As a Senior HR Business Partner, you will be a key member of the Aerospace & Energy (A&E) HR team whose primary responsibility is to provide high-quality, up to date and consistent guidance across all HR topics including but not limited to Talent Management, Engagement and Retention, Organizational Design and D, E&I. This role will support the PQT (Product Quality Testing) and Commercial Division within the A&E Business Unit.

In this role, you will serve as a creative problem solver working with senior leadership team to develop and deliver innovative people solutions for your customer group. This includes effectively transitioning between tactical HR tasks and strategic projects that will help ensure your customer group successfully delivers its strategic and financial goals.

Your role is integral in creating an engaged diverse and inclusive workforce, where our colleagues feel valued, can progress their careers and are motivated to work to their full potential. 

Location: hybrid, 3 days in our Huntsville Alabama location.

Salary: up to 125K+ (plus bonus)

• Serve as a trusted business partner to Divisional Directors and management teams, proactively providing advice and guidance across all people activities e.g. leadership capability and workforce planning with the vision of building engaged and high-performing teams with a culture of internal career progression
• Utilizing and maintaining people data, analytics and metrics to develop solutions that address gaps and capitalize on opportunities e.g. building data into retention actions and strategies
• Applying sophisticated knowledge of relevant labor law and exercising good judgment to effectively resolve employee relations issues in partnership with leaders, and legal advisors as required
• Ensuring end-to-end HR service delivery by maintaining partnerships across all People functions e.g. working with Talent Acquisition to develop strategic plans for recruitment, working with HRSS to support colleague documentation being produced in a timely and accurate manner
• Championing Talent Management by facilitating key processes e.g. 9 box grids, succession planning, and supporting managers with performance improvement discussions
• Partner with local leaders to set plans and implement programs to achieve D, E&I goals and employee engagement initiatives
• Monitor and manage adherence to HR policies and procedures
• Grows the local talent pool by hiring and retaining top talents across the customer base

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business or related field

• Proven experience with an HR Business partnership, or HR operations role

• Demonstrated ability to be part of a senior leadership team which achieves successful outcomes

• Ability to meet deadlines, priorities and problem-solve in a fast-paced, dynamically changing environment

• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in a continuously evolving environment

• Excellent knowledge of MS Office including Word and Excel, IT literacy and experience with HR systems/data

• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to work and interact with all levels of colleagues across the company

• Experience with integrating businesses

• Travel will be required

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Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) 

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