Field HR Generalist

Koch, Inc.; Midland (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HSA/FSA

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Koch Engineered Solutions (OPD) seeks a Field HR Generalist to support field construction operations across west Texas and southeastern New Mexico. This field-facing role partners with Construction Managers and site leaders to strengthen workforce readiness, supervisor effectiveness, and employee relations in a project-driven EPC environment.

The ideal candidate will maintain a regular field presence, travel among project sites, and help mobilize, ramp up, transition, and demobilize workforces

Qualifications

• HR Generalist supporting operational or field-based workforce.
• Experience coaching frontline supervisors.
• Ability to independently handle employee relations matters with SME support.
• Willingness to work in the field and travel among project sites.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Construction Managers, field leadership, and project teams to align workforce decisions with safety, quality, and schedule outcomes.
• Maintain field presence and operating cadence across sites, adjusting focus by project phase and staffing needs.
• Coach field leaders to set expectations, provide feedback, and address performance issues.
• Support mobilization, ramp-up, transitions, and demobilization including staffing plans and onboarding readiness.
• Advise on workforce considerations during project lifecycle including onboarding, talent movement, and retention risks.
• Collaborate with Recruiting, Total Rewards, HR Operations, Legal, and Compliance for field-appropriate solutions.
• Differentiate HR-judgment work from field-lead responsibilities to build supervisor capability.
• Share workforce insights across projects to improve mobilization and talent pipelines.

Skills

Field-based workforce

Coaching managers

Employee relations

Travel readiness

Job description

Optimized Process Designs (OPD), a Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) company, is seeking a Field HR Generalist to support field construction operations across west Texas and southeastern New Mexico. This role will partner directly with Construction Managers, site leaders, and field supervisors to strengthen workforce readiness, supervisor effectiveness, talent decisions, and employee relations in a project-driven EPC environment.

This is a field-facing role for an HR professional who wants to stay close to the work. The successful candidate will build credibility through consistent site presence, understand the realities of project execution, and adjust support as projects mobilize, ramp up, transition, and demobilize. The ideal location is the Midland/Odessa area, with consideration for candidates near Carlsbad, New Mexico, who can travel among project sites as business needs and project timelines change.

This non-exempt role is eligible for overtime pay and requires flexibility to work additional hours as business and project needs require. Work schedules and overtime needs may vary throughout the project lifecycle, particularly during mobilization, ramp-up, transitions, and demobilization.

What You'll Do

• Partner directly with Construction Managers, general superintendents, field supervisors, and project leadership to connect workforce and talent decisions to safety, quality, schedule, productivity, cost, and project outcomes.
• Build a regular field presence and practical operating cadence across assigned sites, adjusting time and attention based on project phase, workforce scale, leadership capability, labor conditions, and business risk.
• Coach field leaders to set clear expectations, provide timely feedback, address performance and conduct issues, and take appropriate ownership of day-to-day people leadership.
• Support project mobilization, ramp-up, workforce transitions, and demobilization, including staffing plans, onboarding readiness, talent movement, communications, and retention of critical capability.
• Advise Construction Managers and field leaders on workforce considerations during project mobilization, ramp-up, transitions, and demobilization, including staffing needs, onboarding readiness, talent movement, employee communications, and retention risks.
• Partner with leaders on talent selection, development, succession, and deployment for pivotal field roles, including construction leadership and craft-adjacent positions.
• Navigate employee relations matters and workplace investigations with sound judgment, consistency, appropriate urgency, and alignment with company expectations.
• Help leaders strengthen crew culture, communication, accountability, and employee engagement while reinforcing a safe, respectful, and principle-based work environment.
• Partner with Recruiting, Total Rewards, HR Operations, Legal, Compliance, and other HR capabilities to deliver coordinated solutions that work in a field environment.
• Distinguish between work that requires HR judgment and work that should remain with field leaders or site administration, helping build supervisor capability rather than creating dependency on HR.
• Share lessons and workforce insights across projects so OPD can improve mobilization, leadership readiness, talent pipelines, and repeatable field practices.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• HR Generalist or similar role supporting an operational or field-based workforce
• Experience coaching managers or frontline supervisors
• Independently handle employee relations matters and investigations with support from leveraged capability SME’s
• Willingness to work in the field and travel among project sites

What Will Put You Ahead

• EPC, self-perform construction, energy, industrial, or project-based experience
• Project mobilization, workforce ramp-up/ramp-down, or employee deployment experience
• West Texas, Permian Basin, or southeastern New Mexico workforce experience
• Experience supporting Inflation Reduction Act prevailing-wage and apprenticeship compliance requirements on construction projects

What Success Looks Like

• Construction Managers and field supervisors view the HRBP as a credible partner who understands project realities and helps them make better workforce decisions.
• People risks, talent gaps, and mobilization needs are identified early enough for leaders to act before they affect execution.
• Field leaders increase ownership of expectations, feedback, performance, and employee communication, with HR focused on the highest-value and highest-risk work.
• Critical field talent is developed, deployed, and retained in ways that support current projects and OPD's future project pipeline.
• HR support shifts with project demand rather than following a fixed location-based coverage model.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Who We Are

As a Koch Engineered Solutions company, Optimized Process Design (OPD) provides clients with detailed engineering packages in all disciplines, single-point procurement for equipment and materials, fabrication, and direct-hired construction services throughout the United States. We leverage in-house capabilities and integrated execution to help clients improve speed to market, reduce cost, and minimize risk.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

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