Thea Energy

Human Resources

• Lead the charge in maintaining a high-performance, inclusive culture.
• Manage complex employee relations, conduct investigations when necessary, and provide conflict resolution coaching.
• Refine and execute the Company’s performance review cycle, including goal setting, continuous feedback loops, and promotion calibrations.
• Identify skills gaps within the employees and leadership; create and deliver training programs that foster professional growth.
• Partner with the VP - People on compensation benchmarking, benefits administration, and equity education to ensure we remain competitive in the deep-tech market.
• Maintain and enhance data integrity, manage compliance (labor laws, safety/OSHA standards for the lab), and help to refine internal HR policies and handbooks.
• Execute internal engagement initiatives (team building, pulse surveys) that keep our team aligned and motivated.
• Serve as a strategic DEI consultant to business leaders, auditing talent lifecycles to eliminate bias and implementing data-driven inclusion initiatives that measurably improve workforce representation and employee belonging.

Human Resources Business Partner – HRBP

Recruitment

• Execute the end-to-end recruitment process for technical roles (Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Control Systems Engineering, Magnet Engineering, System Engineering, and more), operational staff, and leadership positions.
• Create and maintain standardized process flows, recruitment guides, and manager training modules. Lead the effort in educating our hiring managers on best practices for interviewing and selection.
• Serve as the functional administrator for our ATS (Lever). Design and implement ATS enhancements, including automated workflows, customized feedback forms, structured interview kits, and email templates to increase efficiency and data accuracy.
• Design and implement behavioral-based interviewing frameworks and scorecards to assess candidates for core values, problem-solving, and startup "grit."
• Partner with the VP - People and Company leadership to develop and execute employer branding initiatives that showcase our culture, mission, and Thea Energy facilities and tech.
• Proactively identify and engage passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, industry networking, and specialized hardtech and fusion forums.
• Identify bottlenecks in the current hiring workflow and implement scalable solutions to improve speed-to-hire, candidate quality, and interviewer calibration.
• Maintain data integrity within our ATS and provide regular reports to the Head of People on key metrics (e.g. pipeline health, source effectiveness, time to fill and offer acceptance rates).
• Manage the logistics of on-site interviews at our Kearny, New Jersey facility, including lab tours and technical assessments as applicable.
• Design and lead our university relations strategy. This includes managing our summer internship program, attending campus career fairs at top-tier engineering schools, and building partnerships with student organizations and research labs.