Human Resources Business Partner

Who We Are Looking For

The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) serves as a strategic advisor to business leaders, aligning people strategies with organizational goals. This role partners closely with management to drive workforce planning, leadership effectiveness, employee engagement, and organizational performance, while ensuring sound risk management and compliance.

The HRBP provides proactive guidance across employee relations, workforce planning and retention, talent management, and HR-related legal compliance, with the objective of increasing employee, leader, and organizational effectiveness. This is a hands-on role that plays a critical part in executing people initiatives, delivering outstanding internal customer support, and driving HR functional excellence and process improvement.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience supporting business units, demonstrate strong execution and judgment, and bring a customer-focused approach with the ability to influence and partner effectively with leaders. This hybrid position reports to the Manager, Human Resources, and will be based in either Scottsdale, AZ, or Houston, TX.

What You'll Be Doing

• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders, providing guidance on workforce strategy and organizational design.
• Provide coaching and support to managers on performance management, corrective actions, and employee engagement strategies.
• Partner with leaders to align people initiatives with business objectives.
• Support leaders through complex people decisions, including performance, succession, and change management.
• Participate in business planning discussions to anticipate workforce needs and risks.
• Use HR data and metrics to identify trends and inform leadership decisions.
• Interpret and apply federal, state, and local employment laws, ensuring HR practices remain compliant.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex or high-risk employee relations matters and collaborate with legal counsel if needed.
• Support organizational change initiatives, including restructures, process changes, and growth initiatives.
• Lead or support employee engagement and culture initiatives.
• Promote a respectful, inclusive, and high-performing work environment aligned with organizational values.
• Support HR team initiatives, including engagement surveys, policy rollouts, and change management efforts.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's Degree in human resources or related field required.
• 5+ years of progressive HR experience.
• PHR/SPHR preferred
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build trusting relationships.
• Strong knowledge of employment law and employee relations.
• Proven experience coaching leaders and influencing decision-making.
• High attention to detail and the ability to handle sensitive information confidentially.
• Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to interface effectively at all levels of the business.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously, set priorities, and respond to changing demands; have a bias for action and deliver results.
• Experience working with a geographically dispersed team.

What Would Be Nice

• Broad knowledge of human resources policies and procedures.
• Passion for innovative HR solutions, excellent customer service, and ongoing process improvement.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and professionalism.
• Exhibition of high ethical standards consistent with Clearway’s values and operating principles in day-to-day decisions.
• Experience supporting operations, field-based, or multi-site environments.
• Prior experience collaborating with Legal or Compliance partners.
• Impeccable attention to detail and organizational skills with a focus on data quality.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously, set priorities, and respond to changing demands; have a bias for action and deliver results.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to interface effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Energy industry experience preferred.
• M&A experience is a plus.
• PHR or SPHR certification is highly desirable.

If you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications but see yourself contributing, please submit your resume.

Clearway will not sponsor non-immigrant visas for this position (H-1B, TN, E-3, J-1, etc.) or provide any assistance in support of any other form of immigration sponsorship or benefit, including OPT or CPT.