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If you’re looking for a rewarding career helping improve our environment and protect our natural resources, we encourage you to join our team!\nAbout Essential Utilities\nEssential Utilities, Inc. delivers safe, clean, reliable services that improve quality of life for individuals, families, and entire communities.\nOperating as the Aqua (water and wastewater services) and the Peoples and Delta (natural gas) brands, Essential serves approximately 5.5 million people across 10 states. We are committed to sustainable growth, operational excellence, a superior customer experience, and premier employer status - including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities.\nWe are advocates for the communities we serve and are dedicated stewards of natural lands, protecting more than 7,600 acres of forests and other habitats throughout our footprint.\nOur company is one of the most significant publicly traded water, wastewater service and natural gas providers in the U.S.\nStep into the role of HR Business Partner III, a strategic partner who collaborates with key business leaders to drive HR initiatives that align with bold business objectives. This position puts you at the heart of the action - serving as a strategic consultant to management on human resource related issues, expertly handling complex employee and labor relations issues, while assessing, anticipating, and resolving HR related needs. You must be able to forge partnerships across the business to deliver value added service to management and employees that are aligned with the business objectives of the organization.\nBeyond mastering HR, you’ll dive deep into the business, influencing decisions to achieve standout results, crafting creative solutions to tricky challenges, and leveraging your analytical skills to create impactful financial and economic models.\nESSENTIAL DUTIES:\nDevelop and lead the people strategies for the business segment in partnership with the leadership team to achieve desired business objectives.\n\nDevelop and lead employee relations strategy ensuring continuously improving employee engagement while achieving the objectives of the business.\n\nDevelop and lead the business segment’s strategy with respect to its unionized workforces as well as unionized workforces acquired through acquisition.\n\nProvides guidance to leaders on a range of HR topics including coaching, counselling, performance management, career development, compensation, workforce planning, etc.\n\nMaintain knowledge of labor/union issues and best practices to promote positive labor relations.\n\nProvide employee and labor relations support, counseling employees and managers on ways to improve performance and collaboration.\n\nConduct investigations in response to complaints from various sources.\n\nPartner with leadership to develop succession plans.\n\nWork collaboratively with subject matter experts in HR Centers Of Excellence, including benefits, HRIS, talent acquisition, payroll, and compensation to develop creative solutions, programs, and policies to create a workplace where talented people want to come, stay and thrive.\n\nTrack and analyze relevant employment related data, identify trends and engagement opportunities, and propose creative solutions to enhance employee experience.\n\nKNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:\nAdvanced knowledge of all aspects of human resources, including, but not limited to, employee and labor relations, organizational design, workforce planning, employment law, human resource best practices, HR policies and procedures, etc.\n\nAbility to quickly understand the organizational structure, practices, and interdepartmental communications.\n\nDemonstrated business acumen and a willingness to lead and effect change\n\nDemonstrated personal leadership\n\nDemonstrated executive presence and in depth experience working with senior management\n\nExperienced in Microsoft Office products (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and Workday.\n\nExcellent interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal, listening, public speaking).\n\nAbility to develop creative and effective solutions with confidential, sensitive, and complex variables\n\nEXPERIENCE/EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:\n7+ years of human resources experience in mid-sized or larger company.\n\nBachelor's degree in business, human resources, labor relations, or related field.\n\nAdvanced PowerPoint and Excel skills and demonstrated ability to build financial models.\n\nDemonstrated ability to manage conflict and creatively and effectively problem-solve.\n\nDemonstrated ability to lead projects, set priorities, and achieve results.\n\nDemonstrated ability to build senior level relationships and influence others in functions outside of HR to achieve the appropriate business result.\n\nTravel approximately 10% to work sites of Essential Utilities.\n\nSPHR/PHR certification a plus.\n\nAqua, an Essential Utilities company is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. 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