HR Lead

About Us:

Purge Rite, the leader in high-quality mechanical flushing services, is seeking a highly motivated and experienced HR Lead. We serve all sizes of commercial mechanical companies across the U.S. with end-user clients that include many top Fortune 100 companies. Projects include data centers, semiconductor and EV battery manufacturers, universities, health care facilities, and district energy systems. We are a first-mover company seeking a people leader who will guide our organization through its next stage of growth while protecting the entrepreneurial culture, sense of urgency, and people-first mindset that made us successful.

Our team has an entrepreneurial spirit and is results-driven.

Our customers choose Purge Rite because our people deliver turn-key flushing solutions for some of the most complex hydronic systems being deployed today. Based in Willis, Texas, the HR Lead is a key member of the leadership team and the architect of our people strategy. This hands-on role is responsible for developing our leaders, supporting our employees, strengthening succession and career pathways, leading the HR side of mergers and acquisitions, and building consistent, scalable HR practices that prepare Purge Rite for the global opportunities ahead.

• Build and lead a people strategy that supports Purge Rite’s growth plans and long-term business goals.
• Act as a strategic business partner to the executive team and field leadership, using business acumen to find where people investments create the most value.
• Lead change management for growth initiatives, including structural changes, new roles, and clear internal communication.
• Prepare the organization for global opportunities, including workforce planning for new markets and HR practices that can extend beyond the U.S.

• Lead the HR workstream for mergers and acquisitions, from due diligence through full integration.
• Assess people-related risks in target companies, including leadership, key talent, compensation, benefits, and compliance.
• Build and execute integration plans that bring acquired teams onto Purge Rite’s HR systems, policies, payroll, and benefits, and harmonize compensation and job structures fairly and consistently.
• Retain critical talent through transitions and integrate new teams into Purge Rite and Vertiv’s culture.
• Design and run succession planning for critical roles at every level of the organization.
• Build clear career pathways that show technicians, crew leads, and managers how to grow with Purge Rite.
• Develop our leaders through coaching, feedback, and structured development programs.
• Refine competency-based training programs that develop new crews efficiently and reinforce our values and safety standards.

• Create consistent, scalable HR processes across the organization, including job descriptions, recruiting, background checks, drug screens, onboarding, performance management, and the employee handbook.
• Oversee benefits administration and payroll preparation, and manage carrier relationships to deliver quality service at the right cost.
• Provide HR input on enterprise-wide systems, continuously improve hire-to-retire processes, and use HR data and metrics to guide leadership decisions.

• Partner with leaders to forecast talent needs and build a pipeline for critical roles.
• Provide dotted-line guidance to the recruiting team, aligning hiring priorities and selection practices with workforce plans and Purge Rite’s culture.
• Identify retention risks for key talent and put targeted retention programs in place.
• Manage compensation practices that keep Purge Rite competitive in the markets where we hire.