Human Resources Business Partner Intermediate

Job Description

Partners with a business leader to provide fit-for-purpose HR guidance, support and solutions. Leads the full talent management life cycle in an assigned business group. Ensures compliance with employment related laws and regulations and the consistent application of policies and guidelines. Typically supports an operational senior leader.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties:

• Analyze, identify root cause, and develop fit for purpose solutions in an assigned business group.
• Quickly assimilate information and build innovative solutions to meet business needs, and operate within financial and resource constraints.
• Quickly develop collaborative working relationships with employees at all levels, to effectively mediate disputes as well as provide ongoing coaching and counsel to all employees.
• Communicate, implement and administer human resource programs.

Non-Essential Duties: Performs other duties as assigned.

All employees shall be in compliance with the Archrock Health Safety and Environmental Policy and local, statutory and/or regulatory requirements at all times.

Qualifications

Skills and Abilities:

Ability To

• Perform all assigned duties.
• Demonstrate effective persuasion, communication and interpersonal skills in order to interact with co-workers and suppliers in a matrixed environment.
• Consistently demonstrate ability to think creatively, make reliable and accurate decisions and to develop sound conclusions and recommendations to leadership.

Proficient With

° MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) and HRIS (Oracle preferred.)

Knowledge

• Emotional intelligence required. (Formal training in human behavior, conflict management, coaching, team building and difficult conversations.)
• Proficiency in most all HR sub-functions which may include employment law, compensation, benefits, talent management and employee or industrial relations.
• Understanding of the company's services, strategy, business model and strategic projects.
• Sound understanding of business linkages and the ramifications that decision making could have on company and/or client requirements.

Minimum Education And Certification

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
• Specific coursework and/or skill based training in human behavior, and/or psychology required.
• Ongoing coursework or training in sub-functional areas.
• Work towards a master level qualification preferred.

Minimum Experience

• Typically at least 5 years progressive experience in all or most areas of Human Resources.
• Experience should include supporting an hourly field based workforce as well as project / initiative planning, communication and implementation.

Leadership

• No direct reports, but frequently leads HR projects within their assigned area.

Physical Demands: (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions)

• Regularly required to stand, walk, and bend with good balance, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• Regularly required to sit, perform repetitive duties, use a PC and to talk and hear.
• Vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly required to lift, move and carry up to 10 pounds.

Problem Solving And Innovation

• Problems frequently involve matters of employment, employee relations or disciplinary matters which are at a higher level risk for the company.
• More complex higher risk matters are elevated to a Lead or Manager for collaboration typically with higher levels of approval required prior to implementation.
• Solutions frequently require evaluation of variable factors, new approaches, planning and resourcefulness.
• Expected to provide thoughtful recommendations where and when required by the HR DOA.

Impact

• Enables their Operational leader's success in meeting business strategy and deliverables.
• Impacts employee recruitment and retention/ engagement.
• Minimizes the company's risks/ law suits.
• Frequently evaluates, improves and implements procedures, processes and policies that affect defined organizational group which may have an internal and external impact.

This job description is a summary of essential job functions. It is not intended as an employment contract, nor is it intended to describe all duties someone in this position may perform. All employees are expected to perform tasks, as assigned by supervisor, regardless of job title or routine job duties.

About Us

Archrock is a premier provider of natural gas compression services to customers in the energy industry throughout the U.S. and a leading supplier of aftermarket services to customers who own compression equipment. With approximately 1,000 employees, our unmatched expertise and team of highly qualified, certified technicians are backed by more than 70 years of industry experience.

Archrock is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

About The Team

At Archrock, we value our people, over and above the generous compensation and benefits we offer. We strive to be good stewards of their careers. Career paths are well defined and room for growth is available to everyone. Employees have the flexibility and support to pursue different roles within the company. And in an operation that has locations across the United States they have the freedom to relocate if they desire.