Sr. HR Manager

Location: Northern

* Serve as a strategic HR business partner to plant leadership, translating business objectives into workforce, talent, organizational, and employee-relations strategies.
* Develop and implement human resources strategies in areas including talent acquisition, staffing, employment processing, compensation, health and welfare benefits, training and development, succession planning, employee relations and retention, and AA/EEO compliance.
* Lead and advise management on complex employee-relations matters, including workplace investigations, performance management, progressive discipline, policy interpretation, conflict resolution, and employment-risk mitigation.
* Partner with Compensation and operational leadership to evaluate wage structures, market competitiveness, internal equity, promotional pay, and other compensation matters affecting workforce attraction and retention.
* Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local legal requirements by remaining updated on new legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions. Ensure adherence to Mueller internal controls in areas such as payroll, benefits, etc.
* Develop leadership capability through coaching, training, supervisor onboarding, and targeted leadership-development initiatives.
* Use workforce data, HR metrics, and business information to identify trends, assess organizational needs, and recommend actions.
* A consistent track record for executing performance objectives and delivering results.
* Strong leadership, communications, and interpersonal skills with ability to interact with all levels of employees, customers and outside professionals.
* Able to gain and maintain the trust and respect of teammates and others by building relationships.
* Strong PC/Systems Knowledge including Microsoft Office and HRIS skills.
* Demonstrated ability to successfully achieve goals through influence at high levels of an organization.
* Ability to consistently provide positive and negative feedback to external process partners and peers in written and verbal form.
* Ability to identify employees' strengths and limitations and give both spectrums of feedback (positive and constructive).
* Ability to coach supervisors and managers at all levels in varying topics including performance management, progressive discipline, interpersonal issues, training, etc.
* Has influence with peers at staff level to understand & achieve alignment and common goal(s).
* Experience measuring and mitigating risk.
* Bachelor's degree in business or related HR-discipline
* 5+ years related HR generalist experience.
* HR experience in a manufacturing plant environment
* HR experience with both production and office employees
* Master's degree in business or related HR-discipline
* 5+ years in a leadership role, preferably in HR environment
* PHR or SPHR certification
* Ability to remain in stationary position or standing position for prolonged periods and alternate between
* Ability to repeat gross or fine manipulation that may include the use of wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
* Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including, but not limited to, safety glasses, steel-toed or metatarsal-guarded shoes, and/or ear plugs, while working in an industrial and/or manufacturing environment.
* Ability to constantly communicate with others to exchange information in person, via phone, or via use of computer.
* Ability to occasionally lift, carry, push, pull, or move objects up to 25 pounds in weight in all directions.