HR Business Partner

Job Description

HR Business Partner | Veolia North America

The Tone:
This is a hybrid role at Veolia North America, located in a Veolia office. This HR Business Partner position is central to supporting employees across the business or specific functions. The role is vital for implementing and coordinating the organization’s human resource strategies, ensuring services are delivered to employees with an energetic, diligent, and empathetic mindset. It contributes significantly to fostering a positive, diverse, and inclusive culture within the company.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid – Veolia’s office location

• Team: Collaborates with HR Center of Excellence (Talent Management, HR Operations, Total Rewards, DE&I, and other HR Partners).
• Mission: Anticipates, manages, and delivers essential HR services to employees, covering recruitment, training, performance, relations, compliance, and recognition.
• Tech Stack: Human Resources Information System (HRIS), ADP/Success Factor

What You’ll Actually Do
• Expert Resource: Serve as the HR subject matter expert to managers and employees, establishing HR as a credible and trustworthy resource.
• Strategic Partnering: Collaborate closely with leaders to understand their goals and workforce needs, providing strategic counsel on HR initiatives that support business objectives.
• Compliance and Risk: Ensure compliance with labor laws, regulations, and company policies, identifying and mitigating potential risks related to HR practices.
• Performance Management: Facilitate performance management through coaching, systems, and processes, and develop learning and development plans for career growth.
• Employee Relations: Conduct investigations of workplace policy violations, mediate difficult employee relations issues, and provide guidance to managers on complex employee relations.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline, with a demonstrated understanding of effective human resource management and business support.
• Experience: Six or more years of related work experience, including providing HR support to executive clients.
• Skills: Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal, and presentation communication skills; strong organizational and time management abilities; and excellent proficiency in document and spreadsheet processing (utilizing Google Suite).
• Bonus: Minimum of three years in strategic HR experience supporting a multi-state matrix organization; experience with ADP/Success Factor.