HR Business Partner

Corporate Office - Livermore; Livermore (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance included in compensation

Medical / Dental / Vision / Life

Job summary

Corporate Office - Livermore is seeking a People & Risk Business Partner who blends strategic HR partnership with hands-on management of workers’ compensation, general liability, property, and safety risk.

The role acts as a consultant to store leadership on employee relations, talent, and workforce strategy while owning investigations and reductions of workplace injuries and liability claims across the assigned territory.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years HR leadership/manager experience.
• At least 1 year handling workers' compensation, general liability, and property claims.
• Fluency in Spanish preferred.
• Reliable vehicle with a car allowance included.
• Willingness to travel and work in stores across territory.

Responsibilities

• Consult with company and store leadership on HR, safety, and risk needs and provide solutions.
• Collaborate with Operations to implement HR, safety, and risk goals.
• Develop strategic talent plans and deliver training to reduce injuries and risk.
• Conduct employee relations investigations and collaborate with operations for incidents.
• Manage learning strategy including succession planning and performance development.
• Administer workers' compensation, general liability, and property claims processes.
• Prepare Cal/OSHA 300 reports and related documentation.
• Stay current on HR and risk trends to ensure compliance and best practices.
• Travel to stores for risk assessments and field operations (approx. 50%).

Skills

HR policy

Employee relations

Root-cause analysis

Communication

MS Office

Critical thinking

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Position Summary

This role combines strategic HRbusiness partnership with hands-on management of workers' compensation, generalliability, property, and safety risk for the organization. The People &Risk Business Partner operates as a consultant to company and store-levelleadership on employee relations, talent, and workforce strategy, while also owning the investigation, administration, and reduction of workplace injury, security, and liability claims across an assigned territory.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with company and store-level management todetermine current HR, safety, and risk needs and provide solutions.
• Work closely with Operations to help implement HR,safety, and risk goals set by upper management.
• Create strategic ways to improve the relationshipbetween company leadership and its employees.
• Work with Operations to develop and maintain strategictalent plans, and to plan and deliver training aimed at reducing the incidenceof injuries, security issues, property damage, and other organizational risk.
• Conduct periodic development meetings with managers.
• Facilitate Employee Relations investigations andcoordinate with all levels of store operations personnel to investigateincidents resulting in injuries, security breaches, property losses, workplaceviolence, and safety concerns.
• Participate in candidate screening and job interviewingprocesses to ensure new hires align with upper management's goals.
• Manage talent and learning strategy encompassingsuccession planning, coaching, performance management, organizationaleffectiveness, performance consulting, and development of learning programs.
• Investigate and administer legal and proceduralrequirements for processing workers' compensation, general liability, andproperty claims, including submission of required forms (e.g., DWC-1, 801form).
• Serve as liaison between injured workers, management,the claims administrator, and legal counsel regarding claim status andresolution.
• Prepare and file the annual Cal/OSHA 300 report,including all necessary forms, records, and documentation for workers'compensation claims; post reports in designated locations. May prepare andsubmit documents and responses requested by Cal/OSHA for announced orunannounced inspections or complaints.
• Stay current on HR and risk trends to develop solutionsusing current best practices in the field.
• Ensure a strong understanding of employment and safetylaws and regulations to help the company stay in compliance.
• Assist Operations in maintaining safety guidelines andprocedures.
• Gain practical understanding and proficiency in usingand assisting others with security systems such as cameras, alarms, andassociated applications.
• Maintain confidential records, document claim andinvestigation files, and interpret and effectively communicate policies andprocedures.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Workers' compensation claims administration, regulations, and practices.
• HR policy, employee relations practice, and applicable labor laws and regulations.
• MS Office software applications.

Ability to:

• Perform a wide variety of duties with appropriate organization and prioritization.
• Think critically and conduct root-cause analysis.
• Operate standard office equipment.
• Respond timely to requests and inquiries from internal and external partners.
• Maintain a variety of files and records.
• Communicate clearly and professionally, both orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain effective and congenial working relationships across all levels of the organization.
• Work independently in the field while traveling, including some overnight requirements.
• Work in the field approximately 50% of the time to conduct risk assessments at stores in the assigned territory, including some overnight requirements.

Requirements

• Comfortable communicating with individuals at all organizational levels; confident and approachable in both group and one-on-one settings.
• Reliable vehicle, maintained in safe working condition, for use on the job (car allowance included in compensation).
• At least 1 year of experience handling workers' compensation claims and/or general liability and property claims is preferred.
• At least 3 years of experience in an HR position as a manager, generalist, or business partner.
• Fluency in Spanish is preferred

Benefits

• Medical / Dental / Vision / Life insurance / CriticalIllness / Accident insurance
• 2 weeks of paid vacation (accrued)
• 10 paid holidays