Great Lakes Division HR Director

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The Role

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.
This opportunity entails acting as the primary strategic Human Resources Business Partner for one Division, supporting division strategic planning and partnering with the Division President to assess, anticipate, and identify opportunities to support and maintain business growth. Leads a team of HR Business Partners who support the development, execution, and administration of people related initiatives.

What You’ll Do:

  • Provides support to management and staff for the implementation and administration of HNTB's HR programs and initiatives, policies and/or procedures.
  • Guides managers through the execution of HR programs, processes and strategic initiatives (e.g., performance management, recruitment and selection, talent management and succession planning, compensation planning)
  • Keeps abreast of changing state and national laws. Provides leadership assessment and development program to local management in strategic and day-to-day HR activities.
  • Focuses on succession planning and talent development by partnering with senior management and HR Learning and Development to identify key candidates and create a strategy for the development of selected internal staff.
  • Consults with employees and managers to address root causes of human resources and business performance issues, making recommendations and implementing solutions to resolve and mitigate issues.
  • Conducts all, including the most complex, employee relations investigations either independently or with the assistance of legal counsel; proactively identifies HR issues, develops solutions and involves the appropriate resources to ensure a fair, positive and timely resolution.
  • Accountable for developing and implementing processes, covering HR related issues to ensure compliance with federal, state and company HR policies and regulations.
  • Influences and encourages a learning environment/training that provides the necessary tools, education and materials to management and employees through workshops for continuous improvement.
  • Protects interests of employees and the company in accordance with HR policies and governmental laws and regulations.
  • Increases efficiency of recruiting process; participates with Leadership Team in evaluating staff needs based on the business plan and where necessary, the cost effective sourcing of external candidates; collaborates with the Recruiting Manager to ensure company interviewing and hiring standards are uniformly applied.
  • Leads division HR team ensuring consistency and collaboration across the division and within the HR function.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need:

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business or related field and 10 years of relevant human resources experience.

What You'll Bring:

  • Recognized as a key partner, able to "think with" not "think for" business.
  • Able to challenge the thinking of business leaders in a way the provokes innovation and value creation to meet long range objectives.
  • Thinks creatively in seeking solutions to problems, making decisions & integrating new ideas with current approaches. Critically address complex problems through a client-centric approach that aligns with HNTB objectives.
  • Develops approaches and solutions that are linked to HNTB’s business strategy and goals for optimal performance.
  • Understand external issues key risk indicators (KRI), that could have potential talent risks (e.g. competition, talent availability, succession risk). 
  • Understands the individual goals, objectives and motives of stakeholders and can navigate conflicting priorities to reach consensus and develop solutions in the best interest of the firm.
  • Maintains a client-centric, “one HR” mindset in collaborating across HR to deliver a global, unified experience for the business. Leverages cross-functional teams and collaboration with other business units to develop and deliver unified, customer-centric solutions.
  • Proactively adjusts thinking or perceptions in response to changing circumstances and shifts course of action as necessary.
  • Proactively drives the right conversations with leaders about what they need to be considering to accomplish business imperatives (e.g. staffing plans).
  • Integrates various data sources (e.g. engagement, attrition, competitive intelligence) to identify systemic issues and comprehensive solutions. Ability to use historical data and past outcomes to support predictive analytics of what will drive future results.
  • Shapes people strategy that aligns with the firm/region/division strategic plan, leverages company culture, and enables talent capabilities. Able to identify, connect, and articulate tradeoffs of talent/organization decisions in relation to other people initiatives and/or business priorities.
  • Leverage knowledge of the competitive landscape and any relevant changes when advising HNTB business leaders. Can connect the dots between business drivers & the People Strategy to drive business results and alignment to the firm.
  • Understand financial performance metrics as well as key financial targets for business units to help drive and influence outcomes aligned with the firm's strategic growth.
  • Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.

Additional Information

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Locations:

Chicago, IL, Columbus, OH, Detroit, MI, East Lansing, MI (Lansing), Indianapolis, IN, Madison, WI, Milwaukee, WI (East Wisconsin Avenue), Minneapolis, MN

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The approximate pay range for Ohio is $150,500.15 - $240,409.34. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

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The approximate pay range for Minnesota is $158,025.16 - $252,429.80. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

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The approximate pay range for Illinois is $165,550.16 - $264,450.28. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

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The approximate nation wide pay range for this position is $150,500.15 - $300,511.68. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

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NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:

HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies.  Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB.  HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.

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Kansas City, , Missouri
7,233 Employees
Year Founded: 1914

What We Do

At HNTB, we are committed to making connections possible and creating a better tomorrow. As an employee-owned infrastructure solutions firm, we believe that mobility plays an important role in helping to unlock a brighter future for communities everywhere. That's why we work to deliver innovative transportation systems and infrastructure solutions that connect people and expand opportunity. Our approach is rooted in collaboration, and we work closely with our clients and partners to create innovative solutions that meet the unique needs of each community we serve. With more than a century of service, we are working to build a future where everyone has access to safe, reliable and efficient transportation options. Professionals work alongside clients nationwide to address their most complex technical, financial and operational challenges — providing a full range of infrastructure-related services, including planning, design, program management and construction management. Together, we are making connections possible

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