Head of People & Culture

at  Urenco

Join us at Urenco USA (UUSA), where we’re leading the way in nuclear energy innovation. Our state-of-the-art facility located in Eunice, NM, is one of the only uranium enrichment sites in North America. We are actively looking for individuals who are ready to work collaboratively on-site in Eunice, NM, and we’re pleased to offer relocation support to help make this opportunity accessible to talented individuals like you. Come be a part of the future of clean energy.
Summary of Responsibilities
The Human Resources Manager provides site leadership in support of all aspects of Human Resources at the site level. Leads the development and implementation of employer of choice strategies and supporting an overall HR vision in keeping with URENCO USA’s goals and values. Provides management of site-level Human Resources disciplines including employment, employee relations, affirmative action planning, compensation, benefits, payroll, regulatory compliance, employment law, EEO, HR training, on-boarding, and performance management.
Education and Experience

Minimum Qualifications:

• Required: Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) from an accredited college or university.
• Eight years of progressively responsible Human Resources experience with at least three years of experience in a leadership role. Emphasis on recruitment and selection, coaching, consulting and compensation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in HR or Business from an accredited college or university. PHR or SPHR Certification or equivalent highly preferred.
• Years of experience: Ten years of progressively responsible Human Resources experience with at least three years of experience in a leadership role. Emphasis on recruitment and selection, coaching, consulting and compensation.

Essential Skills:

• Demonstrated experience working within an international business and has experience of being part of a global function, supporting wider functional programs of work
• Experience in HR transformation / modernization and has demonstrated examples of driving change and improvement
• Worked successfully in a regulated / industrial / engineering led environment
• Brings general business acumen as well as professional acumen
• Able to act as a constructive and challenging business partner and coach to the site leadership team
• Knowledge of employment law.
• Must be fully competent in the human resources discipline.
• Exhibit ethical conduct at all times.
• Communication Skills and Public Speaking
• Speech Clarity
• Strong written and oral communications and presentation skills
• Be detail oriented, a problem solver with proven success in a high energy environment while juggling multiple tasks with critical deadlines
• Knowledge and understanding of the mission, goals, and objectives of Urenco and Urenco USA
• Strong understanding of URENCO USA’s services and key messages
• Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Organizational, planning, structuring and implementation skills
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills and the ability to present effectively to small and large groups
• Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions
• Managing one’s own time and the time of others
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources
• Competency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems

Job Details

• Work Location: Eunice, NM
• Work Schedule: Professional work schedule/ with minimal night/ weekend support. Some nights and weekend work may be required. Employees are also subject to call-outs as needed.
• Travel Required: 10% of the time or less as required
• Security Clearance Requirement: CAA Access and an L or Q level security clearance
• Emergency Response Requirements: Emergency Response Organization (ERO) duty will be required; including being on-call (24/7) during your designated team duty week.
• Work Environment: Radiological exposure expectations of < 100 mrem/yr. General Office, Plant Production Areas. This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets etc.
• Responsible for the protection of confidential and proprietary information received during employment, including keeping information in strict confidence, exercising a reasonable degree of care to prevent disclosure to others, not disclosing or divulging either directly or indirectly information to others, and not using the information commercially or for any other purpose other than the performance of their duties for Urenco. Confidential information includes information and data of any kind concerning any matters affecting or relating to Urenco business or operations, including compensation, investigations, financial controls, etc.

Physical Job Demands:

• The employee must possess the physical ability to do and wear appropriate PPE as needed.

Primary Functions

• Plans, organizes and oversees all activities of the human resources department related to employee relations, EEO compliance, affirmative action planning, staffing management, compensation, benefits and payroll.
• Participates, in developing department goals, objectives and systems in support of company goals and values.
• Oversees a competitive compensation program.
• Maintains updated job descriptions and job description review process.
• Ensures annual salary and benefits surveys are conducted and analyzed.
• Utilize annual survey results and adapt to position the organization as an employer of choice.
• Oversee human resources related policies and procedures.
• Manage annual salary planning and the merit increase process for the organization.
• Develops and implements the performance management program and revise as needed.
• Oversees benefits administration ensuring programs are both cost-effective and valuable.
• Oversee an affirmative action program; files EEO-1 annually; maintains all records as required by regulation and maintains other records, reports and logs to conform to all EEO and/or OFCCP regulations.
• Oversees recruitment efforts for all personnel and college recruiting efforts.
• Manages internship program as well as the intern recruiting and selection process.
• Leads new employee orientation function.
• Oversight of employee relations counselling and/or investigations as needed.
• Oversees exit process and outplacement management program.
• Develop and monitor HR metrics.
• Review overall results of the department in relation to established goals to effect continual improvements in efficiency of the department and services performed.
• Oversee the progressive discipline process, coach management on the process and ensure disciplinary action is fair and is consistent for all employees across all departments.
• Manages all employees in the human resources department
• Collaborate with site leadership on all human resources issues.
• Provide guidance and assistance with highly complex and/or sensitive issues.
• Other duties as assigned.

The duties and responsibilities listed above do not reflect the position description in full and in complete detail.
Benefits
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* Please note that we continually evaluate our plans and make adjustments as necessary to meet market and business requirements.

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