Senior Director, Operations Talent & Safety

Senior Director, Operations Talent & Safety

The Senior Director, Talent leads recruiting, onboarding, safety compliance coordination, and performance programs for operations and project-based teams. This role is responsible for building a strong talent pipeline, improving hiring quality, supporting new employee success, and ensuring employees are onboarded, trained, and managed through clear goals and regular performance feedback.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, people-focused, operationally strong, and comfortable working closely with field leadership, project teams, candidates, employees, colleges, and executive stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Recruiting & Candidate Screening

• Review resumes for operations, field, project management, and support positions to identify qualified candidates for screening.
• Conduct first-round interviews for operations-related roles.
• Assess candidates based on job-related qualifications, experience, communication skills, role requirements, and alignment with project needs.
• Make recommendations on which candidates should move forward to second-round interviews with hiring managers or project leadership.
• Maintain timely candidate communication and support a professional recruiting experience.

Talent Pipeline Development

• Build and maintain a proactive recruiting pipeline for current and future operations staffing needs.
• Develop relationships with colleges, universities, trade programs, professional associations, and industry networks.
• Develop and manage a college co-op and internship program to support early-career talent development.
• Track pipeline activity, candidate sources, hiring needs, and recruiting outcomes.

Onboarding & Employee Integration

• Build and execute an onsite onboarding and orientation program for new project and operations staff.
• Coordinate onboarding schedules, required documentation, training activities, introductions, site expectations, and role-specific readiness.
• Partner with managers to monitor the first 90 days of new employees to support a smooth transition onto the project.
• Gather feedback from employees and managers to confirm role clarity, training needs, performance expectations, and job-related fit.
• Identify onboarding gaps and recommend improvements to strengthen new-hire success and retention.

Performance Review Program

• Develop and manage the company's performance review program for operations and project-based staff.
• Ensure employees receive documented goals by February 15 each year.
• Coordinate quarterly performance reviews and follow-up conversations with managers and employees.
• Support managers in creating clear, measurable goals tied to role expectations, project needs, safety, quality, teamwork, and professional development.
• Track completion of goals, reviews, and follow-up actions.

Safety Program Support

• Manage and support the company safety program in partnership with operations leadership.
• Review onsite safety compliance, training completion, incident documentation, and corrective action follow-through.
• Participate in incident reviews and investigations, ensuring findings are documented and appropriate follow-up actions are completed.
• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement across project teams.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in talent acquisition, HR, operations support, construction staffing, workforce development, or related roles.
• Experience supporting field, construction, operations, technical, or project-based teams preferred.
• Strong interviewing, communication, documentation, organization, and follow-through skills.
• Ability to work with candidates, employees, managers, executives, colleges, and project teams.
• Knowledge of onboarding, performance management, safety coordination, and employee development practices.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.