HR Manager

As an industry leader, Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package with competitive salaries and more including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
• Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• Holidays
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Referral Bonus

Summary

Leads and manages a wide range of Human Resource processes and programs for Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc. (BBII), covering East territory. This work includes tactical and strategic oversight of region, function and local initiatives ensuring successful hiring, training, retention, and development of employees and the effective interpretation and communication of HR policies and procedures to company managers and employees. This position reports to the Vice President of Human Resources BBII-Civils US.

Essential Functions

Employee Relations

• Supports management and client groups by serving as an employee relations specialist.
• Interprets HR policies and employment law for employees and managers, and coaches them to ensure consistency, effectiveness, and compliance.
• Serves as a consultant to managers and officers in all areas of HR including compliance with HR related laws and regulations.
• Supervises and oversees local designated HR representatives and potentially other staff.
• Coaches/counsels managers and employees on performance and career issues and opportunities. Manages employee relations activities including investigation, documentation and resolution.
• Evaluates, proposes change and publishes modifications to existing policies and procedures.
• Assists local executive management in annual performance review process preparation and administration. Monitors program and participates in one on one session as needed.
• Conducts new employee orientation. Ensures all necessary new hire paperwork is completed by payroll deadlines and follows up with supervisors to ensure engagement by the new employee.
• Interpret and administer labor contracts regarding issues such as wages and salaries, healthcare, pensions, and union and management practices.

Talent Management

• Counsel managers and employees on performance management techniques, career path planning for staff and succession planning on an ongoing basis or as needed.
• Manages organizational development and performance management programs including assisting with administration of performance review feedback process and one-on-one coaching of management and employees to increase effectiveness of business outcomes.
• Leads Engagement survey action planning and follow-up activities.

Compensation, Benefits and HR Administration

• Manages/maintains job descriptions in accordance with all applicable laws and company policies.
• Administers proper classification and/or reclassification of positions according to state and federal criteria.
• Participates in and analyzes salary & benefit surveys to provide feedback to supervisors and executives.
• Manages and executes onboarding, tactical HR administration, new hire process, exit surveys, stay surveys and full-service employee life cycle activities and events.
• Assists in the analysis of compensation practices and the performance management processes; makes recommendations for effective process improvements.
• Assists compensation with the creation/evaluation of job positions, determining classification, exempt or non-exempt status, and salary.
• Assists with the administration of Health/Welfare and Savings/Retirement benefit programs.

Training & Development

• Collaborates with Learning and Development to design and facilitate technical and behavioral programs. Ability to independently lead some training programs.
• Partners with external consultants to analyze and assess training needs, create/design program content and/or facilitate courses.
• Teaches or coaches others to use company selection tools, methods, and processes, such as competency-based interviews and group interviews as applicable.

HR Analytics & Systems

• Conducts basic analyses of HR data; compiles data sets from HRIS and stand-alone HR spreadsheets.
• Analyzes trends and reports on various HR metrics (retention, promotions, turnover, trends, training and development, performance management and overall employee engagement, etc.).
• Collaborates and supports shared service HRIS and ATS software conversions and system upgrade.
• Reviews, executes and manages third party vendor contracts; ensures services rendered align.
• Provides HR reports and metrics to Vice President of Human Resources and executive management as needed.

Culture, Leadership and Employee Development

• Builds effective relationships with project teams, functional departments, customers, vendors, and user groups that reflect and support company core values and meets or exceeds the customer’s expectations.
• Actively participates in industry, client, and community relations to enhance company image.
• Promotes company’s behavioral values and communicates the vision and purpose through Service, Talent, and Choices.
• Serves as a role model and promotes professional behavior.
• Participates in personal career development through training, participates in software training and seminars as applicable for this position.
• Embraces key BBII-wide initiatives (e.g. Zero Harm, Sustainability, Employee Engagement) and takes initiative to embed in our company culture.
• Confidential partner with high degree of integrity and ethical standards.
• Serves as a champion and representative on various HR councils such as Balfour Beatty Spirit, employee engagement, DEI and employee affinity resource groups.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Working Conditions

The majority of work is completed in an office setting. Able to travel overnight 25% of time as required. Travel is contingent upon business needs.

Education, Experience and Knowledge

• A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or a related field and 5-8 years of progressive HR generalist experience or 10+ years of proven, progressive Human Resources experience.
• Previous supervisory experience preferred. Able to effectively coach or mentor others.
• Versed in federal, state and local employment laws to monitor compliance and counsel management.
• Broad HR experience including compensation, benefits, staffing, workforce planning, recruiting, training, development, and employee and labor relations.
• Excellent communication, organization, presentation, facilitation, and conflict resolution skills.
• Able to build rapport and relationships with all levels of staff; can clearly put into words people’s strengths and limitations and accurately project what people are likely to do in various situations.
• Able to organize people, tools, equipment, and other resources and orchestrate workforce planning for business operations.
• Independently make decisions and recommendations under tight deadlines with composure, occasionally in the face of incomplete information.
• Uses time effectively on key priorities and to provide information to people in a timely manner.
• Exhibit a commitment to quality and continuous improvement; willing to re-engineer processes to meet/exceed the needs of internal and external customers.
• Strong understanding of strategic objectives; can implement and execute functional goals, strategies, and plans essential to supporting overall corporate strategy under the leadership of the Vice President of Human Resources.
• Demonstrates leadership skills with the ability and willingness to face challenges, delegate and provide direction to others, and effectively address conflict.
• Able to help managers recognize the core competencies critical to individual/organization’s success and provide development opportunities to improve productivity, increase profits and build a more competitive advantage.
• Acts in a manner of integrity that shows support for the company, its values, and the employees while maintaining a constant focus on meeting/exceeding customer requirements and expectations.
• Strong computer skills in word processing, spreadsheet, scanning, database and presentation communication software. Demonstrates proficiency using a personal computer (PC) and company communication tools, such as email, internet, and Microsoft products (e.g., Word, Excel, Office, Outlook).
• Knowledge of statistics, key performance indicators, metrics and data analytics used to drive operational efficiencies and effectiveness.

About us

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm, we are challenging the construction industry’s assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nation’s largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).

Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state or local law.