The Requirements

To meet the basic qualification for this role, you will have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship. In addition, to be a good fit for the Human Resources Manager opportunity, you will have:

• A bachelor’s Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Professional certification (SPHR or PHR) is a plus.
• Significant and broad experience in human resources, including solid experience at the manager level.
• Experience at companies with 250+ employees. Quick question for you - click here
• A proven ability to supervise staff as well as to build and maintain teams.
• Experience managing cultural and process change.
• Strong business savvy and the ability to influence the decision-making process.
• Experience developing and monitoring metrics and key performance indicators.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Knowledge of relevant federal, state and local employment laws.
• The ability to handle confidential and sensitive information discreetly and professionally.
• Intermediate to advanced skills in MS Word, Excel and Outlook, and familiarity with enterprise HRIS applications.
• Union/labor relations experience is strongly preferred.

Just as important will be the following competencies and characteristics:

• Initiative and a strong sense of ownership.
• Strong leadership skills, including a demonstrated ability to:
  • Promote collaboration across functional lines.
  • Develop and lead ad-hoc project teams.
• The ability to think strategically along with willingness to roll up your sleeves to achieve goals.
• Solid organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple activities and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong facilitation skills based on insight into group dynamics.
• Effective analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivation and the ability to work independently while handling multiple tasks and priorities.

This role is based in Honolulu, Hawaii, and relocation assistance may be available to highly qualified candidates. You will support employees on five islands, so you will need to be willing and able to make same-day trips several times a year. Occasional overnight travel may be required.

The Role

You will report to the Regional Human Resource Manager. In turn, you will oversee two HR Business Partners and provide dotted-line supervision to an external recruiter. Quick question for you - click here Primarily you will support two employee groups, and you'll also help in other areas as needed. The two groups are:

• Marketing, which includes the movers and shakers. Marketing also includes our retail arm, including store managers, customer service associates and others in the gas stations/convenience stores.
• Logistics, which includes pipelines, terminals, barges, trucking and more. Employees include engineers, truck drivers, maintenance technicians, terminal operators and others.

You will be directly responsible for the overall human resource activities and programs in these two areas. This will include ensuring alignment of HR initiatives with corporate objectives as well as with objectives in each area, while building and maintaining effective relationships with the workforce. You'll be a key player in partnering with the marketing and logistics leadership in organization design activities that foster and sustain a high-performance work culture with an outstanding safety record.

You'll implant and execute key strategies, programs and activities in all areas of HR, investing a good deal of time in two areas. Your activities in the area of employee relations will include:

• Developing programs and activities that enhance employee engagement and positive employee relations.
• Building action plans to improve employee relations to maximize productivity and capitalize on growth opportunities for the business.
• Providing information, advice and assistance to leadership regarding application of statutes, regulations and employee relations practices relating to their functional areas.
• Supervising staff, including hiring, evaluating, training, disciplining and recommending dismissal of staff as necessary.
• Managing the process to investigate and respond to complaints from the Bureau of Labor or other agencies.

Your responsibilities in compensation & benefits will include:

• Evaluating compensation structure, job grade assignment, incentive plans and salary, and making recommendations for change or improvement.
• Managing existing corporate-driven comp & benefit programs and proposing creative initiatives to improve positive employee relations or drive business results.
• Approving payroll.

While both marketing and logistics are non-union, you also will help with union negotiations and labor relations with regard to refinery employees. You'll also spend up to 10% to of your time in the Kapolei refinery as needed, such as covering for others in HR.

Note: this description is intended to give you a general overview of the position and is not an exhaustive listing of duties and responsibilities.

Pictured: Par Pacific's retail operations, part of the marketing organization, offer gasoline and other petroleum products in Hawaii under a new local brand, Hele, as well as the Union 76 brands. We supply operate 23 stores on five islands, and supply many others.

What's in It for You

Professional development
We know you'll bring a broad HR background, but the diversity of this role should provide opportunities to gain exposure to diverse functional areas and positions. You'll also interact with a variety of people at all levels of the company. We'll even provide "cross training" so you can help in functional areas beyond marketing and logistics.

Strategic and tactical impact
Our HR team is at the forefront of managing significant growth, and you will contribute important initiatives supporting positive change. As a true HR business partner you will work with leaders to help them achieve goals. At the same time, you will keep your hands-on skills sharp as you implement programs, work with data, guide teams and more.

Broad exposure
Working at Par Pacific is different. Because Par is a smaller energy company, employees have the opportunity to make a great impact on the business and to influence decisions. People truly have amazing careers at Par because they are exposed to all areas of the company and are connected to many of the industry experts.

Unique culture
There is nothing ordinary about Par Pacific -- an unorthodox niche player in the energy space that drives operations from production to delivery. And there's certainly nothing ordinary about Par Pacific people. We are driven, hardworking, entrepreneur-minded professionals that love to win. If that describes you, you'll fit right in.

Excellent compensation
In addition to a competitive salary and bonus opportunity, we offer a strong comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision insurance; a robust allotment of paid vacation plus paid time off; a 401(k) with company match; retirement savings plans; educational reimbursement; and more.

Opportunistic growth strategy
At Par Pacific, we look for operations with strong fundamentals and great employees who can move a business forward. Our management team has deep experience in the energy industry, as well as in leading mergers, acquisitions, and integrations of newly acquired companies.

Pictured: At the heart of the logistics network is our refinery in Kapolei, which is the largest in the state.

Keys to Success

To excel in this role you will derive personal satisfaction from driving results and engaging with others. We place a high value on collaboration, and we'll look to you to promote it across functional lines. You'll need to be able to form ad-hoc teams and get team members to work effectively together.

As you work with different groups, you should have a bigger picture vision and the ability to connect the dots. For example, if two different groups tell you they are looking for scheduling software, you should take point on bringing those two groups and IT to the table to work out a solution that serves both. In HR we see ourselves as the glue that holds things together.

You also should bring a collaborative approach to supervising your staff, treating them (and all employees) with sensitivity and respect. As their leader you should be a resource and help them grow professionally. With a lot of change under way, you'll need to help your team both to adapt and to help other employees do so.

In addition, in order to be an outstanding HR Manager, you will:

• Demonstrate initiative; for instance, if you have data that suggests an opportunity or issue, you should bring that to the attention of the right people.
• Be willing to get hands-on as necessary -- this is a working manager role and you won't hear "It's not my job" in HR.
• Keep your technical skills sharp -- we are paperless in most transactions, so you'll need to be comfortable navigating different systems.
• Remain flexible and able to move forward effectively despite ambiguity.
• Bring a strong customer focus and dedication to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers.
• Combine an analytical approach with creativity in solving problems.
• Manage multiple activities and priorities effectively in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.

Pictured: You will support a diverse logistics system that delivers state-wide, including distributing fuels via pipelines on Oahu and on barges to all major harbors in the state. Shown here are single point mooring operations that deliver products to tankers.