Lead HR Business Partner - Nuclear Plant (Russellville)

Job Title: Lead HR Business Partner - Nuclear Plant (Russellville)

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Location: Russellville, Arkansas

Travel Percentage: Up to 25%

Req ID: 123150

This position supports Entergy’s nuclear operations in Russellville, Arkansas. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.

Job Summary:

As the Lead HR Business Partner, you will support our nuclear business by partnering with leaders and employees to align people strategies with business objectives and drive workforce planning, talent initiatives, employee relations, organizational development, and change.

You will serve as a trusted advisor to leaders up to the VP/GM level while operating independently in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. We’re looking for a proactive HR professional who thrives in ambiguity and is passionate about enabling high-performing teams.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with leaders and employees across the business to support talent initiatives.
• Provide HR guidance and coaching on employee relations, performance management, career development, and engagement.
• Support workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, and change management initiatives.
• Analyze HR trends and workforce data to provide recommendations and support business decisions.
• Facilitate talent discussions and organizational assessments.
• Partner with Legal and HR Centers of Excellence to support compliance and business initiatives.
• Support initiatives focused on employee experience, retention, and productivity.
• Develop presentations, recommendations, and HR-related proposals using workforce insights and data.
• Build strong working relationships across teams and support leaders through complex people situations.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of HR or related experience with a bachelor’s degree preferred in Human Resources or a related field, or 7+ years of experience without a degree.
• Nuclear industry or power plant experience is required.
• Advanced HR Business Partner expertise, including workforce planning, change management, and alignment of HR strategies with business objectives.
• Strong business and financial acumen with experience in workforce analytics, talent forecasting, organizational development, succession planning, and data-driven decision-making.
• Experience with labor relations, compliance, HR policies, HR technology, analytics, AI-enabled tools, and management of complex HR projects.

What We Offer:

• Market-competitive compensation.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coveragel
• 401(k) savings plan.
• Wellness and employee wellbeing programs
• Commuter and transit benefits.
• Additional employee perks and benefits.

Who We Are:

Entergy, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, powers life for 3 million customers across Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy is creating a cleaner, more resilient energy future for everyone with our diverse power generation portfolio, including increasingly carbon-free energy sources. With roots in the Gulf South region for more than a century, Entergy is a recognized leader in corporate citizenship, delivering more than $100 million in economic benefits to local communities through philanthropy and advocacy efforts annually over the last several years. Our approximately 12,500 employees are dedicated to powering life today and for future generations.

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click to view the EEO page, or see statements below.

EEO Statement: The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Accessibility: Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing by an applicant, employee, or third party on his or her behalf. If you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please click here and provide your name, contact number, the accommodation requested and the requisition number that you are requesting the accommodation for. Employee Services will contact you regarding your request.

Additional Responsibilities: As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Entergy Pay Transparency Policy Statement: The Entergy System of Companies (the Company) will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c). Equal Opportunity and Pay Transparency .

Pay Transparency Notice:

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision (dol.gov)

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WORKING CONDITIONS:

As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.