HR Business Partner

HR Business Partner

WillScot HRBPs support client groups of ~5-600 employees across North America and require exceptional intellectual curiosity, courage and problem-solving skills with the ability to interact and build rapport with all levels of management and employees. This role will travel regularly to support client group activities.

The key objective of the HRBP is to understand our business, company objectives, and to support all stages of the employee life cycle as required. Our HRBPs partner with client groups and employees for advice and action on recruitment, employee relations, compliance, performance and talent management, training, compensation and benefits, and delivery of HR programs and initiatives within their designated stakeholder population/functional area.

The HR Business Partner is our employee contact on HR matters and requires a professional who can effectively navigate the intersection of employee and business objectives to the best outcome for both! Our HRBPs earn client respect by demonstrating knowledge and understanding of our business and organizational objectives and are able to facilitate HR objectives while supporting successful business and employee outcomes.

What You'll Be Doing

WillScot is in a period of tremendous growth and success, with multiple recent acquisitions, and more planned. Our desired candidate has experience navigating organizational change and ambiguity and is able to move the practice forward while helping to build a foundation of newly harmonized practices and policies.

The HRBP supporting WS Southeast regions will:

• Partner with group leaders to build a high-performing culture, aligned with company values
• Develop and implement creative candidate outreach strategies to help promote the WillScot brand in the marketplace to attract highly driven and successful professionals
• Analyze leading indicator human capital metrics and develop action plans in alignment with management to reduce attrition, enhance performance, and enable strong employee engagement
• Consult with assigned employees and managers to provide effective employee relations and performance improvement support, to include leading investigations, writing investigatory reports, providing appropriate recommendations, and developing performance improvement plans and disciplinary measures
• Coordinate with managers and Talent Development function to drive talent assessment, succession planning, and development within the assigned group
• Collaborate with managers and Total Rewards function to guide effective compensation decisions within the group regarding hiring, promotions, and incentive plan participation
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to ensure effective onboarding experience for new hires, ensuring minimal short-term attrition and enabling employees to make an immediate impact
• Lead corporate-wide exit interview process, ensuring accurate data is collected and responded to proactively manage attrition
• Expedite problem resolution and case management for employee issues

This is a team-based role and will assist in other aspects of HR as well as help drive our Company's Strategies and promote our Mission, Vision and Values. HRBPs will also participate in stretch assignments or projects throughout the year as development initiatives.

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in HR, business or similar
• 3 years of HR Business Partner experience in a decentralized work environment
• Excellent organizational change-management skills operating in matrix or other ambiguous, complex organizational structure
• Strong initiative to seek compliant, employee/business-friendly solutions within a developing framework
• Strong MS Office skills and the ability to use technology as an enabler.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple, changing priorities in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency
• The ability to travel, including overnight, to client group sites and company events/meetings
• Excellent communication skills and proven ability to influence managers at all levels
• Strong analytical ability and attention to detail
• High level of integrity, attention to detail and collaborative nature
• Spanish bi-lingual preferred
• Experience in a construction-oriented or industrial work environment preferred

This role will operate in a branch office, remotely from our corporate HR practice. This field-based HRBP will require a strong ability to demonstrate accountability and the need to operate consistently as a team.