Job Responibilies:

• Consult with leadership, providing strategic and operational HR guidance including workforce planning, succession planning, compensation initiatives, and employee engagement.
• Work closely with management and employees to positively influence the culture, improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention.
• Oversee all employee relations cases, ensuring quality and compliance assurance, and as well as mitigation of risks.
• Use professional insight to identify people related opportunities, priorities, and potential risks with managers.
• Influence and challenge management to ensure solutions are applied in line with NOV policies and procedures.
• Champion talent management efforts to align manager and employee development and strengths with desired business outcomes (e.g., coaching, counseling, career development, etc.).
• Consult with employees and managers to address root causes of issues and to resolve through a systematic and analytical approach
• Assure compliance with all applicable laws and corporate policies/guidelines and identify opportunities to develop and implement new and improved practices/guidelines to achieve business goals.
• Partner with local management to identify potential business risks and support the HR Manager with developments/implementation of risk mitigation plans e.g. operations meetings.
• Implement and manage the HR initiatives within the agreed timeframe.
• Assist management in effectively identifying and developing talent succession.
• Actively support a culture of continuous improvement within the HR team; Promote feedback mechanisms for employees and managers to influence the continuous improvement of HR services and processes.
• Perform full employee life cycle processes and practices.
• Plan and conduct new employee orientation to foster positive attitude toward company goals and objectives.
• Complete exit interviews.
• Advise, review, and approve any disciplinary and discharge issues and concerns.
• Guide & advise employees through leave of absence in accordance with NOV guidelines.
• Under limited direction, administer personnel activities relating to employment, wage and salary, unemployment, insurance, diversity, and personnel records.
• Under limited direction, plan and implement all company activities related to the human resource function for designated business area.
• Recommend and implement personnel guidelines and guideline changes and maintain company personnel guideline manual. Interpret company guidelines for supervisors and employees as required.
• Develop, analyze and provide recommendations to management regarding fair and equitable salaries, done through participation and review of regular external and internal equity analysis.
• Counsel managers and employees and follow through on resolving employee complaints and maintain records of disciplinary actions.
• Conduct training sessions on various HR related topics for plant employees and managers.
• Ensure company compliance to a variety of governmental and regulatory agency, and equal employment opportunity laws and regulations.
• Perform special assignments, prepare statements, studies, and reports, and provide a variety of support services of a highly confidential nature for the assigned business unit leadership team.
• Travel requirement: 25% (may change with business needs).

Behavioral Competencies

In order to be successful in this role, all candidates should have mastery of the below behavioral competencies:

• Integrity
• Action Oriented
• Approachability
• Dealing with Ambiguity
• Command Skills
• Ethics and Values
• Conflict Management
• Managing Diversity
• Drive for Results
• Time Management
• Listening
• Composure
• Problem Solving
• Presentation Skills
• Understanding Others

Education and Experience Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' experience in a HR capacity
• Bachelor’s degree preferred (in a Human Resources related field preferred), or experience in lieu of degree
• SHRM-CP/SCP or PHR certified preferred

Job Requirements

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as strong public speaking skills
• Strong interpersonal skills; Ability to connect well with people in a collaborative manner
• Ability to handle highly confidential information and material appropriately

Competitive Benefits (visit usbenefits.nov.com for more information about our benefits offerings)

• 401K – NOV matches every dollar up to 5% of base pay and overtime for every dollar you invest
• Competitive medical plans that cover your entire family (yourself, eligible spouse, and eligible children) as of your first date of hire for as little as $131 per pay period (bi-weekly)
• Employees and their spouse enrolled in a medical plan can receive up to $350 (pre-tax) each per year for participating in Choose Well-being Rewards
• FREE preventative medical and dental care for the entire family (when enrolled in an NOV medical/dental plan and seeing an in-network physician)
• FREE Basic Life and AD&D insurance (for full-time employees)
• All regular full-time employees start with 3 weeks of paid vacation per year (prorated based on start date)
• All regular full-time employees receive 40 hours of paid sick leave per year (prorated based on start date)
• All regular full-time employees receive 11 paid holidays per year