Director, Human Resources - Power Delivery

Job Overview

With over 70 years of operating experience, our Power Delivery services include engineering and design, installation and maintenance, material and equipment procurement, repair of electrical transmission, distribution, substation, wireless communication, and storm restoration. Our experience ranges from small engineering and consulting projects to multi-million dollar turn-key distribution, substation, and transmission line programs.

Location:

Denton, Texas (office-based role)

The Director Human Resources - Power Delivery serves as the overall strategic HR leader and business partner to the operations leadership of the Power Utilities group. This role will partner closely with senior leadership, operational leaders, HSE/Safety, Legal and corporate HR functions to align Power’s HR strategies with business objectives while fostering a high-performance culture focused on safety, accountability, teamwork, ethical behavior and employee development.

Based in Denton, TX, this role leads a team of approximately 10 HR Managers, Generalists and/or Coordinators geographically dispersed across Texas, Florida and Louisiana. The workforce supported is approximately 2,800 employees, 85% of whom are non-union hourly field construction workers working at client construction sites across the United States.

• Use workforce data and business trends to identify people-related risks and opportunities and recommend actions to senior leadership.
• Partner closely with HSE/Safety and Operations leadership to strengthen safety culture, employee accountability and frontline leadership behaviors that support safe execution of work.
• Provide strategic counsel regarding labor market trends, workforce availability, skilled craft labor, retention challenges, workforce deployment and talent acquisition strategies.
• Lead the development and implementation of HR initiatives that strengthen organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, accountability and retention.
• Act in a professional, ethical and confidential manner at all times with strict adherence to the company’s Code of Conduct.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on organizational design, talent management, succession planning, compensation, employee relations, workforce planning and organizational effectiveness.

• Facilitate workforce planning to ensure staffing levels align with project demands, future growth and changing workforce requirements.
• Develop and execute targeted retention strategies for critical professional, leadership and skilled craft populations, using workforce data and employee feedback to identify retention risks.
• Partner with Operations and Corporate Learning & Development group to strengthen frontline supervisor and manager effectiveness through leadership development, coaching, performance management and employee relations training.
• Support and drive the annual performance management, talent reviews, mid-year goals reviews and leadership coaching efforts.
• In partnership with Corporate Talent Management group, drive succession planning and leadership development across senior leadership, operations leadership, frontline supervisors and other critical talent populations.

• Promote a culture of inclusion, respect, accountability, teamwork, professionalism and ethical business conduct.
• Partner with HSE/Safety and Operations leadership on employee accountability, workplace conduct, safety-related employee matters and other workforce risks.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state and local employment laws, regulations and company policies across the geographically dispersed workforce.

• Establish and monitor HR performance metrics, including turnover, retention, staffing levels, employee relations activity, engagement and other workforce indicators.
• Support annual compensation planning, promotion reviews and organizational restructuring activities.
• Collaborate with corporate Compensation and Benefits teams to ensure competitive and equitable compensation programs for professional,…