Regional HR Business Partner

About Veolia North America

A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has approximately 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website www.veolianorthamerica.com.

Job Description

BENEFITS

Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.  Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement. 

Position Purpose: 

The HR Business Partner is responsible for the development, implementation, and coordination of the organization’s human resource strategies within a multi-state region. The HRBP aligns human resource objectives with employees and management at the Corporate level. The HRBP anticipates, manages, and delivers value-added services that impact the organization’s goals in the areas of recruitment, training and development, performance management, employee relations, compliance, and total rewards. This position will collaborate with the HR Leadership Team, site leadership, recruiting partners, talent management, and other HR Partners to deliver exceptional customer service to the business.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

• Serves as the HR subject matter expert to managers and employees and establishes HR as a credible and trustworthy resource.
• Serve as go-to for onboarding, employee relations, separations, etc.
• Ensures HR is providing customer-oriented service to the business including talent management and organizational effectiveness.
• Manages programs, policies, and procedures to support the organizational culture.
• Fosters a positive, diverse, and inclusive culture through education, communication, and initiatives.
• Coaches managers in person to achieve maximum potential and ensure compliance and fair treatment.
• Facilitates performance management through coaching, systems, and processes.
• Develops and coordinates learning and development plans to transfer knowledge and provide career growth.
• Conducts assessments to identify issues and partners with managers to implement solutions.
• Communicates and applies policy and procedures across organization and recommends changes to support business needs.
• Conducts investigations of workplace policy violations and mediates difficult employee relations issues at site.
• Serves as a team leader for organizational initiatives and implements change.
• Gathers and reports HR metrics including key performance indicators to assess and improve HR service.
• Leads/Co-leads special projects as assigned.
• Must travel to sites to build relationships, represent the HR function in a positive light, have performance management discussions; workforce planning, succession planning, talent calibrations, etc.

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Background:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline required.
• 5+ years related work experience required,
• 3+ years strategic HR experience supporting a multi-state matrix organization required.
• Must have previous experience in supporting groups of employees.
• Experience providing HR support to executive clients required.
• Experience in investigations, crucial conversations, performance management, creating career paths, comp analysis, and leading projects is needed.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems.
• Shared Services Center experience preferred.
•  General knowledge of varying types of Health and Welfare plans.
• Sarbanes-Oxley (“SOX”) experience preferred.
• Human Resources Information System (“HRIS”) or other related mainframe systems. ADP and Success Factors experience strongly preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Demonstrated understanding of effective human resource management and support for business.
• Educated/aware of multi state employment law.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal and presentation communication skills.
• PC Skills including proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet. (MS Word, Excel, Google Drive and Google Docs/sheets) 
• Ability to develop spreadsheets and modify formats in order to complete assignments and ability to recommend improvements.
• Must demonstrate effective oral communication skills with good vocabulary, good grammar, and a passion for excellence in customer service.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of personnel, as well as external suppliers and organizations.
• Ability to execute tasks independently.  Ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive data.
• Excellent organization and time management skills to handle multiple tasks in an environment with large volumes of data, paperwork, and requests. 
• Significant attention to detail required.
• Must demonstrate ability to work in a team environment.

Required Certification/Licenses/Training:

• Professional certification in human resources preferred (PHR, SPHR, etc.).
• Valid Driver’s License required.

Physical Requirements:

• Typical office environment, including heavy computer usage and sitting for long periods of time.
• A fast-paced, varied environment and occasional overtime are expected with this position.
• Travel will be required.
• This will include but not limited to Domestic, overnight travel estimated to be 20-25% with frequent day trips to Veolia locations. 
• Position will be located in Menomonee Falls, WI.

Additional Information

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.