Sr HR Business Partner

Sr HR Business Partner

The Sr HR Business Partner serves as a key partner to site leadership, providing strategic and hands-on HR support across multiple business units. This role is responsible for coordinating all core HR functions, including employee relations, performance management, compensation, compliance, and talent acquisition support. Acting as a trusted advisor, the Sr HR Business Partner ensures alignment between HR initiatives and business objectives, offering coaching to managers and fostering a positive, engaged workplace culture. The position requires strong communication, sound judgment, and a thorough understanding of employment law and transportation / DOT regulations. By actively engaging with employees across all levels, this role plays an essential role in promoting operational excellence, employee satisfaction, and organizational integrity. This is an on-site role.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Human Resource functions for assigned sites; counselling of employees and management; salary administration; compliance with all Federal and State regulations.
• Provide guidance to the leadership team on a wide variety of employee relations issues (including policy and HR procedure).
• Execute transactional core HR processes (e.g. coordinate and conduct new associate orientation, onboarding and exit interviews, status changes, etc).
• Work with leaders to ensure the HR strategy is aligned with the business strategy.
• Provide coaching with regarding to performance management including performance improvement plans and employee performance counselling documents.
• Support hiring managers and Talent Acquisition with recruitment and staffing plans.
• Learn and understand the business segments supported and challenges of the workforce by shadowing employees at all levels.
• Assist in programs to enhance employee engagement and satisfaction levels.
• Demonstrate discretion and business ethics as well as operate with integrity and fairness.
• Possess working knowledge of federal, state, and local employment law as well as Human Resource practices.
• Demonstrate ability to communicate clearly and effectively, verbally and in writing.
• Communicate any concerns with HR Leadership.
• Ability to utilize Microsoft products such as Excel, Outlook, Teams, etc to communicate and provide reporting materials.
• Able and willing to enter the production areas occasionally which involves biosecurity measures such as showring in and wearing PPE.
• Other special projects and duties as assigned

Qualifications