HR Business Partner - Transportation

About Nevoya:

Nevoya is North America's leading next-generation electric trucking carrier, transforming logistics through AI-native operations and relentless customer focus. The company builds and uses proprietary technology to deliver zero-emissions carrier services to Fortune 500 shippers with superior economics and service to legacy diesel operators. The company has operations in California and Texas, and is backed by globally-renowned investors including Lowercarbon Capital.

About the Role:

The HR Business Partner - Transportation will serve as both a people leader and HR business partner for our transportation organization. This role manages a distributed team of Regional Operations Managers while directly overseeing driver workforce engagement, employee relations, compliance, and retention. You will design and implement HR processes and policies tailored to hourly, semi-skilled employees, ensuring the workforce is supported, compliant, and positioned for long-term success.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead Regional Operations Managers to drive driver engagement, safety, compliance, and retention
• Partner with leadership and compliance teams to design, implement, and cascade workforce policies and procedures
• Act as HRBP for the transportation org, overseeing employee relations, performance management, onboarding/offboarding, and workforce planning
• Implement systems for payroll accuracy, compliance audits, and workplace investigations (e.g., worker comp incidents)
• Design training, coaching, and communication frameworks for managers and drivers to ensure adoption of policies and programs
• Establish structured feedback loops and driver development pathways to improve employee experience and safety outcomes
• Conduct site visits to build trust, support policy rollout, and serve as the HR face for drivers
  
  

What We’re Looking For:

• Experienced people leader with at least 10 years of experience leading teams of up to 10 ICs, ideally while still being hands on
• 8+ years of experience with HR processes, employee relations, and compliance
• Strong background managing hourly/labor populations
• Proven ability to design scalable HR/people processes and policies
• Skilled in employee relations, compliance, and workforce development
• Effective communicator, able to engage directly with frontline employees and through managers
  
  

At Nevoya, we believe diverse teams build better solutions.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for all employees. We consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

If you're excited about our mission but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be the right candidate for this or another role.

Compensation Range: $180K