HR Manager — Field & Industrial Operations

HR Services Group; La Porte (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

HR Services Group is seeking a strategic HR Manager based in La Porte, Texas, to lead HR functions for our industrial services operation. The role involves partnering with operations on workforce management, ensuring compliance, and handling employee relations.

Candidates must have 10+ years of experience in HR, be fluent in Spanish and English, and have a background in blue-collar environments. Travel to jobsites will be required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience with a strong focus on employee relations.
• Experience in supporting blue-collar, field-based workforces.
• Working knowledge of relevant compliance regulations.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Operations leadership on workforce planning and staffing.
• Lead investigations into HR issues and coach managers.
• Manage compliance training and certifications across the workforce.

Skills

Bilingual in Spanish and English

Employee relations

Compliance management

Problem-solving

Job description

Boots-on-the-ground HR leader wanted. If you thrive in a hard hat as easily as a conference room, speak Spanish and English fluently, and know what it takes to keep a field workforce site-ready, we want to talk.

About the Role

My client is hiring a hands-on, strategic HR Manager to power our growing industrial services operation. You'll be the trusted HR partner to Operations leadership — supporting day-to-day execution while shaping workforce strategy across multiple regions, customer sites, and remote project locations.

Oversee hiring and compliance efforts to staffrefineries, turnarounds, and craft labor sites — mobilizing crews fast, resolving issues in real time, and keeping us compliant with the alphabet soup of industry requirements (Safety Councils, DISA, DOT/PHMSA, NCCER, customer onboarding portals, and more). Support, develop and manage3-5 employees in the HR Department.

What You'll Do

Be the HR Engine for Operations

• Partner with Operations leadership on workforce planning, staffing, retention, and org changes.
• Mobilize crews fast for outages, turnarounds, and project-based staffing surges.
• Travel to jobsites for onboarding events, investigations, and employee meetings — you'll see the work, not just hear about it.

Own Employee Relations

• Be the first call for field employees and managers on HR issues, conflict, and policy questions.
• Lead thorough, fair investigations into complaints, grievances, and disciplinary matters.
• Coach managers on engagement, accountability, and difficult conversations.
• Build training on harassment prevention, conflict management, and workplace behavior.

Drive Compliance & Site-Readiness

• Track and manage Safety Council credentials, drug testing programs, DISA, DOT/PHMSA, NCCER, and customer-specific onboarding requirements.
• Make sure every employee is fully compliant and site-ready before they mobilize — zero surprises at the gate.
• Oversee the coordinationof compliance training and required certifications across the workforce. Assist with scheduling from time to time.

Run Benefits & Leave

• Support employees through enrollment, life events, and benefit questions across medical, dental, vision, 401(k), disability, and life.
• Manage the open enrollment and renewal process.
• Manage FMLA, ADA accommodations, workers' comp, and return-to-work cases end-to-end.
• Partner with brokers and vendors to resolve issues quickly.

Bridge the Language Gap

• Deliver HR support in Spanish and English — translations, investigations, training, and one-on-one conversations.

What You Bring

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience with deep employee relations chops.
• Bilingual fluency in Spanish and English — REQUIRED, not nice-to-have.
• Direct experience supporting blue-collar, field-based workforces — refinery, construction, turnaround, or craft labor environments strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of Safety Councils, DISA, DOT/PHMSA, NCCER, and contractor compliance platforms.
• Strong command of federal and state employment law and HR best practices.
• Cool head under pressure — you handle sensitive situations with discretion and integrity.
• Sharp problem-solving, sound judgment, and the credibility to influence at every level — from the field crew to the C-suite.
• Excellent communicator who's equally comfortable in a trailer office and a boardroom.

What the Work Looks Like

• Mostly office-based with prolonged periods at a desk and computer.
• Regular travel to remote jobsites — expect standing, walking, lifting, kneeling, crouching, and bending while on site.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds.
• Travel: Occasionally