Associate, Upcycle People Operations

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Founded in 2014, Generate builds, owns, and operates sustainable infrastructure to deliver affordable and reliable resource solutions for companies, governments, ...

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Associate, Upcycle People Operations

Reporting to: Manager, People Operations

Location:  Remote with driving access to New York, Michigan, and Ontario (Canada) plant sites

Position MissionGenerate Capital is hiring an Associate, Upcycle People Operations to support a workforce of exempt and non-exempt employees across six plant locations in the United States and Canada

 

ABOUT GENERATE CAPITAL

Generate Capital has emerged as a leader in the high-growth sustainable infrastructure market, having built a highly differentiated investment and operating platform with a track record of strong risk-adjusted returns and significant, long-term institutional investor support.  Our investment platform represents the only one-stop shop for pioneers of the Resource Revolution.  Our infrastructure business wins by delivering the most affordable, reliable, and sustainable resources to customers.

The last several decades have ushered in a dramatic rise in demand for natural resources like energy, water, food, and materials. The “Resource Revolution” is about doing more with less of our natural resources, a fundamentally economic proposition proving that sustainability pays.  We believe that we can solve the world’s most pressing resource issues, not by reinventing the world, but by rebuilding it.  While some focus on finding new and revolutionary tools, we rebuild resource systems with the high-impact, economic, and proven solutions we have today.  As a result, customers, communities, innovators, developers, capital partners and the planet all win.

Up until now, new energy asset finance (a $300B annual market) has been dominated by larger-scale projects that tend to attract traditional capital sources. Generate Capital, on the other hand, is focused on being a capital partner to pioneering project developers and solution providers that are typically overlooked by traditional financiers for a variety of reasons: asset size, underwriting complexity, project duration and perceived risk. As a long-term investor with truly permanent capital, Generate Capital is the only credible long-term partner for these pioneers, and the best infrastructure provider for these resource customers.

With a $10B pipeline of projects, completed transactions totaling over $2.5B and a utility-like, pay as you go model (which we call Infrastructure-as-a-ServiceTM), Generate Capital has quickly established itself as a leader in the enormous markets of distributed energy, mobility, water and waste management.

 

What you can expect from us:

  • The ability to truly “do well by doing good”; indeed, we really are changing the world
  • An opportunity to help build a cutting edge, values-driven organization that is leading the Resource Revolution and redefining the economics of distributed, sustainable infrastructure
  • The integration of our values – integrity, collaboration, excellence, intellectual honesty, and accountability – at all levels and with our many stakeholders
  • An opportunity for entrepreneurship and leadership in building out and managing the company’s operational infrastructure and the teams to support it
  • A commitment to your professional development, ongoing learning opportunities, and overall growth as a person
  • The ability to work with a team with decades of collective experience financing and managing billions of dollars of sustainable infrastructure, leading successful startups, and growing great people
  • Competitive pay and benefits. This is an exempt, salaried position

 

 

ABOUT THE POSITION

As a strategic partner, the Associate, Upcycle People Operations aligns business objectives with team members and managers for plant sites in Canada, New York and Michigan, directly reporting to the Manager, People Operations. This person will also partner closely with the President, Upcycle, and the Director, Operations.  The Associate, Upcycle People Operations supports Canadian based plant operations in Ontario, and United States plant-based operations in New York and Michigan. They serve as a consultant to management on people operations related issues acting as a change agent who assesses and anticipates people operations related needs. 

Communicating needs proactively with our People & Culture leadership and business leadership, the Associate, Upcycle People Operations seeks to develop integrated solutions. The Associate, Upcycle People Operations formulates partnerships across the People & Culture function to deliver value added service to management and employees that reflect the business objectives of the organization; Associate, Upcycle People Operations maintains an effective level of business literacy about the Company’s and Upcycle’s performance and its culture.

