Human Resources Business Partner

HNTB Corporation; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 121,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB Corporation is seeking an HR Business Partner to support one or more offices, driving people strategies and delivering HR services aligned with business goals. You will be the primary HR contact for office leaders and employees across key functions, helping to shape workforce planning, leadership development, and program delivery.

You will collaborate with COEs and leadership teams to implement policies, manage employee relations, and provide analytics to inform decision making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business or relevant field.
• 8+ years of relevant human resources experience.

Responsibilities

• Partners with business leaders to align HR strategies with goals and build strong partnerships across offices.
• Provide guidance on HR policies, procedures and best practices to managers and employees.
• Collaborate with HR to deliver services, training, and programs supporting business units and HR objectives.
• Manage employee relations, investigations, and development of fair resolutions.
• Support talent management initiatives including workforce planning, succession planning, and leadership development.
• Analyze compensation with business leaders to maintain external competitiveness and internal equity.
• Ensure legal compliance with HR-related laws and regulations.
• Analyze HR data to identify trends and provide actionable insights and recommendations.
• Conduct exit interviews and develop retention strategies with leadership.
• Evaluate current HR practices and participate in program development and improvements.

Skills

HR strategy

Employee relations

Talent management

Coaching

Data analytics

Workforce planning

Succession planning

Compliance knowledge

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Job description

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails being an HR business partner to an office or multiple offices, providing support and guidance to the business in all areas of Human Resources and may include talent management, employee relations, benefits, compensation, and HR data analytics and reporting. This position serves as the primary point of contact for the business unit leaders and employees, providing expertise in HR policies, procedures, and best practices to drive business performance.

This is an office position and can be located at either our Chicago or Milwaukee office locations.

What You'll Do:

• Partners with business leaders to understand their needs and align HR strategies and solutions with their goals. Develops positive working relationships and business partnerships in the designated offices and throughout the company.

• Provides guidance and support to business units on HR policies, procedures, and best practices.

• Partners with the HR departments to implement, administer, educate, and deliver on HR services, programs, training, and policies and/or practices that support the business units and HR objectives. Provides guidance and support to managers on performance management and coaching.

• Manages employee relations including investigation and developing solutions that result in fair and timely conflict resolution.

• Supports talent management initiatives, including workforce planning, succession planning, and leadership development. Collaborates with office leadership teams to identify employee development and training needs, creating, and implementing a plan to address those needs.

• Partners with the business to routinely analyze compensation and provide guidance to maintain or support external competitiveness and internal equity.

• Ensures compliance with HR-related legal requirements, including labor laws and regulations.

• Analyzes HR data and metrics to identify trends and opportunities for improvement. Regularly evaluates data and provides analytics to assigned groups.

• Conducts exit interviews, analyzes turnover trends, and works with leadership to develop strategies to increase engagement and retention.

• Evaluates current HR practices, recognizing and recommending enhancements. Participates in the development and implementation of HR programs and initiatives.

• Provides regular status updates to HR leadership on the HR Business Partner’s progress and impact on the business units.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need:

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources, Business or relevant field and 8 years of relevant human resources experience

What You'll Bring:

• Has an expert understanding of the HR function and how to integrate that expertise to add value to the business. Serve as a key advisor who makes recommendations which help shape how work gets done.

• Understands financial performance metrics and the levers that impact and influence the overall financial performance of the organization.

• Leads talent discussions with business leaders to identify critical skills gaps and future hiring needs (e.g., draft board).

• Recommend succession strategies; predict talent needs and drive talent flow through development - experience, education, exposure.

• Builds compelling narratives using data and visualizations to convey findings that help stakeholders understand people related business issues. Use analytics trends to identify root cause and develop/implement proactive solutions.

• Applies systems thinking - addresses challenges comprehensively through analysis of inter-related data and can simplify for understanding/action.

• Disambiguates complex problems and identify root causes through effective stakeholder communications. Approaches problem solving systematically and make timely, well thought out solutions or areas of improvement.

• Proactively identifies and mitigates potential risk to business decisions and situations before they arise. Partners and collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to address potential or existing risk to provide the most appropriate solution.

• Collaborates and directs work and business requests to appropriate channels within HR (e.g., appropriately leveraging COEs as needed).

• Challenges the status quo, focused on continuous improvement, is organization savvy.

• Knowledgeable about the Office & Division goals in context to the firm’s approaches when piloting new things.

• Demonstrates ability and willingness to continually learn, grow and use new strategies to solve increasingly complex business problems.

• Must have the ability to travel up to 30% of the time

What We Prefer:

• 8 years of HR Business Partner experience consulting with leaders on HR strategy and administration of programs.

Locations:

Chicago, IL, Milwaukee, WI (East Wisconsin Avenue)

The approximate pay range for Illinois is $121,423.35 - $189,918.58. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

The approximate nation wide pay range for this position is $110,384.86 - $215,816.57. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location.

Equal Employment Opportunity & Disability Accessibility Statement

HNTB provides a fair and equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or other status protected by law. The HNTB Companies ensure nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Any applicant with limited English proficiency or a qualifying physical or mental disability who believes they require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact us at [e-mail] or call 816-527-2600 for assistance. HNTB will make determinations on requests for accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

Hearing and speech impaired individuals who seek assistance or accommodation in applying for a position via TTY, may dial 711 in the United States. Instruct the TTY operator to call 888-400-4682 and select option 5 for TTY service. Please indicate to the HNTB agent that you are a candidate seeking assistance in the job application process.

HNTB will recruit, hire, train, and promote individuals in all job titles, and will ensure that all other personnel actions are administered, without regard to an individual’s protected veteran or disability status. All employment decisions will be based only on valid job requirements. In addition, employees and applicants shall not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in or may engage in any of the following activities: (1) filing a complaint; (2) assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of any Federal, State, or local law requiring equal opportunity for protected veterans or individuals with disabilities; (3) opposing any act or practice made unlawful by Section 4212, Section 503, their implementing regulations, or any other Federal, State, or local law requiring equal opportunity for protected veterans or individuals with disabilities; or (4) exercising any other right protected by Section 4212, Section 503, or their implementing regulations.

The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment. These plans are available for review upon request during normal business hours. Any questions or requests to review should be directed to your Human Resources Partner.

As Chief Executive Officer, I fully support our affirmative action program and am committed to the implementation of the company’s affirmative action policy. I have delegated overall responsibility for this policy to the Business Integrity Director. The Manager of HR Compliance & Immigration is responsible for the implementation, auditing, and reporting of this policy and program, assisted by the office’s Human Resources Partner.

HNTB employees must comply with this policy and report any violations of illegal discrimination, as specified in the Integrity Reporting policy.

For more information on this policy, please contact the HR Solutions Center, General Policy Inquiry - Employee Center, 888-400-4682.

Robert J. Slimp, CEO