Operations Human Resources Manager

About Pierce, An Oshkosh Company

on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions. The Human Resources Manager is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to the Human Resources teams supporting Pierce Bradenton and Frontline Communications Fabrications in Bradenton, FL.

This position partners closely with site leadership to deliver HR programs and solutions that attract, develop, and retain talent while fostering an inclusive, engaged, and high-performing workforce. As a champion of our people-first culture, the Human Resources Manager will help cultivate an environment where employees feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work, ensuring our people remain at the center of business success.

At Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal.

Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions. The Human Resources Manager is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to the Human Resources teams supporting Pierce Bradenton and Frontline Communications Fabrications in Bradenton, FL.

This position partners closely with site leadership to deliver HR programs and solutions that attract, develop, and retain talent while fostering an inclusive, engaged, and high-performing workforce. As a champion of our people-first culture, the Human Resources Manager will help cultivate an environment where employees feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work, ensuring our people remain at the center of business success.

The Human Resources Manager serves as the HR leader for our growing manufacturing operations of more than 1,000 team members while reporting directly to the HR Director. This role is based on site in Bradenton, FL and requires regular travel to the Frontline Communications facility in Clearwater, FL providing support across both locations.

These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive, and other duties may be assigned.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of HR professionals by fostering a collaborative, high-performing environment that empowers team members, supports their professional growth, and builds organizational capability.
• Support the business unit/functional area by promotion, communicating, and implementing HR strategies and initiatives.
• Build and maintain influential relationships by being a strategic partner with management and an employee advocate.
• Partner closely with operations leaders to address daily workforce needs, providing HR expertise on employee relations, policy administration, organizational effectiveness, and talent management.
• Drive fair and consistent application of HR policies and practices while managing complex employee relations matters and fostering a positive, people-first work environment.
• Provide HR consultation and support to a designated business unit/functional area.
• Consult with business until management in the strategic planning process and development of HR strategies that support the business needs.
• Provide guidance on employment law, coordinate performance management, and resolve employee relations issues.
• Acts as an expert on HR policies and procedures such as payroll, staffing, benefits, compensation, employee development and recruiting.
• Ensure planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee work results by training…