Field Employee Relations Manager

Remote + Heavy Travel + High Growth + Data Center & Energy Projects + Company-Paid Travel + Remote Home Base + Brand-New Role

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Salary: $120,000 - $140,000 per year

A bit about us:

We're a family-owned specialty electrical contractor with more than three decades in the industry. We deliver turnkey industrial electrical, automation, power services and renewable energy projects for clients across the country. We're in a period of significant growth, winning large-scale projects in remote locations and hiring skilled craft employees in large waves to support them. Our culture moves quickly, takes calculated risks, and rewards people who step up and own their work. We're investing in our HR function to match our growth, and this role puts a trusted HR presence directly in the field where our people work.

Why join us?

• Brand-new role: build how field ER works from the ground up
• Meaningful influence: lead investigations end to end, spot systemic risk, and turn what you learn into policy and leader guidance.
• Strong compensation: base+ bonus and a $160 per diem on travel days.
• Travel taken care of: company card for travel, plus hotel lodging near project sites.
• Growth company: rapid revenue and headcount growth, major project wins, and an HR function that's actively building out.
• Strong partnership: work alongside HR leadership, Legal and Safety on elevated matters.
• Remote home base: live where it works for you, ideally near a major airport.

Job Details

The Field Employee Relations Manager provides specialized ER support to employees and leaders across construction, energy and electrical project sites, serving as a visible, trusted HR presence at remote project locations and workforce housing environments. You manage complex ER matters and workplace investigations, develop and implement HR policies and practices, mitigate employment risk, and coach field leaders on effective, consistent people management. You lead investigations from intake through findings and resolution, identify trends and systemic risks, and partner with HR and operational leadership to turn lessons learned into practical policies, processes and leader guidance. You also provide hands-on field HR support so policies and employment practices are applied consistently across locations, supporting a fair, compliant and positive employee experience.

Core Responsibilities
Employee Relations & Case Management

• Serve as the primary ER partner for assigned field operations, guiding leaders and employees on workplace concerns, performance, conduct, attendance, conflict and policy interpretation.
• Manage complex and sensitive ER matters from intake through resolution, promptly, consistently and with thorough documentation.
• Assess matters for legal, regulatory, safety, retaliation, discrimination, harassment, wage and hour, or other employment risk, and escalate appropriately.
• Maintain case documentation and identify patterns, repeat issues and emerging workforce risks across projects, leaders and locations.
• Partner with HR leadership, Legal, Safety and operational leaders on elevated or high-risk matters.
• Lead workplace investigations: build investigation plans, conduct interviews, gather and assess evidence, evaluate credibility and prepare clear, objective findings.
• Recommend next steps after investigations, including corrective action, remediation, policy or process changes and leadership coaching.
• Monitor investigation outcomes and recurring themes to identify broader organizational or field-level risks.

Leader Coaching & Partnership

• Coach field leaders through complex situations including performance concerns, corrective action, conflict, attendance, complaints and separations.
• Help leaders tell routine performance or conduct concerns apart from matters that need formal ER or investigation involvement.
• Review higher-risk employment decisions and recommend next steps before action is taken.
• Build leader capability in documentation, performance conversations, policy application and conflict management.
• Proactively identify workforce risks and partner with leaders to address issues before they escalate.
• Build strong relationships with project managers, superintendents, foremen and construction managers.
• Help leaders recognize when an issue needs HR, Safety, Leave/Benefits, Payroll or other specialized resources.

Field Employee Relations Presence

• Maintain a visible HR presence at project sites and workforce housing to build trust, understand field conditions and surface concerns that might not otherwise reach HR.
• Run proactive check-ins, listening sessions and site visits to identify ER trends.
• Serve as an accessible escalation point for employees while reinforcing appropriate leader and HR channels.
• Partner with project leadership, Safety, HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Payroll and Benefits when employee matters cross functions.
• Travel regularly to assigned project locations based on business need and ER activity.

Orientation, Onboarding & Employment Compliance (as needed)

• Facilitate new-hire orientation and onboarding at project locations.
• Complete and/or support Form I-9 verification, including corrections and reverification.
• Partner with Recruiting, HR Operations, Safety, Payroll, IT and project leadership so employees are ready to start.
• Be a visible HR point of contact for new employees transitioning onto a project, and help improve onboarding gaps with centralized HR.
• Help employees with questions about policies, payroll, benefits, time off, leave and HR systems.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish: able to speak, read and communicate effectively in both in a professional setting.
• 5-7 years of progressive HR Generalist or Employee Relations experience, with a heavier emphasis on ER and risk mitigation.
• 2+ years in construction, energy, electrical, utilities, industrial operations or another field-based environment.
• Experience conducting ER investigations, mitigating risk and supporting performance and corrective-action matters.
• Sound judgment and the ability to work independently on sensitive matters.
• Strong communication, relationship-building and documentation skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel approximately 75%, including overnight stays and some Sunday evenings.
• Ability to build credibility with craft employees and with frontline and senior operational leaders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Renewable energy, solar, data center, electrical construction, EPC or utility infrastructure experience.
• Experience in union and non-union environments.
• Experience supporting skilled trades or craft employees.
• Experience at remote jobsites or supporting employees in workforce housing.
• Multi-state HR experience.
• Working knowledge of Form I-9 requirements.
• SHRM-CP, PHR, SHRM-SCP or SPHR certification.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• Frequent air and car travel, including overnight and multi-day stays.
• Walking and standing on active construction sites with uneven, unpaved or muddy terrain.
• Working from temporary field offices and trailers, and wearing required PPE (hard hat, safety glasses, hi-vis, hearing protection, safety footwear).
• Exposure to outdoor weather, temperature extremes, dust and noise.
• Occasional early morning, evening or weekend work based on investigations, onboarding schedules and urgent ER matters.
• Lifting up to 25 lbs.
• Holding confidential conversations in field settings where private space may be limited.

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