Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.
Do something that means something at Williams. This isn’t just a job - it’s an opportunity to explore and discover your passion with coworkers who become friends and mentors who push you to be your best self in and out of the office. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours!
The Mgr Employee Relations & HR Policy is responsible for facilitating and leading employee relations matters, while ensuring consistency in process, practice and outcome, as well as interpreting HR Policy for the organization and driving amendments to maintain compliance with legal and organizational requirements. As a manager, this role will collaborate with leaders, Legal, HR Business Partners, BERC and others to tier, prioritize, investigate, and close out cases, in addition to leading a team responsible for the same. This position will also assess and analyze employee relations and HR policy trends, provide appropriate reporting to various levels of the organization, and propose methods to improve problematic trends after careful research and consideration.
Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.
Responsibilities/Expectations:
- Oversees employee relations matters, internal investigations, mitigation efforts, record development and preservation, organizational reporting and trending
- Handles the selection, training and development of employee relations and HR policy staff
- Ensures that policies, standards, and practices are communicated timely and appropriately to employees in an organized and documentable manner
- Counsels and advises leaders, HR professionals and employees regarding the interpretation and application of HR policies and standards ensuring consistency throughout the organization
- Assesses employment laws, administrative rulings, case law, and trends to ensure HR policies, standards and practices remain in compliance or are amended as needed and communicated appropriately to the organization
- Develops reporting to assemble employee relations and policy trends, maintains appropriate data, assesses trends, and responds accordingly with communication and/or training to leaders
- Other duties assigned
Education/Years of Experience:
- Required: Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, Psychology, or related; a minimum of eight (8) years professional experience with at least four (4) years in Human Resources
- Preferred: Juris Doctorate or Master's degree in Business, Human Resources, Psychology, or related; a minimum of ten (10) years professional experience with at least four (4) years in Human Resources and/or Legal
Other Requirements:
- Demonstrates outstanding organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and PC skills
- Prior experience conducting employee investigations
- Knowledge of employment laws and regulations
- Sound judgment and fine-tuned reasoning abilities
- Well-developed written and oral communication skills; communicating to audiences in varying roles and at all levels
- Strong time management and organization skills
- Customer service orientation passionate about meeting customer needs
About Tulsa:
Our corporate headquarters is located in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, the 2nd largest city in Oklahoma and the 47th most populous in the U.S.
Tulsa is known as the Mother of "The Mother Road" - Route 66, and boasts impressive art deco architecture, the #1 city park in the U.S. (The Gathering Place) and is a great venue for live music. It's an easy place to get in and out of, with more than 20 non-stop flight destinations offered at Tulsa International Airport. Tulsa is listed on CNN Travel's best destinations to visit in 2022!
Tulsa is not only a great place to live, but it's affordable. According to the 2019 Economic Report from Tulsa's Future, the cost of living is 8 percent below the U.S. average. There is no place like T-Town. Check out visittulsa.com to learn more!
Why Choose Williams?
We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire. With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!
- Competitive compensation
- Annual incentive program
- Hybrid work model - one work from home day each week for most office-based roles
- Flexible work schedule for most field-based roles
- 401(k) with company matching contribution and a fixed annual company contribution
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Generous company-paid life insurance and disability benefits
- A consumer-driven health plan option with the potential for a generous company contribution to a Health Savings Account
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Paid time off, including floating and company holidays
- Wellness Program with annual rewards
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Robust employee learning and development
- High internal mobility (we promote from within)
- Parental leave (we provide up to 6 weeks for each parent)
- Fertility coverage and adoption benefits
- Domestic partner benefits
- Educational reimbursement
- Non-profit donation matching contributions and time off to volunteer
- Employee resource groups
- Employee assistance programs
- Technology to make our work more productive and collaborative
- Regular employee engagement surveys and feedback processes
Williams has a long history of making a significant difference in the communities where we live and work, and we strive to cultivate an environment of employee inclusion, innovation and passion that values all voices and opinions. We help each other succeed and great things happen when people from a diverse set of backgrounds come together. Together, we make clean energy happen.
Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.
For more information, please visit https://www.williams.com/careers/total-rewards/.
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What We Do
Williams has been around for more than a century, but our work has never been more important. Our employees impact people’s lives every day, fueling the clean energy economy with large-scale energy infrastructure that connects natural gas supplies to markets with growing demand for cleaner fuel.
We handle 30% of the natural gas in the United States that is used every day to heat our homes, cook our food and generate our electricity. Williams works closely with customers to provide the necessary infrastructure to serve growing markets and safely deliver natural gas products to reliably fuel the clean energy economy. With interstate natural gas pipelines and gathering & processing operations throughout the country, we reliably deliver value to our employees, investors, customers and communities by running our business with authenticity and a safety-driven culture, leading our industry into the future.
Our employees are our most valued resource and the driving force behind our reputation as a safe, reliable company that does the right thing, every time. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours.
