Head of Recruiting & HR

Confidential Company is seeking a hands-on Human Resources Manager to lead and strengthen the company’s people operations. This true generalist role supports a dynamic, project-based workforce spanning corporate, development, construction, and property operations. The HR Manager will serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and managers while remaining accessible and responsive to employees in both office and field environments. The ideal candidate combines strong California employment-law expertise with practical experience in construction, real estate development, engineering, or property management. This person will build scalable HR practices that support growth, accountability, safety, employee engagement, and Company's commitment to creating inspiring places to live and work.

The HR Manager will lead and strengthen the company’s people operations, supporting a dynamic, project-based workforce while serving as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and managers.

HR Leadership & Business Partnership

Partner with executive leadership to align people strategies, organizational structure, workforce planning, and HR priorities with business and project needs.

Provide practical coaching and guidance to leaders on performance, employee relations, organizational change, and team effectiveness.

Build and improve scalable HR processes, policies, and reporting while maintaining a responsive, service-oriented approach.

Employee Relations & Culture

Serve as the primary point of contact for employee concerns and personnel matters, ensuring fair, timely, and consistent application of company policies.

Develop initiatives that strengthen engagement, communication, retention, accountability, and collaboration across corporate, project, and field teams.

Promote a respectful, high-performance culture consistent with Company's community-focused and entrepreneurial approach.

Compliance, Safety & Risk Management

Ensure compliance with federal, California, and local employment laws, including wage-and-hour requirements, leaves of absence, reasonable accommodation, anti-harassment, and equal employment opportunity obligations.

Maintain compliant personnel records and oversee I-9, E-Verify where applicable, required notices, training records, and HR documentation.

Partner with operations, safety, legal counsel, insurance partners, and third-party administrators on workers’ compensation, return-to-work, OSHA-related documentation, and risk-reduction efforts.

Monitor legal and regulatory changes affecting construction, development, property management, and California employers; recommend policy or process updates as needed.

Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning

Lead full-cycle recruiting for corporate and project-based roles, including development, construction, project management, estimating, finance, property operations, and administrative positions.

Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, sourcing strategies, interview processes, compensation parameters, and hiring decisions.

Manage external recruiting partners and platforms, including LinkedIn Recruiting, and track recruiting effectiveness, time to fill, and quality of hire.

Performance, Talent & Organizational Development

Lead the performance-management cycle and coach managers on goal setting, KPIs, feedback, documentation, development planning, and accountability.

Identify capability gaps and coordinate practical training for managers and employees, including required compliance and safety-related learning.

Support succession planning, internal mobility, and talent reviews for critical roles as the organization grows.

Total Rewards, Payroll & HR Operations

Partner closely with payroll and finance to ensure accurate, timely payroll and compliant administration of compensation, deductions, bonuses, and timekeeping.

Provide oversight or support for construction-related payroll requirements, including prevailing wage, certified payroll, and union/non-union considerations, when applicable.

Administer and optimize Paylocity and related HR tools; maintain data integrity and produce meaningful workforce dashboards and metrics.

Manage HR vendors, policies, employee files, audits, and day-to-day HR service delivery.

Experience: 7-10 years of progressive HR experience, including at least 3 years in an HR leadership or management role.

Industry: Direct experience in construction, real estate development, engineering, or property management is strongly preferred. Experience supporting project-based and field workforces is highly valued.

Familiarity with LinkedIn Recruiting and Juicebox is a plus.

Strong HR operations, HRIS, reporting, documentation, investigation, and data-analysis skills. Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field preferred. Ability to work primarily onsite in Chatsworth and visit active project or property locations as business needs require.

Business Partnership: Moves comfortably between executive discussions, HR administration, property operations, and active project environments.

Discretion: Handles confidential, sensitive, and executive-level matters with maturity and integrity.

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