Are you ready to build America’s clean energy future with the team that will deliver? Form Energy is an American energy technology and manufacturing company. We are pioneering a new class of iron-air batteries to enable our electric grid to run on renewable, reliable, and affordable energy, every day of the year.

Form Energy has been recognized by TIME as “One of the Best Inventions of 2023” for its battery technology and by MIT Technology Review as a “Top Climate Tech Company to Watch”. We are making rapid progress on our mission of delivering energy storage for a better world, and are growing just as rapidly to meet demand. Our team has more than doubled in size in the past year, and continues to expand every day. We have signed contracts with leading electric utilities across the United States. Pilot production of our iron-air batteries has already begun, and later this year, production will take off to high volumes at our new factory in West Virginia.

Working for Form Energy is more than just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something extraordinary. And right now might be the most exciting moment in the company’s history to join. We are assembling a team of some of the most talented and motivated individuals across the country. Driven by our core values of humanity, excellence, and creativity, our team is determined to deliver on our mission and transform the energy landscape for the better.

Feeling energized to make a meaningful impact on the world? Then keep reading - you’ve come to the right place.

Role Description

The Senior HR Business Partner will function as the strategic people partner with management and executives focused on the newly built advanced manufacturing Form Factory in Weirton, WV. They will design and activate People strategies across standard employee engagement, culture stewardship, talent strategy, business partnership, people policy, performance enablement, and employee relations. They collaborate with a team of high quality HR practitioners across Centers of Expertise in People Systems and Total Rewards, Learning & Development, Talent Management/Talent Acquisition, and Employee Relations. Reporting to the Sr. HR Manager, this role is an essential member of the Factory leadership team.

This role will be located at Form Factory 1 in Weirton, WV, which is just a short drive outside of Pittsburgh, PA. Relocation assistance is available.

What you'll do:

• Business Partnership: Partner with the leadership team to understand and advance the plant’s human resource and talent strategy particularly as it relates to current and future talent needs, internal workforce/skill development, recruiting, and retention.
• Coach: Build and support initiatives designed to empower and enable all levels of our production people leaders to build followership, facilitate skill development, celebrate success and maintain accountability with productive feedback techniques across the Factory.
• Identify insights and create action plans: Utilizing the performance metrics and corresponding dashboards and operating rhythms, analyze and uncover opportunities and wins to improve the people performance across the team.
• Team Member Engagement and Retention:. Form action plans and execute problem resolution to minimize turnover trends or engagement themes across the Factory. Collaborate with leadership and Learning on initiatives such as career development planning, mentorships, apprenticeships and other tools to improve job satisfaction, engagement, and retention.
• Problem resolution: Facilitates employee-facing care programs and problem support and contributes to grievance management, investigations and internal reviews that contribute to a safe and equitable workplace.
• Workplace Experience Programming: Contribute to the design and execution of a robust team member experience program that engages and rewards the team to create a work environment that emphasizes that our people are at the heart of our success.
• Project Management:. Guides project work in collaboration with peers across the HR Centers of Expertise and colleagues in Legal, Communications, Finance, etc. that result in process and outcome improvements for the FF1 workforce.

What you'll bring:

• 7-10+ years of progressive HR manufacturing partnership experience with at least 3 years of direct manufacturing program support within an advanced manufacturing environment.
• A bachelor’s degree in human resources, organizational development, industrial/organizational psychology, education, business administration, or equivalent experience is required. Relevant work experience that indicates a solid understanding of manufacturing processes, technology, and industry trends in advanced manufacturing.
• Knowledge of full lifecycle recruiting, people metrics, problem solving methodologies, continuous improvement methodologies, training methodologies, adult learning principles.
• Must have handled complex employee relations with a detailed understanding of investigation processes, federal and local employment laws and methods to mediate risk.
• Strong communication skills, ability to market and champion a factory wide people strategy/roadmap and ability to professionally interact with external partners and internal stakeholders including a diverse employee base.
• Must bring an inclusive mindset with a readiness to design and implement programming focused on retention, engagement and belonging.
• Analytical abilities and readiness to utilize data, dashboards and documented trends to identify gaps and produce actionable solutions.
• Able and willing to travel for work with reliable transportation. Occasional overnight travel to conventions (i.e. Women in Manufacturing, etc.) or Form Energy offices in Boston, MA and Berkeley, CA must be feasible. Able and willing to flex the work schedule to be present for shift leadership when needed.

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Humanity is a cornerstone of Form Energy’s culture, and we make sure our compensation and benefits reflect that. Form Energy offers competitive salaries, stock options, and a holistic benefits package to ensure all employees have what they need to thrive while working here.

When it comes to you and your family’s health, we cover 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees - and 80% of healthcare premiums for dependents. This starts from day one. We also offer at least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents (up to 20 weeks for birthing parents), and generous vacation policies to give employees time to recharge when needed.

To build a clean and equitable energy future, we need everyone at the table. We strive to form a team as diverse as the communities we will serve with our technology, and are committed to maintaining an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply to our open jobs.