HR Director

We’re partnering with a privately owned, private equity-backed company to hire their first ever HR Leader. The growth plan is bold: expand the footprint, acquire strong regional businesses, and build the leading platform in the region. They have the momentum and the backing. Now they need an HR leader who can build the foundation that lets them scale.

This a chance to design an HR function from the ground up, with direct access to ownership and senior leadership.

What you’ll do

Build and lead the HR function

Assess current HR processes, capabilities, and infrastructure, then create a practical roadmap for what comes next

Establish consistent policies and best practices across locations without creating red tape

Strengthen the core disciplines: employee relations, performance management, compensation, benefits, talent development, recruiting, retention, and compliance

Build a service-oriented HR team that gives managers and employees the tools they need to succeed

Fuel the buy-and-build strategy

Partner with executive leadership on the people side of acquisition due diligence and integration

Create a repeatable playbook for onboarding acquired businesses and aligning policies, systems, and practices

Retain critical talent, communicate change clearly, and protect the culture that made each business successful

Be a trusted partner to leadership

Coach operating leaders and front-line managers on employee relations, accountability, and team effectiveness

Translate growth goals into actionable people strategies

Bring consistency and structure while preserving the entrepreneurial spirit that got the company here

Own the employee experience

Lead recruiting and retention for drivers, dispatchers, and operational leaders, partnering with local managers to solve real workforce challenges

Track turnover, time-to-fill, and retention to show what’s working

Build HR approaches that fit a hands-on, operational workforce

Create scalable systems

Improve HR technology, employee data, and workforce reporting

Work with payroll and outside providers to tighten processes and controls

Support multi-state compliance, including wage-and-hour, workers’ compensation, and return-to-work coordination

Your first 12 months

Assess HR capabilities and address immediate workforce and compliance needs

Improve recruiting and retention for critical field and operational roles

Put practical, scalable processes, systems, and reporting in place across locations

Build the people-integration playbook for future acquisitions

What we’re looking for

Significant progressive HR experience, including leadership of a broad HR function at the Director level or equivalent

A track record of building, transforming, or professionalizing HR in a growing organization

Experience supporting acquisitions, integrations, organizational change, or multi-entity environments

Background in a multi-site, operationally complex business with a substantial hourly or blue-collar workforce

Strong knowledge of employee relations, compliance, performance management, compensation, benefits, and HR operations

Experience implementing or improving HR systems and workforce reporting

The ability to partner with senior executives, coach operational leaders, and influence business decisions