Human Resources Manager- Employee Relations

Veolia Group is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia Group designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation. Within this framework, Veolia's Water Technology Business brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world’s most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy. Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future.

Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions (VWTS) is looking for an experienced Human Resources Manager- Employee Relations based in Minnetonka, Minnesota in a hybrid capacity (1-2 days per week remote). This high-impact HR professional will partner with our supply chain to support the success of our people.

This HR Manager position is a heavy-employee relations position, if you have a passion for ER, we want to hear from you! This position will drive engagement within a non-union 400-employee manufacturing site. They influence leaders and understand both broad business, manufacturing and service-specific challenges to enable a salary and an hourly workforce to meet business objectives. They act as a subject matter expert providing guidance and direct support for functional areas such as employee relations, consultation/conflict resolution, policy interpretation and application, management consultation, talent acquisition, succession planning, workforce data analysis, and performance appraisal training.

This dynamic role requires a high degree of emotional intelligence, critical thinking and decision-making skills to work with all levels of management and hourly staff to help create a safe, healthy, vibrant work environment. If you like the idea of working with a company that’s doing great things to create a cleaner, more sustainable world, here’s more!

Key Responsibilities:
● Guide the development and execution of workforce strategies in collaboration with the human resources team and operations’ leadership.
● Will develop a deep understanding of the business by participating in client activities to build knowledge of the operational objectives as well as our culture. This includes attending client meetings to give HR updates while assessing operational needs.
● Look for new opportunities and solutions to deliver HR support in line with business goals.
● Support workforce planning while monitoring trends such as turnover and time to fill to support clients with staffing challenges. You will work closely with the Talent Acquisition shared service center and management to identify and remove barriers to filling positions. 
● Leverage data to identify opportunities for improvement in a number of key workforce areas.
● Manage local employee relations including conflict resolution, providing counselling to managers and employees and conducting interviews. You will work with managers to coach, train and guide them in regards to employee relations, policy and procedure interpretation, turnover, employee satisfaction, performance management, conflict resolution, and legal issues.
● Work in a shared service environment

Compensation - The salary range is tied to the market for similarly benchmarked roles. The range is not an absolute, but a guide, and offers will be based on the individual candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience, and market conditions, as well as internal peer equity. Depending upon all the preceding considerations for the final selected individual candidate, the offer may be lower or higher than the stated range: $110,000 - $120,000 annually. (For bonus eligible positions) This role also includes a (AIP) ensure that HR workflows support this model while leveraging the expertise of HR COEs (Compensation, Payroll & benefits, Talent Acquisition, HRIS and Mobility).

At Veolia, we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build stronger
communities. We’re an organization that champions diversity and inclusion at every rung of the ladder
and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Because our people are our greatest assets, we
also offer competitive compensation and benefits that include:
● Compensation - The salary range is tied to the market for similarly benchmarked roles.  The range is
not an absolute, but a guide, and offers will be based on the individual candidate’s knowledge, skills,
experience, and market conditions, as well as internal peer equity.  Depending upon all the preceding
considerations for the final selected individual candidate, the offer may be lower or higher than the
stated range:
● Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Starting Day 1!
● Life Insurance
● Paid Time Off
● Paid Holidays
● Parental Leave
● 401(k) Plan - 3% default contribution plus matching!
● Flexible Spending & Health Saving Accounts
● AD&D Insurance
● Disability Insurance
● Tuition Reimbursement

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this
posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable
law.
****Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not
sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g. H-1B visa) for this opportunity****
VWTS does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting firms. All vendors must have a
current and fully executed MSA on file before submitting candidates. Any unsolicited resumes and
candidate profiles will be deemed the property of VWTS, and no fee will be due.

Core Requirements:
● A bachelor’s degree is required, as well as, 5+ years of HR experience.
● Strong employee relations experience
● Experience working in a fast-paced high-growth working environment.
● Solid working knowledge of Federal and local laws for the US as they pertain to human resources administration, employee relations and investigation compliance.
● Demonstrated ability to work with and influence an hourly manufacturing population while providing strong partnerships with management.

Preferred: 

● Previous experience in water, manufacturing, oil and gas, energy or chemicals industries is preferable.

Additional Information

● Ability to travel up to 20%

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.