Director of Human Resources

Bala Consulting Engineers, based in Wayne, Pennsylvania is a dynamic growth-oriented company, built on relationships with clients, staff, and industry partners. Bala has been in the forefront of providing critical and technologically advanced engineering for more than 40 years. What began in Philadelphia has grown to New York City, Boston, Baltimore, and DC with continued expansion plans. Our project history is rich with solving complex engineering challenges in data centers, high-rise office/mixed-use towers, suburban office buildings, college campuses, airports, shipping terminals, healthcare complexes and industrial facilities.

As the Director of Human Resources, you’ll find a rare opportunity to partner with organizational leaders to develop and promote people strategies that support organizational priorities. We are looking for an experienced HR leader who has a combination of compassion, drive, and grit. Reporting to the CEO, this role provides the opportunity to make a large impact on the company’s operations by developing and implementing HR best practices in the areas of talent acquisition, performance management, training and development, compensation, retention and more. The HR Director will take a leadership role in maintaining a culture that enables employees to feel fulfilled, perform at their best and provides them with career progression as well as continue to build on our positive employer brand.

This is a full-time permanent opportunity working onsite in the Wayne, PA headquarters.

If you’re eager to put your well-honed HR skills to work, be a strategic player in a high-energy workplace and make a real difference in the lives of our employees, this position is for you!

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership as well as develop and implement HR best practices in the areas of employee engagement, employee relations, HR policies, talent acquisition and retention, salary and benefits, training and development, rewards and recognition, and compliance.
• Provide coaching and counseling to members of the leadership team, supervisors, and individual contributors throughout the organization on matters of performance, careers, HR policies and practices and related topics.
• Lead the planning and implementation of leadership development initiatives which includes succession planning, mobility, performance management, competency models, and reward systems.
• Occasional travel across office locations as needed.

Education and Experience

• 10 years’ experience with a proven track record of accomplishments and progressive job responsibilities within human resources is required.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Strong generalist with successful experience both at the strategic and tactical level of human resources.
• Strong technical skills with MS Office and HRIS (ADP preferred)
• Ability to stay current with human relations, personnel policies, compensation and benefits and applicable state, federal and local laws is required.
• The candidate should possess excellent oral and written communication skills and be able to listen well and communicate personably with all levels of management and employees.
• Possess strong skills in relationship building, influencing, negotiating, analysis, coaching, listening and presentation, as well as project management.
• SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) or PHR credential preferred.
• Ability to occasionally travel to other office locations.

BALA’s compensation package includes a rich benefits package along with market competitive salary structure. Our culture creates an environment where relationships thrive and careers flourish.

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Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Bala Consulting Engineer’s HR/Recruiting Department to submit resumes. This approval must be in the form of a valid fully executed contract for service as well as a request to submit candidates to a specific job opening. Bala Consulting Engineers will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place, or for positions for which candidates have not been specifically requested.