Field HR Partner for West TX Construction

Koch Business Solutions, LP; Malaga (NM); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible spending accounts

Health savings accounts

Life insurance

ADD

Disability

Retirement

Paid time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Optimized Process Designs (OPD), a Koch Engineered Solutions company, seeks a Field HR Generalist to support field construction operations across west Texas and southeastern New Mexico. This role partners with Construction Managers and site leaders to strengthen workforce readiness, supervisor effectiveness, and employee relations on EPC projects.

The ideal candidate will maintain field presence, align HR actions with project phases, and travel between project sites as needed.

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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

HR Generalist

Manager coaching

Employee relations

Field travel

Job description

Optimized Process Designs (OPD), a Koch Engineered Solutions company, seeks a Field HR Generalist to support field construction operations across west Texas and southeastern New Mexico. This role partners with Construction Managers and site leaders to strengthen workforce readiness, supervisor effectiveness, and employee relations on EPC projects.

The ideal candidate will maintain field presence, align HR actions with project phases, and travel between project sites as needed.