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Build America’s Future.\nVulcan Materials Company is the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates and a major producer of aggregates-based construction materials including asphalt and ready-mixed concrete. When you join Vulcan, it’s ore than starting an exciting career - you get to make a difference for millions of people every day across the country. When you join Vulcan, you join a dynamic culture in which career development is encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is valued. No matter the role or the location across the country, every member of the Vulcan team lives through the Vulcan Way: doing the right thing, the right way, at the right time.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nSummary Description of Position\nServe as a business partner to operations and sales management to enhance the Western Division’s (California) capability to achieve its goals and objectives for Southern California, (up to 10 locations) with coverage from Escondido to Chula Vista. This position has full generalist responsibilities with an emphasis on employee and labor relations. The role is supported administratively through the regional office Human Resources. Provides support for the effective execution of business initiatives, corporate and divisional policies, human resources processes and projects, and employment laws.\nEssential Functions\nAdvises and consults with regional leadership, managers and supervisors to identify obstacles and issues to improve organization effectiveness, and develops strategies to remove those obstacles and concerns. Position works with managers on ways to improve their effectiveness through a variety of techniques and strategies.\nPosition is mostly a field based role, with a majority of the role being performed in and around up to 10 locations in Southern California.\n\nParticipates as a member of the Division’s leadership team and leadership team planning initiatives.\n\nInfluences and helps lead change as required by new company and division initiatives.\n\nPartners with regional leadership, plant managers on preventing but also solving employee relations opportunities and challenges.\n\nAssists with new acquisitions and growth initiatives as they relate to human resources and organization issues.\n\nPartners with hiring managers throughout the interview process, participating in candidate interviews to provide objective HR-driven feedback while coaching managers on interview best practices, compliance, and effective evaluation techniques.\n\nIdentifies issues and concerns to address employee satisfactions and develops strategies and interventions to increase employee satisfaction throughout the Division.\n\nReviews and recommends strategies and new concepts to reward and recognize performance of teams and people within the Division.\n\nSupports managers in developing succession planning strategies and improving the talent pool throughout the Division. Identifies back-up candidates to key positions in the Division and serves as corporate contact on internal candidates in the Division.\n\nIdentifies new technologies and \"best practices\" to enable the Division to reduce costs and improve productivity through better utilization of human assets and resources.\n\nRepresents the Division on assigned Company-wide project teams.\n\nEffectively utilizes prevailing technologies (e.g. UKG, Oracle, Peoplesoft, etc.) to execute assigned responsibilities more effectively.\n\nManages collective bargaining agreement administration, including contract interpretation, grievance processing, and dispute resolution, with HR Manager and Labor Relations Manager collaboration and support.\n\nConducts regular labor relations training for management and supervisors to ensure consistent application of company policies and collective bargaining agreements.\n\nServes as a point of contact for union representatives, fostering professional and collaborative labor-management relationships.\n\nSupports labor contract negotiations through data gathering, preparation of proposals, and participation in bargaining sessions.\n\nOther Requirements\nEstimated travel requirement is 75 to 80%. Mostly day travel with overnight stays being very limited.\n\nA successful candidate will be a team oriented individual that demonstrates a “humble buthungry” approach in how they approach all facets of their responsibilities. Open to constant change and a strong ability to adapt.\n\n Skills You’ll Need:\nEducation. Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Business Administration or related field or equivalent work experience is desired. Advanced degree is an advantage. SPHR or equivalent professional certifications preferred\nExperience. Position requires a minimum of 5 years experience in a Human Resources or Organization Development career track. Two plus years of experience in labor contract negotiations and contract administration/grievance handling is required. Experience in an industrial environment is preferred. Working knowledge of heavy industrial business is an advantage.\nKnowledge of Best Practices. General knowledge of EEO, FLSA, OFCCP laws and regulations. Understanding of employment laws, rules and regulations. Knowledge and understanding of employee relations.\nIntegrity and Decision-Making. Unquestioned personal and professional integrity.\nLeadership and Management Skills. Able to establish credibility and influence leadership.\nInterpersonal Skills. Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and interact well with all levels of personnel. Oral and written communication skills to include effective listening.\nTechnology Skills. Must have the ability to use computerized equipment and technology. Must demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Google, Oracle Business Environment, and other software packages relevant to the position.\nOther Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:\nAssertiveness - Possess the courage to take a position, even if unpopular.\n\nConsensus builder where and when appropriate.\n\nCreative problem solver and agent of change in the organization.\n\nInsightful and possessing sound business judgment.\n\nConflict resolution skills and the ability to constructively confront delicate issues.\n\nDiagnose organizational and employee issues which impact performance and organizational effectiveness.\n\nDevelop communication programs designed to get employee commitment and support for company goals and objectives.\n\nDispute resolution abilities.\n\nSolid presentation skills.\n\nEffectively understand and interface with people from different cultures and backgrounds.\n\nLead and message Diversity and Inclusion importance.\n\nUnderstanding of individual and group reward and recognition strategies to motivate people towards higher productivity.\n\nBilingual preferred\n\nWhat You’ll Like About Us:\nGreat Company Culture. Our people share a competitive drive forexcellence in an environment of trust, teamwork, open-mindedness and communication.\nSafe. Industry leader in health and safety standards.We are committed to creating a safe work environment and protecting all employees and customers.\nMeaningful Work. What sets up apart is the work we do impacts daily lives - and every employee contributes. Our aggregates produced are used to build roads, schools, hospitals, airports, and housing throughout the United States.\nHealth Benefits. Medical, Dental, Vision programs,plus much more.\nRest and Relaxation. Paid vacation, personal floating days, and paid holidays.\nPrepare for the Future. 401(k) with company match and contribution.\nTraining and Development. We seeour development programs and helping our employees meet their goals as a\nkey part of our business.\nSalary Range: the base salary range for this role is between $115,000 to $130,000 annual salary. 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