a related field
- Demonstrated success in Human Resources Strategy, Strategic Workforce Planning, Talent Management, Organizational Development, and Employee Relations
- Proven experience leading and developing HR professionals
- Strong knowledge of Employment Law, HR Compliance, Compensation Strategy, Benefits, Performance Management, and Talent Acquisition
- Experience supporting corporate and field-based employees across multiple locations
- Demonstrated experience with Leadership Development and Succession Planning
- Strong business and financial acumen with experience using workforce data to guide decisions
- Proven ability to advise executive leadership while building trusted relationships throughout an organization
- Excellent judgment, discretion, communication, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on execution
- Experience within construction, infrastructure, utilities, manufacturing, industrial, engineering, transportation, or another operations-driven environment is strongly preferred
- Experience with multi-state organizations, apprenticeship/workforce-development programs
- SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or another advanced HR certification is preferred
Benefits
- Executive Leadership Team position with meaningful influence on company strategy and future growth.
- Direct partnership with the CEO, COO, and senior leadership.
- Opportunity to shape Human Resources Strategy, Organizational Development, Talent Management, and Leadership Development.
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Long-term career opportunity with a respected and growing organization.
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