What you will be doing at Generate Capital as an Associate, Upcycle People Operations:

Functional

  • Provides core human resource support in the form of: Establishing training programs for different job categories, establishing processes for performance and discipline, managing inquiries on payroll, time off and compensation, managing communication on benefits and managing employee-related situations
  • Effectively partners with all aspects of People & Culture team. Identifying opportunities to improve employee and manager experience
  • Supports in developing, maintaining and distributing Company policies / procedures / templates, ensuring all are tailored for the business as appropriate
  • Provides effective and efficient administration in the areas of employee records, WBC/WSIB claims management and other regulatory and/or compliance filing required by law
  • Ensures the appropriate solutions or providers for payroll and People & Culture administration are applied within the business area.
  • Works with the wider People & Culture team on company initiatives and projects

Business Partnership

  • Serves as a business partner and performance consultant for Canadian and U.S. based plant management providing strategic human resources leadership to drive the successful execution of business strategies to optimize talent, structure, process and culture
  • Assists in the development and implementation of human resources policies and procedures, performance improvement plans and discipline policies to meet organizational needs and comply with provincial and federal laws
  • Anticipates People related matters, consults with leaders and provides solutions. Partners with leaders to institute practices that drive Upcycle performance
  • Identifies opportunities and risks by analyzing trends and metrics and partners with Upcycle leadership to develop solutions, programs and policies to address business issues
  • Provides support and coaching for leaders on people management and development
  • Works with local leaders on on-boarding (induction plans) and offboarding
  • Provides a visible People & Culture presence throughout the business and at plant locations
  • Collaborates and consults with management on complex employee relations matters; conducts effective, thorough and objective investigations and provides solutions in accordance with company guidelines and practices
  • Partners with Generate Talent Acquisition and / or a third party to draft job descriptions, to forecast recruiting needs, to provide candidate screening and fulfill business needs. Increase employee brand presence in local markets (promote job fairs, industry events, local trade schools) to increase company exposure and talent pipeline
  • Collaborates with and partners with People & Culture team to drive positive change within the organization
  • Drives annual performance review process for the plant site workforce and work with local management to develop resulting actions
  • Conducts routine audits to ensure compliance with policies related to employee/labor relations, wage and salary administration, benefits administration, Canadian Human Rights law, WSIB, STD/LTD claims and training
  • Promotes diversity and inclusion initiatives by partnering with Talent Acquisition to build a diverse workforce and educating others on the value of diversity in the workplace
  • Represents organization at personnel related hearings, investigations and audits

 

Legal

  • Works with People & Culture and Legal teams to ensure that the business is and remains compliant with federal and local employment law both US and Canada
  • Works with Legal team to provide updates for the business on forthcoming legal changes

 

Candidate qualifications & core characteristics:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

  • Bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field plus five (5) years of progressive human resources related experience
  • Experience in working with both hourly / non-exempt and salaried / exempt workforces
  • CPHR (Chartered Professional in Human Resources) and / or SHRM-CP (Society of Human Resource Management-Certified Professional) certification strongly preferred
  • Strong knowledge (or ability to acquire) of Canadian labor code (Ontario employment legislation an advantage), labor relations and labor law, OHSA, and Human Rights legislation 
  • Reasoning and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent client management, consulting and business literacy skills
  • Experience leading or facilitating change management initiatives
  • Strong interpersonal, negotiation and conflict management skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Develop strong trusting relationships to gain support and achieve results
  • Manage multiple locations
  • Manage multiple conflicting priorities
  • Be flexible and available to interact with employees at all levels
  • Be self-directed and motivated
  • Take initiative to identify and anticipate client needs and make recommendations for implementation
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office products and various human resource systems
  • Must possess a valid driver’s license
  • Knowledge of local, provincial, and federal employment regulations
  • Travel to plant sites will be required on a regular basis
  • Unimpeachable integrity and glowing references
  • Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, including empathy, intuition, and listening as well as strong writing, editing, and basic design skills
  • High level of self-awareness and humility, with excitement about confronting uncomfortable situations or new challenges
  • Intellectual agility, curiosity, and creativity; problem-solving is your default mode
  • Entrepreneurial spirit: flexibility, comfort with risk, recognition that “perfect can be the enemy of the good”

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