Marisa F. Hemingway
Pullman,WA
Summary
Experienced and creative HR leader with a proven track record in driving organizational success through innovative, human-centered development and engagement strategies. Demonstrated expertise in talent acquisition, employee engagement, globally-focused learning programs, and career development initiatives that drive cultural enhancement, address business challenges, and empower individuals. Skilled at navigating dynamic environments and fostering a culture of belonging and inclusion.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior HR Manager
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc
01.2022 - Current
- Develop and implement innovative strategies to attract, hire, and retain over 400 employees annually.
- Measure and report KPIs designed to increase visibility of recruitment strategy effectiveness.
- Partner with executive leaders to set talent acquisition strategy for early career pipelines.
- Build relationships with university leaders, partners, and student organizations.
- Lead a job rotational program that has demonstrated 50% lower attrition rate over four years. Investment in the program has doubled based on record of success.
- Reduced time-to-fill 20% by optimizing interview scheduling processes and refining assessment criteria.
- Implement DEI&B-focused talent acquisition strategies to broaden the diversity of the candidate pool.
- Generate and analyze reports to monitor employee engagement and attrition trends.
- Conduct regular market research on industry trends and competitor activities to inform future talent acquisition strategies.
- Create comprehensive reports on recruitment trends and metrics which informed executive decision-making related to workforce planning strategies.
- Promote diverse hiring practices within the organization.
- Serve on CPO's senior HR leadership team
HR Director
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc
01.2014 - 01.2022
- Led a team responsible for designing, implementing, and measuring global onboarding programs that foster belonging, connection, and professional success of new employees. Schweitzer Engineering onboards 15-20% of total employee workforce annually (1000+ employees).
- Led the global implementation of a learning management system (Workday Learning).
- Collaborated with management to develop strategies for addressing employee concerns, resulting in a more positive work environment.
- Analyzed employee engagement survey results, identifying areas for improvement and developing targeted action plans to address identified concerns.
- Enhanced employee engagement by developing and implementing innovative training programs.
- Adapted 95% of curriculum library to virtual delivery modalities during the COVID pandemic, while maintaining or improving on average course quality scores (8.8/10), including onboarding, cultural immersion, and leader development training.
- Designed, implemented and facilitated global leader development programs serving supervisors through chief officers.
- Leverage Korn Ferry competency model to maximize continued growth through leaders' careers and increasingly complex responsibilities.
- Implemented a job rotational program that provides cross-divisional experience for early-career engineers. This program was designed to attract and retain top talent.
- Oversaw the creation and implementation of Career Pathways, an apprenticeship program designed to help assembly floor employees learn on-the-job skills in their desired career fields. 70% of participants were hired into full-time roles after they completed their apprenticeship.
- Led a team that builds and manages relationships with forty universities across the US, manages university donations, ranging from $100K - $2.5M, and creates programming for 290 interns annually.
- Current strategic focus on increasing diversity of intern candidate pool through engagement with on-campus student organizations for unrepresented populations and removing barriers to access for potential candidates.
- Serve on HR leadership team and report to Chief People Office.
- Grew department from a 5-person team to a 25-person team and a network of over fifty adjunct instructors and external providers to serve the evolving business needs of a global engineering and manufacturing organization.
Employee Development Supervisor
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc
01.2006 - 01.2014
- Led the US-based onboarding and learning team; responsible for creating engaging and motivating experiences for new employees.
- Instructionally designed company onboarding and leadership courses, professional and business training, and corporate culture curriculum; including a redesign of the corporate onboarding program in 2014.
- Oversaw a project that identified core competencies of supervisors based on internal performance data and analytics.
- Created the Growing SEL Supervisors program based on core competencies. The program was a year-long leadership development pathway for new supervisors
- Designed, implemented, and managed a company-first career development program for new graduate engineers. Grew EDP to extend across all US offices and three engineering divisions. Participants had stronger performance over their first 5 years of employment compared to non-participants.
- Determined and implemented innovative and industry best practices using modern designs and tools.
Education
M.A. - Educational Technology, Instructional design, and Adult Pedagogy
Columbia University
New York, NY01.2003
B.A. - Public relations, Communications
Washington State University
Pullman, WA01.1999
Skills
- Recruitment strategy
- Employee engagement
- Leader development
- Learning management systems
- Workforce planning
- Curriculum design
- Coaching and mentoring
- Adult learning theory
Certification
- Better Conversations Everyday, Center for Creative Leadership
- Feedback That Works, Center for Creative Leadership
- Benchmarks for Managers 360 Coaching Suite, Center for Creative Leadership
- RASCR Coaching Model, Center for Creative Leadership
Timeline
Senior HR Manager
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc
01.2022 - Current
HR Director
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc
01.2014 - 01.2022
Employee Development Supervisor
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc
01.2006 - 01.2014
- Better Conversations Everyday, Center for Creative Leadership
- Feedback That Works, Center for Creative Leadership
- Benchmarks for Managers 360 Coaching Suite, Center for Creative Leadership
- RASCR Coaching Model, Center for Creative Leadership
M.A. - Educational Technology, Instructional design, and Adult Pedagogy
Columbia University
B.A. - Public relations, Communications
Washington State University
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