Field Employee Relations Manager

$120000 - $140000 per year | Saint Paul, MN | Remote | Permanent

We’re a family-owned specialty electrical contractor with more than three decades in the industry. We deliver turnkey industrial electrical, automation, power services and renewable energy projects for clients across the country. We’re in a period of significant growth, winning large-scale projects in remote locations and hiring skilled craft employees in large waves to support them. Our culture moves quickly, takes calculated risks, and rewards people who step up and own their work.

We’re investing in our HR function to match our growth, and this role puts a trusted HR presence directly in the field where our people work.

• Brand-new role: build how field ER works from the ground up
• Meaningful influence: lead investigations end to end, spot systemic risk, and turn what you learn into policy and leader guidance.
• Strong compensation: base+ bonus and a $160 per diem on travel days.
• Travel taken care of: company card for travel, plus hotel lodging near project sites.
• Growth company: rapid revenue and headcount growth, major project wins, and an HR function that’s actively building out.
• Strong partnership: work alongside HR leadership, Legal and Safety on elevated matters.
• Remote home base: live where it works for you, ideally near a major airport.

The Field Employee Relations Manager provides specialized ER support to employees and leaders across construction, energy and electrical project sites, serving as a visible, trusted HR presence at remote project locations and workforce housing environments. You manage complex ER matters and workplace investigations, develop and implement HR policies and practices, mitigate employment risk, and coach field leaders on effective, consistent people management.

You lead investigations from intake through findings and resolution, identify trends and systemic risks, and partner with HR and operational leadership to turn lessons learned into practical policies, processes and leader guidance. You also provide hands-on field HR support so policies and employment practices are applied consistently across locations, supporting a fair, compliant and positive employee experience.

• Serve as the primary ER partner for assigned field operations, guiding leaders and employees on workplace concerns, performance, conduct, attendance, conflict and policy interpretation.
• Manage complex and sensitive ER matters from intake through resolution, promptly, consistently and with thorough documentation.
• Assess matters for legal, regulatory, safety, retaliation, discrimination, harassment, wage and hour, or other employment risk, and elevate appropriately.
• Maintain case documentation and identify patterns, repeat issues and emerging workforce risks across projects, leaders and locations.
• Partner with HR leadership, Legal, Safety and operational leaders on elevated or high-risk matters.
• Lead workplace investigations: build investigation plans, conduct interviews, gather and assess evidence, evaluate credibility and prepare clear, objective findings.
• Recommend next steps after investigations, including corrective action, remediation, policy or process changes and leadership coaching.
• Monitor investigation outcomes and recurring themes to identify broader organizational or field-level risks.

• Coach field leaders through complex situations including performance concerns, corrective action, conflict, attendance, complaints and separations.
• Help leaders tell…