Director, Talent Engagement (HRBP) Austin, Texas, United States

Origis Energy; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Origis Energy is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to serve as Director, Talent Engagement in Austin, TX. This autonomous, individual-contributor role partners with the Managing Director of Talent & Culture and leaders across the organization to shape people strategy and day-to-day HR support.

You bring 10+ years of progressive HR experience, deep ER expertise, and a track record of advising senior leaders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant HR Business Partner experience.
• Experience in compensation, benefits and total rewards.
• Deep employee relations expertise, including investigations and complex ER case management.
• Proven ability to advise senior leaders with credibility, candor, discretion, and strong business acumen.
• Experience supporting multi-state operations and familiarity with employment law, particularly in Texas and California.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• Experience in the renewable energy sector (solar, wind, battery storage, or related) is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting a workforce in a scaling company (100–500 employees).
• Proficiency in Excel and familiarity with HRIS platforms and comfort with people analytics.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on people strategy, organizational design, workforce planning, and talent priorities.
• Translate business goals into practical people plans that strengthen engagement, retention, and team effectiveness.
• Administer end-to-end member benefit and leave plans, ensuring full regulatory compliance, while acting as the senior escalation point for complex reward and accommodation inquiries.
• Own the new hire experience, including coordinating onboarding activities, facilitating new hire orientation, ensuring completion of required documentation and training, and partnering with leaders to support successful integration and early employee engagement.
• Support the development, implementation and maintenance of competitive compensation programs aligned with company goals by conducting regular benchmarking, job evaluations, and market analysis.
• Own employee relations for assigned groups, including performance concerns, workplace conflict, disciplinary action, and involuntary separations.
• Lead fair, thorough investigations; maintain clear documentation; identify trends; and partner with legal counsel as needed.
• Coach and equip managers to build strong, consistent people leadership practices.
• Support the full talent lifecycle, including onboarding, performance management, succession planning, development planning, and offboarding.
• Ensure consistent application of HR policies and practices; contribute to improving programs, processes, and tools.
• Stay current on employment law and advise on compliance, accommodations, leave, and compensation-related processes as needed.

Skills

HRBP experience

Compensation

Benefits

Employee relations

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business

Tools

HRIS platforms

Excel

Job description

Origis Energy is accelerating the transition to a carbon-free future by Reimagining Zero SM . As one of America’s leading renewable energy and decarbonization solution platforms, the company continues to expand and reimagine its contribution to the world’s net-zero goals. Origis Energy puts customers first to deploy a wide range of sustainable solutions for grid power generation, performance optimization, and long-term operation of solar and energy storage plants across the U.S. Founded in 2008, Origis Energy is headquartered in Miami, FL.

The Origis team,regarded as one of the leading developers in the U.S., is committed to living five core values in all interactions both with each other and external stakeholders:

Solve for Tomorrow.A role with Origis Energy puts you at the forefront of the transition to clean energy.Are you ready to bring new ideas? Do you exist to find solutions? That’s how we revolutionize energy and build a carbon-free future - through unmatched service and relentless innovation.

Rise Together.To succeed here, you’ll collaborate with others and work as one team, across various teams includingsolar and energy storage development, financing, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and operations, maintenance and asset management. Are you open to diverse perspectives and prepared to work seamlessly across disciplines to reach our collective goals?

Perform at Peak.We’re seeking team members who bring authentic energy and passion to every task. How can you use your natural strengths, genuine optimism and intelligence to make your greatest contributions to Origis?

Inspire & Grow.The Origis team is comprised of knowledgeable, passionate solar and energy storage experts who bring deep expertise and solution-driven thinking to clients. A successful Origis team memberencourages others and sets a high bar for growth. We have a culture of continuous improvement because each team member takes the role of both learner and mentor.

Be Resilient.The spirit in which we tackle the energy challenges and objectives of our clients means we consistently stretch for the extra mile. We alltake initiative and remain adaptable, overcoming obstacles by prioritizing respect.

Position Description

Origis is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to serve as our Director, Talent Engagement. In this high-impact role, you’ll be a trusted advisor, employee advocate, and strategic thought partner to our Managing Director of Talent & Culture and leaders across the organization.

This is an autonomous, individual-contributor role with a true player-coach feel: you’ll help shape people strategy while also supporting day-to-day needs. You bring firsthand experience supporting field-based teams—and you know how to advocate for their needs from an office setting, with thoughtful, intentional time in the field as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on people strategy, organizational design, workforce planning, and talent priorities.
• Translate business goals into practical people plans that strengthen engagement, retention, and team effectiveness.
• Administer end-to-end member benefit and leave plans, ensuring full regulatory compliance, while acting as the senior escalation point for complex reward and accommodation inquiries.
• Own the new hire experience, including coordinating onboarding activities, facilitating new hire orientation, ensuring completion of required documentation and training, and partnering with leaders to support successful integration and early employee engagement.
• Support the development, implementation and maintenance of competitive compensation programs aligned with company goals by conducting regular benchmarking, job evaluations, and market analysis.
• Own employee relations for assigned groups, including performance concerns, workplace conflict, disciplinary action, and involuntary separations.
• Lead fair, thorough investigations; maintain clear documentation; identify trends; and partner with legal counsel as needed.
• Coach and equip managers to build strong, consistent people leadership practices.
• Support the full talent lifecycle, including onboarding, performance management, succession planning, development planning, and offboarding.
• Ensure consistent application of HR policies and practices; contribute to improving programs, processes, and tools.
• Stay current on employment law and advise on compliance, accommodations, leave, and compensation-related processes as needed.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant HR Business Partner experience.
• Experience in compensation, benefits and total rewards required
• Deep employee relations expertise, including investigations and complex ER case management.
• Proven ability to advise senior leaders with credibility, candor, discretion, and strong business acumen.
• Experience supporting multi-state operations and familiarity with employment law, particularly in Texas and California.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills across all levels of the organization.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field (or equivalent professional experience).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the renewable energy sector (solar, wind, battery storage, or related) is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting a workforce in a scaling company (100–500 employees).
• Proficiency in Excel and familiarity with HRIS platforms and comfort with people analytics.

Key Attributes for Success

You’ll do your best work here if you are:

• A builder, not just a maintainer—you see gaps and create solutions.
• Comfortable in transformation—bringing a turnaround mindset, steady judgment, and forward momentum through change.

LocationAustin, TX

Travel Up to 10% travel

Job Level Director

Origis Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOC). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. We are committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences as that is what makes our employees unique. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment. More information is available here .

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