Human Resources Manager

The HR Manager leads all human resources functions for the plant, with a strong emphasis on proactive, lawful labor relations. This role builds on a foundation of fair, consistent, and responsive employee relations while ensuring the site is well-positioned to navigate any organizing activity lawfully and effectively, in close partnership with corporate labor relations and outside legal counsel. This role requires hands-on, direct experience with labor relations and union organizing campaigns — this is a core requirement of the position, not a preferred extra.

• Design and lead a proactive employee relations strategy that strengthens trust, fairness, and engagement across the workforce ahead of and throughout any organizing activity.
• Conduct regular listening sessions, stay interviews, surveys, and skip-level meetings to surface concerns early and keep leadership informed.
• Partner with plant leadership to ensure pay, benefits, and working conditions remain fair and competitive for the region.
• Coach and train frontline supervisors on consistent, fair, and respectful management practices, since supervisor quality is the single biggest driver of employee sentiment during an organizing campaign.
• Maintain clear, accessible channels for employees to raise concerns and receive fast, credible responses (open-door practices, suggestion systems, regular town halls).

• Serve as the plant's day-to-day point person on labor relations and organizing matters, working under the direction of legal counsel and corporate labor relations.
• Maintain current, working knowledge of NLRA requirements and ensure all plant communications and supervisor conduct stay within lawful bounds (no threats, interrogation, promises, or surveillance — the “TIPS” framework).
• Ensure the site's conduct and communications remain fully compliant with applicable labor law throughout any organizing activity.
• Coordinate any legally compliant employer communications related to union organizing, in close partnership with outside labor counsel.
• Monitor workplace climate and flag early indicators of organizing activity or emerging employee concerns to leadership.
• Prepare site leadership and supervisors to engage appropriately and lawfully with employees before, during, and after any organizing campaign or representation election.
• Build and maintain election and post-election contingency plans, drawing on prior direct experience managing a comparable campaign.

• Oversee recruiting, onboarding, performance management, compensation administration, and benefits for the plant.
• Manage HR compliance with federal, state (Alabama), and local employment law.
• Lead investigations and resolution of employee complaints, disciplinary matters, and policy violations with consistency and documentation.
• Own HR metrics (turnover, engagement, time-to-fill, employee relations case trends) and report regularly to plant and corporate leadership.
• Manage and develop the site's HR team, including a Sr. HR Generalist, providing coaching and hands‑on exposure to labor relations work.

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years of progressive HR experience, with at least 3 years in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Required:
  
  direct, hands‑on experience with labor relations, including managing or directly supporting a union organizing campaign from initial activity through a representation election.
• Strong working knowledge of the NLRA and lawful employer conduct before and during organizing activity.
• Track record of building employee trust and engagement programs that measurably improved retention or workplace climate.
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