Employee Relations Investigator

ASML Germany GmbH; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the semiconductor industry is seeking an Employee Relations Investigator in Chandler, AZ. This role involves conducting thorough investigations into employee complaints, ensuring compliance with company policies, and maintaining confidentiality. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong analytical skills and emotional intelligence while managing sensitive situations. The position offers a flexible workplace arrangement with potential for remote work.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of experience conducting employee relations investigations.
• Extensive knowledge of best practices for conducting investigations.

Responsibilities

• Independently conducts sensitive investigations into employee complaints.
• Documents investigations with comprehensive reports.
• Tracks investigations and communicates findings to relevant parties.

Skills

Listening

Analytical Skills

Conflict Resolution

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources

Job description

Job Mission

ASML’s Employee Relations team helps champion our Company values for a safe, ethical, and inclusive culture. The team is responsible for providing thought leadership, strategic advice, and expertise to Human Resources and Leaders in order to resolve issues of conflict, mitigate risk, ensure compliance and consistent and fair treatment with a goal of timely and positive resolution for employees, managers and the Company. This includes conducting impartial investigations into concerns raised by our employees and others about violations of our Code of Conduct and company policies.

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced investigator who can objectively, thoroughly, and empathetically investigate sensitive employee relations concerns including but not limited to allegations of harassment, discrimination, accommodation, and retaliation. The ideal candidate has high emotional intelligence and a background in investigating a variety of employment and employee related issues. They are an effective interviewer, active listener, and a strong communicator, and also have demonstrated the ability to apply innovative fact-finding techniques. The Employee Relations Investigator reports to the US Head of Employee Relations and Compliance partners closely with Legal, HR Business Partners, and other functions within the HR team. This is the opportunity to contribute to the Employee Relations and Compliance Center of Expertise here at ASML.

You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

Job Description

• Independently leads and conducts sensitive and/or complex investigations into a variety of employment issues, employee complaints and violations of ASML policies and procedures including our Code of Conduct in an efficient, thorough and professional manner.
• Plans and conducts neutral fact-finding investigations. Performs intake interviews. designs and develops an investigation plan, interviews relevant parties, including the notifying party, the responding party, and all witnesses.
• Reviews and analyzes evidence, documents, and information. Makes objective and analytically sound investigation findings and provides recommendations and advice about options for corrective action and broader changes.
• Documents investigations by writing clear, professional, detailed, well-reasoned, and comprehensive investigation reports.
• Effectively manages investigative caseload and meets deadlines. Communicates timelines with appropriate parties, sharing updates on the process.
• Tracks investigations with regular reporting, including updating the ER Case Management System.
• Objectively debriefs the ER and Legal teams, HR business partners, and leadership on investigation findings.
• Collect and analyze data to identify trends and make recommendations on mitigation strategies.
• Discreetly handle sensitive and/or private information.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Job description subject to change at any time.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and/or experience in Human Resources with a specialization in Employee Relations, HR compliance, business management, or related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience conducting employee relations investigations.
• Extensive knowledge of best practices and methodologies for conducting investigations, fact-finding, and investigative interviewing.
• Familiar with related Federal, State and local law.
• Demonstrated ability to assess and negotiate complex and highly sensitive investigations.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality, remain impartial, and work under stress and tight deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to listen well and demonstrate sensitivity to and respect for individual needs.
• Experience diffusing tension, with thorough understanding of conflict resolution and employee engagement techniques.

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent Listening skills: able to apply effective listening techniques; ability to gather, clarify, and apply information transmitted verbally, while exhibiting a genuine interest toward the speaker.
• Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision, as well as collaborate in a matrix environment.
• Able to build strong networks and effectively engage and manage stakeholders including the ability to drive, steer, convince and influence others in-person and virtually.
• Intellectually curious, open-minded, adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity and risk.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret and evaluate complex issues.
• Results driven- demonstrates ownership and accountability and delivers on commitments with a sense of urgency, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Proven ability to perform effectively in a demanding environment with changing workloads, pressure and deadlines.
• Possesses integrity and ethics in business, professional and personal conduct.
• Demonstrate open, clear, concise and professional communication.
• Domestic travel required and dependent on business needs; often with short notice. Potential for international travel.

Other Information

This position can be located in Chandler, AZ, San Diego, CA, Wilton, CT or Hillsboro, OR.

• This position is located on-site Chandler, AZ. It requires onsite presence to attend in-person work-related events, trainings and meetings and to further ensure teamwork, collaboration and innovation.
• A flexible workplace arrangement is available for remote work up to two days a week.

EOE AA M/F/Veteran/Disability

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