The opportunity As a core member of the Bland leadership team in the Hitachi Energy Transformer North America Business Unit, this role is accountable for collaborating and standardizing key HR processes, project management and driving key initiatives within the organization. This role will partner with our various Centers of Excellence and Global Business Centers for effective outcomes.

The Human Resource for North American Hitachi Energy Transformers is responsible for developing HR strategies and building capabilities to support the operations organizations. This role will focus on establishing processes, programs and integrated initiatives. This role will drive employee engagement, facilitate positive employee relations, and ensure compliance with all local, state and federal laws. The scope of responsibility will include retention strategies, HR Process Refinement and HR Strategy Deployment for the Hitachi Energy Bland location.

How You'll Make An Impact

- Business Planning: Understand and participate in the operational rhythm of the business, provide input on strategic vision, project planning and management, and timely execution of plans around employee scaling, and developing and implementing sound organizational effectiveness strategies, practices and measures.

- Advise Operations Leadership: Counsel and support operations leaders on company culture, HR-related issues/opportunities and organization effectiveness. Provide insight on supervisory and team effectiveness.

- Culture and Employee Engagement: Drive a culture of engagement, productivity/efficiency and flexibility. Develop proactive employee communication initiatives that ensure employees receive relevant information regarding their jobs, the facility and the company strategy/initiatives. Implement employee engagement surveys to measure effectiveness.

- Organizational Development: Develop strategies that align individual, team and leadership goals with organizational needs and business priorities to drive a culture of high performance. Plan and direct the training initiatives to ensure development of critical skills that support the line managers.

- Change Management: Develop and lead change management initiatives. Establish appropriate processes for managing cultural transformation and change.

- Talent Management/C&B: Drive employee development; Development and administer standards around production employee performance assessments and compensation decisions. Administer local compensation and collaborate with Local HR Business Partners and the compensation COE on job evaluations and competitive wages. Administer prevailing wages for services team members.

- Retention and Engagement: Monitors production employee turnover data and put measures in place to support achievement of optimal levels of attrition across the sites working with the location HRBP. Develop retention strategy for the HUB in partnership with HR operations and other functional groups. Assess employee engagement and morale and take actions to address issues.

- Employee Relations: Provide strategic and tactical employee relations counsel/support including managing performance, conducting investigations and resolving complaints and grievances. Ensure legal compliance to all internal and external reporting entities. Carry out training and communication on HR strategy, policy, and processes when necessary. Cultivate relationships with local collective bargaining and information/consultation groups where applicable (e.g. unions, employee committees).

Your background

- A Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, or acceptable equivalent is required; an advanced degree is a plus

- 8+ plus years of progressive experience in a Human Resources generalist role, with experience in a manufacturing or distribution environments.

- Demonstrated ability to effectively partner with the business leadership and influence the strategic business interests of the organization

- Experience in culture development, change management and process improvement is required, with a proven ability to analyze business needs

- High degree of professionalism and confidentiality

- Proven relationship-building and project management skills

- Excellent communications skills, including written and verbal

- Demonstrated team orientation, motivation and flexibility.

More About Us

- At Hitachi Energy, we’re committed to advancing a sustainable energy future through innovation and collaboration.

- We offer a diverse and inclusive workplace with opportunities for growth, learning, and global mobility.

- Join a team that values integrity, excellence, and the power of people working together to make a difference.

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.