Director, Talent Engagement

Origis Energy is accelerating the transition to a carbon-free future by Reimagining Zero^SM. As one of America’s leading renewable energy and decarbonization solution platforms, the company continues to expand and reimagine its contribution to the world’s net-zero goals. Origis Energy puts customers first to deploy a wide range of sustainable solutions for grid power generation, performance optimization, and long-term operation of solar and energy storage plants across the U.S. Founded in 2008, Origis Energy is headquartered in Miami, FL.

The Origis team, regarded as one of the leading developers in the U.S., is committed to living five core values in all interactions both with each other and external stakeholders:

Origis is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to serve as our Director, Talent Engagement. In this high-impact role, you’ll be a trusted advisor, employee advocate, and strategic thought partner to our Managing Director of Talent & Culture and leaders across the organization.

This is an autonomous, individual-contributor role with a true player-coach feel: you’ll help shape people strategy while also supporting day-to-day needs. You bring firsthand experience supporting field-based teams—and you know how to advocate for their needs from an office setting, with thoughtful, intentional time in the field as needed.

• →Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on people strategy, organizational design, workforce planning, and talent priorities.
• →Translate business goals into practical people plans that strengthen engagement, retention, and team effectiveness.
• →Own employee relations for assigned groups, including performance concerns, workplace conflict, disciplinary action, and involuntary separations.
• →Lead fair, thorough investigations; maintain clear documentation; identify trends; and partner with legal counsel as needed.
• →Coach and equip managers to build strong, consistent people leadership practices.
• →Support the full talent lifecycle, including onboarding, performance management, succession planning, development planning, and offboarding.
• →Partner closely with field operations leaders to support a distributed technician workforce, balancing engagement, scheduling realities, safety culture, and compliance.
• →Ensure consistent application of HR policies and practices; contribute to improving programs, processes, and tools.
• →Stay current on employment law and advise on compliance, accommodations, leave, and compensation-related processes as needed.

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant HR Business Partner experience.
• Experience supporting field technician or field services workforces, with an understanding of how to engage and support a distributed population.
• Deep employee relations expertise, including investigations and complex ER case management.
• Proven ability to advise senior leaders with credibility, candor, discretion, and strong business acumen.
• Working knowledge of employment law, particularly in Texas and California.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills across all levels of the organization.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field (or equivalent professional experience).

• Experience in the renewable energy sector (solar, wind, battery storage, or related) is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting a workforce in a scaling company (100–500 employees).
• PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP certification.
• Familiarity with HRIS platforms and comfort with people analytics.

You’ll do your best work here if you are:

• A builder, not just a maintainer—you see gaps and create solutions.
• Comfortable in transformation—bringing a turnaround mindset, steady judgment, and forward momentum through change.
• You’re as credible with executives as you are in a parking lot conversation with a field tech.

Location   Austin, TX 

Travel   Up to 10% travel

Job Level    Director