Manager, Plant Human Resources

Primary Purpose of this Position:
Plant Human Resources Manager, manages the plant human resources function as directed.

• Responsible for maintaining a safe and secure work environment. This includes correcting unsafe acts/conditions, facilitating monthly safety meetings, performing monthly safety inspections, and investigating accidents, as required.
• Supports development, implementation, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of the food safety system.
• Provides administration and supervision of the plant human resources function as directed.
• Provides and maintains plant personnel policies and procedures in accordance with plant, group, and corporate guidelines.
• Administers wage, salary, and benefit programs in the plant in accordance with group and corporate policies.
• Ensures plant staffing needs are met by managing the succession planning, recruiting, selection and placement of candidates for plant positions.
• Ensures all pre-employment requirements such as interviews, physical examinations (post offer), drug tests, background checks, and reference checks are completed in a timely manner.
• Provides and maintains employment practices and procedures in accordance with plant, group, and corporate guidelines and in compliance with governmental regulations and laws in regard to fair employment practices, EEOC, ADA, Civil Rights Act, and Aff. Action Plans.
• Oversees Workers Compensation investigations, information and programs.
• Coordinates training programs and tracks results.
• Provides and maintains plant personnel functions and records including promotions, merit reviews, disciplinary actions, and implementation of policies and procedures.
• Provides and maintains effective new employee plant orientation programs.
• Establishes and develops programs in all areas of employee relations in order to maintain a climate of trust and confidence that will discourage third party interference, if applicable.
• Develops and monitors plant safety rules and regulations in accordance with plant, group, and corporate guidelines, and in compliance with governmental regulations and laws in occupational safety and health. May arrange and administer plant safety programs in order to maintain safe and healthful working conditions.
• Identifies, develops and implements human resource processes to ensure operational effectiveness and regulatory compliance.
• Administers the collective bargaining agreement and address union related issues i.e., grievance resolution, arbitration (if applicable).
• Prepares for and participates in collective bargaining (if applicable).
• Maintains positive relations with union officials (if applicable).
• Accesses, inputs, and retrieves information from the computer.
• Initiates, reviews, masters, and follows all standard operating procedures (SOPs) for area of responsibility.
• May be responsible for coordinating and committing resources for all emergency response measures, including those identified in the facility’s contingency plan. Maintains thorough familiarity with all aspects of the facility’s contingency plan, all operations and activities at the facility, the location and characteristics of all wastes handled, the location of all records within the facility, and the facility layout.
• Effectively communicates with federal, state, and local authorities as required. Advises the EM or
  EFP on all environmental management activities
• Establishes and maintains an employee relations climate of trust and confidence that will discourage third party interference or establishes and maintains an employee relations climate of trust and confidence with employees, their union stewards and representatives which will promote achievement of plant and company goals.
• Establishes and maintains effective work relationships within the department, the division, the group, and the company. Includes ability to handle stress and to interact with others so as to establish and maintain a positive and productive work environment and minimize personal conflicts.
• While the regular working cycle of this position is usually 5 days on (Monday-Friday), this job may include working weekends (Saturday and Sunday), working hours may vary as…