Chief Human Resources Officer

Catapult Employers Association; Statesville (NC); Hybrid; USD 180.000 - 280.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

EnergyUnited seeks an experienced Chief Human Resources Officer to design and lead an integrated HR strategy across workforce planning, leadership development, succession, and benefits. You will partner with the CEO and Board to align talent with strategic goals in a safety-sensitive energy utility environment.

The role oversees HR operations, governance, analytics, and the HR team, driving a high-performance culture and robust health, retirement, and wellness programs.

Qualifikationen

• Experience leading an enterprise HR function and advising a CEO, executive team, or governing board.
• Demonstrated depth across workforce planning, succession, leadership development, organization design, employee relations, compensation, benefits, HR operations, and compliance.
• Ten or more years of progressively responsible HR leadership with senior responsibilities (preferred).
• Experience in an electric utility, cooperative, infrastructure, or other safety-sensitive environment (preferred).
• SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or comparable senior credential (preferred).
• Strong proficiency with HRIS, analytics, and technology-enabled process improvement.

Aufgaben

• Own an integrated talent management system covering planning, recruiting, onboarding, performance, development, succession, retention, recognition, and offboarding.
• Lead multiyear workforce and succession planning for executive and critical roles with documented development actions.
• Design leadership development, coaching, mentoring, and career path programs; advise on organizational structure and change management.
• Develop healthcare and benefits strategy, including medical, pharmacy, 401(k), and retirement programs.
• Strengthen culture, engagement, safety, and communication; partner with operations to reinforce safety.
• Ensure governance, compliance, and privacy across ERISA, FMLA, FLSA, ADA, HIPAA, and related laws.
• Lead HRIS strategy, data quality, dashboards for CEO/Board, and responsible AI governance in employment processes.
• Manage HR staff, budget, and third-party providers to ensure quality and cost effectiveness.

Kenntnisse

Enterprise HR leadership

Strategic advisory to CEO

Workforce planning

Succession planning

Leadership development

Organization design

Employee relations

Compensation and benefits

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, organizational development, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

HRIS platforms

Analytics

Microsoft Office

Jobbeschreibung

EnergyUnited | Executive Leadership | Hybrid

Shape the workforce that powers communities

EnergyUnited | Executive Leadership | Hybrid

Shape the workforce that powers communities

Every time a storm rolls through and the lights come back on, it's because the right people with the right skills were ready. At EnergyUnited, a member-owned electric cooperative, our people are how we keep our commitments to the communities we serve. We're looking for a Chief Human Resources Officer to make sure we have the leaders, capabilities, culture, and talent pipeline to deliver on our strategy today and for years to come.

This is not a traditional HR administration role. As CHRO, you'll be a true strategic partner to the Chief Executive Officer, a trusted advisor to the executive leadership team, and a clear voice to the Board of Directors on workforce performance, succession readiness, and organizational health.

Why this role matters

The utility industry is changing fast. Retirement exposure, critical-skill shortages, new technology, and rising healthcare costs are reshaping how cooperatives attract, develop, and keep great people. EnergyUnited is investing in an integrated, enterprise-wide talent strategy, and you'll be the executive who designs and leads it. You'll have the scope to build systems that last and the visibility to see your work drive measurable results.

What You'll Lead

Enterprise talent strategy. Own an integrated talent management system spanning workforce planning, recruiting, onboarding, performance, development, succession, retention, recognition, and offboarding, with clear standards and measures at every stage of the employee journey.

Workforce and succession planning. Lead multiyear workforce planning that identifies future capability needs, critical positions, and skill gaps, and build succession plans for executive and business-critical roles with real, documented development actions.

Leadership and organizational effectiveness. Design leadership development, coaching, mentoring, and career path programs, and advise executives on organizational structure, role clarity, spans of control, and change management.

Benefits and total rewards. Develop a healthcare and benefits strategy that balances employee needs, market competitiveness, and long-term sustainability, overseeing plans including medical, pharmacy, 401(k), and the NRECA Retirement and Security Program.

Culture, engagement, and safety. Turn employee feedback into action, strengthen recognition and communication, and partner with operational leaders to reinforce a strong safety culture.

Governance, compliance, and privacy. Ensure compliance across ERISA, FMLA, FLSA, ADA, EEO-1, HIPAA, and Aff.

HR technology and analytics. Lead HRIS strategy and data quality, deliver human-capital dashboards to the CEO and Board, and guide responsible use of AI in employment processes with appropriate human review and bias controls.

The HR team. Lead, coach, and develop HR staff, manage the HR budget, and hold third-party providers accountable for quality and cost effectiveness.

How Success Will Be Measured

You’ll be accountable for outcomes that matter: critical-skill readiness, succession coverage, recruiting effectiveness and retention, engagement and leadership effectiveness, benefits cost and competitiveness, compliance and workforce risk, and HR service quality and technology adoption. This is a hands-on working leader who will collaborate closely and require a high degree of ownership, initiative and self-sufficiency.

What You Bring

• A bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, organizational development, or a related field (master's preferred).
• Demonstrated experience leading an enterprise HR function and advising a CEO, executive team, or governing board.
• Proven depth across workforce planning, succession, leadership development, organization design, employee relations, compensation, benefits, HR operations, and employment compliance.
• Ten or more years of progressively responsible HR leadership, including significant senior leadership responsibility (preferred).
• Experience in an electric utility, cooperative, infrastructure, or other operationally complex, safety-sensitive environment (preferred).
• SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or a comparable senior credential (preferred).
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, HRIS platforms, analytics, and technology-enabled process improvement.
• Executive presence, sound judgment, discretion, business acumen, and strong communication and coaching skills.

Work arrangement

This is a hybrid executive role, with time split between an EnergyUnited office and home. Standard hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with extended or irregular hours when needed, including availability during adverse weather and emergency situations, when a utility's people matter most.

The selected candidate must live within one of the nineteen counties served by the Cooperative or within a forty-road-mile radius of an EnergyUnited office.

EnergyUnited is an Equal Opportunity Employer.