Manager, HR Business Partner

Shawmut•Providence, RI
•$110,000 - $140,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager, HR Business Partner provides advanced-level HR services to Shawmut Design and Construction’s Mission Critical/Data Center construction team. The role supports business goals, implements corporate HR initiatives, and ensures company and legal policies and procedures are followed. This is a hybrid position with travel expected once a month to once a quarter.

Requirements

  • 7–10 years of comparable HR experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree required.
  • Strong understanding of advanced HR and organizational development concepts.
  • Experience handling complex employee relations issues involving remote and/or traveling employees.
  • Thorough knowledge of senior leadership and regional legal trends and risks.
  • Outstanding relationship-building skills.
  • Ability to foster inclusion and belonging through courage, humility, curiosity, learning about others, and self-reflection.
  • Ability to build team relationships, stay organized, manage multiple projects, follow up, and make accurate decisions.

Nice To Haves

  • PHR and/or SHRM-CP certification.
  • Construction or manufacturing industry experience.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in developing PST department goals, objectives, and systems.
  • Assist in developing the annual regional hiring plan.
  • Partner with the talent acquisition team to identify business-line hiring needs.
  • Ensure job descriptions and hiring profiles accurately reflect hiring needs and job requirements.
  • Oversee or develop onboarding plans for new hires and oversee or conduct high-level components of new-hire orientation.
  • Assist in developing personnel policies and procedures, drive their implementation, and ensure compliance through tools, systems, and influencing skills.
  • Develop and present materials to HR and senior management to gain support for new initiatives.
  • Communicate and reinforce HR policies, procedures, and laws with employees and management to support a compliant, fair, safe, and efficient work environment.
  • Handle complex employee relations issues.
  • Conduct exit interviews and analyze the resulting data.
  • Develop recommendations for corrective action and continuous improvement, present business cases to HR management, and drive implementation.
  • Participate in developing and implementing improvements to the performance management system.
  • Assist in administering compensation programs and partner with the compensation team to ensure accurate annual program updates.
  • Participate with talent development and operations teams in developing annual training plans; oversee development and implementation and develop and deliver programs as needed.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  • 401(k) with company match up to 4% of eligible pay
  • Paid vacation and sick time
  • 12 holidays
  • Summer Fridays
  • Yearly volunteer day
  • Cell phone
  • Laptop
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Pet insurance
  • Financial planning services
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