People Business Partner-Mid Con Region
GHD

Job Description

Join a global professional services leader. We are committed to solving the world's biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanization.

GHD has an immediate opportunity for a People Business Partner (PBP) for the Mid-Continent region. The People Business Partner is responsible for aligning HR strategies to the business objectives for their region. The position serves as the strategic partner to principals and managers, and a first point of contact and resource to employees on human resource-related issues. Collaborating with the Centers of Excellence (COE), the People Business Partner seeks to proactively develop integrated people solutions for the region. The PBP is a strategic partner with their business counterparts, providing not only operational support, but also thought leadership on strategic HR program and initiatives to improve business performance. This positionbased in Houston, TX. GHD supports a hybrid work model.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Performance and Talent Management:

" Drive the region's people processes (performance, development, and career) to current and future standards and assist in the coordination of the annual Performance Review process including scheduling, training sessions, reporting.

" Identify region's talent pool strengths and needs and coordinate programs to leverage strengths and development needs in partnership with the Talent Management COE.

" Coordinate with all parties to ensure a smooth process for new starters throughout the onboarding program and implement employee engagement programs to continually improve employee engagement and retention.

Strategic Partnership

" Maintain a thorough understanding of assigned region's business strategy and organizational plans and assist the region with analysis and diagnosis of client needs in achieving their goals by identifying People resources and organizational issues.

" Build and manage close and constructive relationship to leadership and employee resource groups.

" Act as a change agent, challenging the status quo, and develop best practices solutions to address talent challenges before they impact the business.

Learning and Development

" Support and encourage a leadership and coaching culture through coaching the region's business leaders on issues of effective team building and organizational effectiveness.

" Provide leadership by demonstrating understanding of business trends and needs by implementing initiatives to build a high-performing organization aligned with the strategic leadership initiatives.

" Analyzes talent data to provide insight to the region for training and learning/development priorities

" Facilitation of programs and training delivery as appropriate

Legal and Policy Compliance

" Ensures region people processes are consistent with company policy and local legal requirements

" Assists with workplace investigations as required

" Region expert on GHD People Policies.

" Champions Diversity & Inclusion

" Collaborates with Health and Safety Leader to ensure zero harm to our people

Required skills and experience:

" Minimum six (6) years professional experience.

" Undergraduate degree in relevant field. Background in providing generalist HR / People Management advice and services at both the strategic and operational level.

" Current or previous experience working in consulting engineering, environmental engineering, or construction firms preferred.

" May have functional depth of experience in recruitment, organizational development, employee relations.

" Proven ability to establish excellent work and coaching relationships.

As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status or veteran status

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About Us

Why GHD?

Being the best we can be is in our culture.
We are a family of smart, innovative and creative problem solvers. In our employee-owned company, everything feels like it matters more. Challenge us and help us come up with new solutions to ensure water, energy and urbanisation are made sustainable for generations to come.

Our commitment to you

Commitment is a powerful word that defines how we do business, how we serve our clients and how we care for one another. We will support your needs by giving you the tools to do your best work and then recognise achievements. We will set your curiosity free to allow brilliant minds to do their best work. We will invest in new ideas, removing barriers where we can. Finally, we will encourage you to collaborate with thousands of diverse people across our global business.

Who we are

We are committed to solving the world's biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanisation. GHD is a global professional services company that is a leader in engineering, construction and architectural expertise. Established in 1928, we remain wholly owned by our people. We are 10,000+ diverse and skilled individuals, yet we are proudly 'One GHD' across more than 200 offices, spanning five continents - Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific region. Delivering extraordinary social and economic outcomes, we are passionate about building lasting relationships with our partners and clients.

COVID Policy: Prospective and/or new employees are required to adhere with GHD's US vaccination policy and any applicable government regulations related to COVID-19. Individuals hired for GHD positions that require in-person interactions with GHD Clients, or in-person visits to, or work at, GHD Clients sites, must comply with Client imposed requirements, including, in some instances, being fully vaccinated against COVID-19. GHD complies with federal, state, and local laws with regard to accommodations related to this policy.