Senior Vice President and Senior Director, Human Resources
CH2M Companies
June 1987 to December 2016
Senior Human Resource Director for the Energy Division Denver, Colorado
Provided senior HR leadership to over 10,000 employees of the Energy Division and Oil & Gas, Power, and Services Business Groups. As the Strategic HR Partner to the largest and most complex Business Groups within the CH2M Companies, performed a key role in the overall talent management and people strategies within the businesses. Responsibilities included helping to set the vision and strategies of the businesses, acquisition and divestitures, business restructuring and organizational design.
*Reported directly to 3 Business and Service Line Presidents and a CHRO serving a unique talent base for the Energy Division. Replaced/placed the O&G President role 4 times in 5 years.
*Assess HR risk through due diligence process in multiple buy/sell scenarios. Influence acquisition/divestiture decisions. Evaluate employee benefit liabilities both regulated and non-regulated plans, and executive compensation commitments.
*Assess leadership and talent management systems, bench strength, design executive retention strategies, understand employee satisfaction scores.
*Led executive recruiting process for the lines of business hiring 80+ staff over
$200K during 2011-2014. Restructured businesses in 2016 leading to 2000+ layoffs.
*Designed and implemented a Health and Benefits Plan for O&G business trimming fringe rate to 24% allowing Alaska Field business to compete profitably with Native Corps.
Senior Human Resource Director Acquisition Integration, Anchorage, Alaska
Provided senior HR leadership to a 3500 employee Alaska and Russia based acquisition of upstream energy Business. Responsibilities included talent assessment, policy and program integration, culture transformation, management team integration and maximizing organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
*Led HR integration plan for assimilating acquisition into larger business enterprise. Leadership and management salary and incentives, staff compensation, benefits and non-cash perquisites, recruiting and staffing solutions, implementation of Project Incentive Bonus Plans, implemented an Employee Relations effort leading to resolution of multiple employee grievances and litigation.
*Implemented a contingent hiring strategy for all craft hires for initial six months of employment lowering fringe and employee turnover costs. Hired 1200+ craft in 2014. Senior International Human Resources Director, London, UK Provided Senior HR Leadership to the European Region of CH2M. Responsible for strategic business partner consulting and HR functional expertise in all aspects of Human Resources required to support the enterprise, and regional operational goals and objectives. Played a key role in the establishment and development of the HR Peter A. Hannan
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With more than 30 years of
proven ability, Mr. Hannan
has extensive high profile
experience in developing HR
vision, strategies,
development and
coordination of policies and
programs, culture
transformation, talent
management, benefits, pay/
incentives, staffing, employee
development, and compliance
programs.
Mr. Hannan has expertise in
the private, public,
commercial and US Federal
sectors in contract
compliance, employee
relations, union negotiations,
mergers and acquisitions,
organizational and leadership
development, community
relations, and workforce
diversity.
function for the 1100 employee, 10 office international region including strategic recruiting and major project startups.
*Led high growth geographical expansion into UK and Europe focused on talent acquisition and integration for London Olympics, Tideway Tunnels and Crossrail Programs.
*Introduced succession planning and manpower forecasting into annual People Plans.
*Created an Individual Development Planning process to identify and deliver staff training within work assignments and budget.
Senior Director, Corporate Human Resources Shared Services, Denver, Colorado
Led the strategy, design, development, and implementation of a Global HR Shared Services platform delivering compensation and benefits programs, learning and leadership development, pay for performance and employee evaluation, and alternative work programs to the more than 15,000 CH2M employees. Through these efforts, CH2M is seen as a leader in recruiting and retention, and is consistently ranked as one of the most desirable firms to work for as a six time recipient of Fortune’s Top 100 Best Places to Work in the U.S., due in part to implementing highly competitive and effective employee relations, benefits and compensation programs.
*Centralized all routine administrative functions within a low cost delivery model for HR and related activities.
*Established centers of excellence for functional expertise in Staffing/Recruiting, Learning and Development, Compensation and Benefits, HRIS, Employee Relations and Diversity.
*Negotiated vendor agreements for 25+ outsourced responsibilities such as claims management, unemployment compensation, relocation management and employee grievance and litigation.
Vice President, Director of Human Resources for Kaiser Hill, LLc, a JV of CH2M, Ltd., Boulder, Colorado
Responsible for developing and managing the successful transition of more than 5,000 employees from an existing contractor at the Department of Energy’s Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site. Developed cultural transformation strategies and implemented revised incentive and retention programs, talent review programs; conducted market-based salary and benefit studies; and directed the recruiting, hiring, and redeployment of technical, craft and exempt staff.
*Led the eighteen month long HR proposal development within the mega billion dollar contract operations proposal for the RFETS site.
*Led the transition of leadership to 4 prime and 10 subcontractor organizations during formal contract conveyance.
*Successfully transitioned over 5400 staff to new contractor organizations while eliminating over 3000 staff during initial ninety day contract takeover.
*Successfully resolved more than 100 aged employee grievances in order to return the work site to a productive stage.
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Director of Human Resources for Operations Management International, Inc. a Subsidiary of CH2M, Ltd., Houston, Texas Responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining a new Human Resources Department. Assessed business strategy needs and formulated a program to meet development goals for OMI staff. Implemented college relations programs to increase student awareness of technical professions, to help build the firm’s future workforce, and to anticipate and develop a future professional hiring and recruiting base.
Implemented highly competitive employee ownership and empowerment, client partnering, and in-house quality programs throughout every department. Through the implementation of these programs, OMI received the 2000 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, which is the highest level quality award given in the United States. OMI was one of only four companies to receive the award in 2000, and the only company in the service category to win. Each year, the award is given to organizations that represent the very pinnacle of performance and quality excellence in the U.S.
Human Resources Manager, CH2M Eastern US District, Atlanta, Georgia
Responsibilities included implementation of all recruiting, hiring, transfers, relocation policies and procedures. Implemented diversity development programs, including identification of and interaction with local, state, and federal agencies and organizations to increase minority and women employee candidates. Was also responsible for learning and development at all workforce levels. Compensation and Employee Relations Manager, Texas Utilities Electric Company, Dallas, Texas
Sept 1978 until March 1987
Responsible for compensation, benefits, and employee relations plans for the 5,000 employee Engineering and Construction Division of Texas Utilities Electric Company. Responsible for employment, employee relations, college and professional recruiting, new employee training, student programs, group benefit plan coordination, employee relocation, and compensation and benefits programs. Education
B.A., Business Management, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida Harvard Business School Strategic Human Resource Program Certification PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Society of Human Resource Management
Executive Board/Past Executive Director – Construction Industry Executives Human Resources Group
Board Member – Addison Avenue Federal Credit Union National Association of Minority Engineering Program Administrators, Past Regional Co-Chairman, Membership Committee
Colorado Business Committee for the Arts – Board of Directors Peter A. Hannan Page 3