Human Resources Business Partner

We are seeking a strategic and people-focused Human Resources Business Partner to join LES and help power the future of energy. In this role, you will collaborate closely with leaders across operations, engineering, and corporate functions to align talent strategies with business goals. You’ll play a key role in workforce planning, employee relations, performance management, and organizational development—supporting a skilled workforce that keeps our systems safe, reliable, and innovative.

If you thrive in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment and bring a strong understanding of HR best practices, labor relations, and change management, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in an essential industry!

The HR Business Partner is a strategic advisor to business leaders, providing guidance across employee relations, talent management, performance, and organizational effectiveness. Although an individual contributor, this role operates with significant autonomy and influence. The HRBP drives people strategies aligned with business plans, strengthens leadership capability, and leads initiatives in talent planning, organizational design, and change management for assigned divisions. This position requires supporting both union-represented and non-represented employees, ensuring equitable and compliant practices across all employee groups.

Consistent and reliable attendance is an essential function of this position.

$81,166 - $101,458
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, at least 5 years of progressive HR experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job. Experience working with union and non-represented employees is highly preferred and a background in utilities or similar regulated industries is strongly preferred.

$93,342 - $116,678
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, at least 10 years of progressive HR experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job. Experience working with union and non-represented employees is required and a background in utilities or similar regulated industries is strongly preferred.

• Aligns HR strategies, programs, and initiatives with organizational goals and business plans.
• Resolves employee relations matters, including investigations and performance issues.
• Leads and participates in HR projects, ensuring successful delivery within timelines and budget.
• Partners with leaders to strengthen employee engagement through various initiatives, such as employee surveys and targeted actions.
• Implements performance management programs that align with the organization’s goals and objectives.
• Drives strategic workforce planning and talent development for assigned divisions, including succession planning and leadership development.
• Supports organizational design efforts and leads change management strategies to enable business transitions with minimal disruption.

Holds self and others responsible for goals, outcomes, deadlines, and objectives and follows through on commitments. Takes accountability for delivering on commitments; owns mistakes and uses them as opportunities for learning and development.

Maintains a positive attitude in the face of change; appropriately adjusts behavior and activities to changing conditions.

Expresses ideas and information in a clear and concise manner whether verbally, written, or other means; tailors message to fit the interests and needs of the audience; delivers information in a manner that is interesting and compelling.

Putting customers, both internal and external, at the center of business decisions in order to identify and respond to current and future customer needs. Builds customer confidence, is committed to increasing customer satisfaction, sets achievable customer expectations, assumes responsibility for solving customer problems,…