Senior HR Business Partner (Hybrid)

At LCRA, our employees strive for excellence in all areas of their work and exemplify our organizational values of focusing on service, taking initiative, showing respect, operating with integrity and focusing on safety.

Throughout our organization, our Human Resources Business Partners (HRBPs) are respected and valued colleagues, entrusted with providing key insights and counsel on a wide variety of people and business issues such as organizational design, competitive compensation analysis, employment law compliance, culture change and employee performance. The HRBPs serve a key role within our HR team, strategically connecting activities across various HR functions and helping the HR team keep a pulse on business initiatives.

A Senior HRBP will be engaging, collaborative, have excellent discernment, be adept at building productive relationships, effectively balance creativity with practicality when developing business solutions, have excellent attention to detail and be passionate about helping others. Our ideal candidate will have an extremely solid foundation of experience handling employee relations issues and employment law compliance with an objective, fair and compassionate approach. Strong writing skills, and experience in supporting immigration matters would also be ideal for this job.

This Senior HR Business Partner will primarily support HR activities in LCRA’s Wholesale Power and Water departments. This position occasionally requires some day travel to locations throughout LCRA’s service territory.

You Will Be Trusted To

• Provide responsive, consistent, accurate and solution-oriented HR services and information to executives, managers and employees.
• Develop strong relationships within assigned business areas to yield effective business partnerships and smart solutions.
• Provide insight to HR leadership to help ensure that HR priorities are consistent with business objectives.
• Resolve complex employee relations issues and perform investigations, as well as guide managers and employees through discipline and performance improvement processes.
• Demonstrate and foster exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, to include strong writing abilities without the use of AI.
• Serve as a key resource related to the implementation of HR policies, procedures and strategies.
• Proactively assess and anticipate HR-related needs and develop solutions designed to meet those needs, being mindful to balance creativity with practicality and compliance.
• Develop business acumen and maintain awareness of business issues.
• Develop and prepare reports and deliver presentations as needed to address a wide variety of business requests ranging from key strategic matters to tactical questions.
• Support immigration and/or visa sponsorship activities in collaboration with legal counsel and HR leadership.
• Serve as a key contributor for some emergency management activities involving employees
  
  

You Qualify With

• Nine or more years of experience in human resources, including three or more years of experience in employee relations or conflict resolution or other relevant experience. A degree(s) in human resource management, business administration or relevant field may be substituted per LCRA guidelines for certain years of experience.
• Driver's license
  
  

You Are a Great Fit With

• Robust experience with and demonstrated skill in employee relations and employment law compliance.
• A degree in human resource management, business administration or relevant field.
• An HR certification (e.g., PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP).
• Strong consultative, mentoring and coaching skills.
• A demonstrated ability to establish credibility, trust and partnership at all levels of the organization.
• Effective interpersonal skills including the ability to collaborate, influence, negotiate, resolve conflicts and effectively coach both managers and employees.
• Advanced communication skills, including verbal and written to all levels of the organization.
• Experience developing compliant, efficient, and effective HR solutions to business needs.
• Experience using PeopleSoft.
• Appreciation for excellent work and doing things “the right way.”
• Desire to perform work that is sometimes urgent in nature.
• Solid organization, time management, and self-motivated productivity skills.
• Enjoyment working with a team (and a great team, at that!).
• Experience supporting a craft and technical, utilities, and/or plant work environment with safety sensitive considerations.
• Desire to work in a hybrid work environment.
  
  

You Gain

• Competitive salary & medical, dental, vision and legal insurance
• Paid time off, including time for vacation, sick and family care leave
• 401(k) match up to 8% that includes a student loan 401(k) contribution program option
• Life and disability insurance
• Wellness program including wellness incentive
• Extensive learning & development programs
  
  

And more - all to create a compelling and rewarding work environment.

Equal Opportunity Employer

LCRA provides equal employment opportunities and a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at LCRA are based on business need, job requirement and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veteran status in accordance with applicable federal and state legal requirements governing nondiscrimination in employment.

LCRA is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can contact LCRA Human Resources (512) 578-4004 or email lcra.benefits@lcra.org . Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.