Sr. HR Generalist, US

 

RWE Offshore Wind Services, LLC, Boston

Functional area: Human Resources 

 

 

 

Join Our Team as Sr. HR Generalist at RWE Offshore Wind US: Unlock a Dynamic Career!

 

As the Sr. HR Generalist at RWE Offshore Wind, you will embark on a dynamic role where relationship building, hands-on policy making, and professional growth are integral to your daily work.  This complex role places you at the forefront of local HR support within our global HR Offshore functions.  Join an expanding RWE Offshore Wind US team that seeks entrepreneurial professionals with a growth mindset, contributing to a fast-expanding international team in a diverse environment as part of a larger global organization.  Your work office will be based in Boston, and you will report to the Head of People Management Americas Hub within a global functional matrix organization.

 

Your Responsibilities:

 

- Delivering day-to-day HR tasks and becoming the key local HR partner  in supporting all HR-related processes in the US.

- Planning and conducting employee orientation to promote company performance goals and provide relevant information to new hires.

- Supporting expatriate management, including immigration support for local hires in partnership with the Global Mobility team and external vendors.

- Overseeing employee disciplinary meetings, terminations, and investigations.

- Identifying legal requirements and government reporting regulations affecting human resources functions and ensuring policies, procedures, and reporting are compliant.

- Studying and assessing benefit needs and trends to establish comprehensive plans, making appropriate recommendations to the global HR Offshore Wind team.

- Working closely with the global HR team and acting as an interface between the local business and the headquarters.

- Ensuring compliance with all labor-related workers' compensation, social security, and the latest legislative laws and regulations.

- Aligning with an external payroll provider to ensure timely and accurate payment of cash compensation, overseeing payroll and benefits vendor activities.

- Administering benefit plans such as life, health, and dental insurance, pension plans, vacation, sick leave, leave of absence, employee assistance, etc.

- Other duties as assigned.

 

Required Skills/Experience:

 

- Fully completed Bachelors degree (or equivalent).

- At least 5 + years of hands-on human resource management experience in the US.

- Familiarity with US social security law, labor and employment law, and payroll tax regulations.

- Excellent analytical and conceptual skills, including the ability to read, write detailed reports, and deliver effective correspondence with keen attention to details.

- Solution-oriented mindset and a highly developed collaborative approach to problem-solving.

- High intercultural sensitivity and understanding of US and European business culture.

- Confident handling of stressful situations in a constantly changing business environment while communicating with all levels within a business setting.

- A high level of self-initiative and the ability to quickly set the right priorities, skilled at time management.

- Fluent English language skills, both written and spoken, combined with excellent customer service orientation.

- Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and HR applications and HRIS software.

 

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. Eligible employees also participate in short-term incentives, in addition to salary.

RWE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

For 125 years RWE has been the source of energy for millions of people across the globe. Now we’re making all that energy green. This decade alone we’re investing €50bn into renewables and will be carbon neutral by 2040 – ten years earlier than most other global targets. This is a chance to play a key role on our journey.

Join our renewables specialists, working across the clean energy spectrum to grow our operations to 50 GW by 2030 – with some of the world’s largest on and offshore wind farms and industry-leading hydrogen initiatives. We’re also considered innovators in solar development including floating photovoltaics and agri-photovoltaics. Or add your expertise to our supply and trading operations, brokering renewable electricity, green gas, commodities, and CO2 emission all