HR Business Partner

Job Description

HR Business Partner | Veolia North America

The Tone:
This is a key hybrid role at Veolia North America, designed to support employees throughout their respective business or functions. The position requires an energetic, diligent, and empathetic mindset to effectively implement and coordinate the organization’s human resource strategies. This role is crucial for anticipating, managing, and delivering essential HR services across various domains to foster a positive and compliant work environment.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid – a Veolia office in North America

• Team: Collaborates with the HR Center of Excellence (Talent Management, HR Operations, Total Rewards, DE&I) and other HR Partners, reporting to management.
• Mission: Anticipates, manages, and delivers comprehensive HR services to employees in areas like recruitment, training, performance management, employee relations, compliance, and recognition, aligning with business objectives.
• Tech Stack: Human Resources Information System (“HRIS”), other related mainframe systems, ADP/Success Factor, Google Suite.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Expert Resource: Serve as the HR subject matter expert for managers and employees, establishing HR as a credible and trustworthy resource within the organization.
• Strategic Counsel: Collaborate closely with leaders to understand business goals and workforce needs, providing strategic recommendations on HR initiatives.
• Service Delivery: Ensure HR provides customer-oriented service covering talent management, organizational effectiveness, onboarding, employee relations, and conflict resolution.
• Employee Relations: Serve as a subject matter expert on employee relations matters, offering guidance and coaching to managers on policy interpretation, conflict resolution, and performance management.
• Compliance & Risk Management: Ensure compliance with labor laws, regulations, and company policies, identifying and mitigating potential risks related to HR practices.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline. General knowledge of varying types of Health and Welfare plans is also required.
• Experience: 6+ years of related work experience, including a minimum of 3 years in strategic HR experience supporting a multi-state matrix organization. Experience providing HR support to executive clients is required.
• Skills: Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal, and presentation communication skills, with a focus on customer service. Ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive data and demonstrate excellent organization and time management skills.
• Bonus: Experience with ADP/Success Factor is strongly preferred.