Strategic People Leader for Construction Field Operations

Three River's Corporation; Gallatin (TN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Three River's Corporation seeks a Vice President of Personnel to align people strategies with project performance and field operations. You will partner with executives to enhance workforce stability, safety, and productivity while guiding compensation, benefits, and talent initiatives in a construction-focused environment.

You will supervise HR teams, drive leadership development, succession planning, and organizational effectiveness across field and corporate functions, ensuring competitive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR/related field preferred.
• 10-15+ years of progressive leadership experience in project-based industries.
• Proven ability to partner with operational leaders and influence outcomes.
• Collaborative leadership across field and corporate teams.
• Strong business acumen linking workforce decisions to performance.
• Excellent leadership, communication, relationship-building, and problem-solving.
• Willingness to spend significant time in field environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as strategic partner to executive and operations leadership.
• Build relationships across field operations, project teams, and corporate functions.
• Address workforce challenges impacting safety, productivity, and retention.
• Maintain field presence to understand operations and support workforce initiatives.
• Advise leaders on workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, and leadership development.
• Develop talent, leadership, and succession strategies.
• Foster a values-driven culture with engagement and accountability.
• Lead workforce planning and address labor availability and retention.
• Oversee compensation, benefits, incentives, rewards strategies.
• Direct HR functions: talent acquisition, performance management, ER, compliance, HR systems, analytics.
• Support organizational growth, change management, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Strategic partnership

Workforce planning

Leadership development

Employee relations

Communication

Change management

Field operations collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR / related field

Tools

HR systems

Workforce analytics tools

Job description

Three River's Corporation seeks a Vice President of Personnel to align people strategies with project performance and field operations. You will partner with executives to enhance workforce stability, safety, and productivity while guiding compensation, benefits, and talent initiatives in a construction-focused environment.

You will supervise HR teams, drive leadership development, succession planning, and organizational effectiveness across field and corporate functions, ensuring competitive