Human Resources Business Partner

Crane Engineering is a people-first organization with locations in Wisconsin and Minnesota. For over 85 years, we've built our reputation on delivering exceptional customer service while creating a workplace where our team members can grow, thrive, and make a meaningful impact.

As our organization continues to grow, we're looking for an experienced Human Resources Business Partner to join our team. In this role, you'll serve as a trusted advisor to leaders and employees, helping drive talent strategies, employee engagement, compliance, and organizational success across multiple locations. If you're passionate about building strong teams, fostering a positive culture, and making a difference, we'd love to meet you.

• Demonstrates and promotes Crane’s core values (Act with Integrity and Respect, Foster Teamwork, Focus on the Customer, Strive for Excellence and Innovation, Project Passion and Energy and Have Fun).
• Partners with team members and management to communicate various Human Resources policies, procedures, and employment laws, including FMLA, ADA, and workers’ compensation compliance.
• Leads full cycle recruitment efforts – including job postings, sourcing, interviewing, extending offers, onboarding, and new hire orientation.
• Builds and maintains relationships with schools, technical colleges, and community organizations; represents Crane Engineering at career fairs and student outreach.
• Collaborates with hiring managers to develop effective recruitment strategies that attract and retain top talent aligned with Crane’s culture and values.
• Supports safety initiatives by maintaining and updating records in online customer safety databases and ensuring compliance with company and regulatory safety standards.
• Manages and administers leave programs (FMLA, ADA, and workers’ compensation), ensuring timely communication, accurate documentation and compliance with applicable laws.
• Ensures compliance with federal and state employment regulations.
• Acts as a resource for team member concerns and questions, providing excellent service to internal customers.
• Leads retention efforts by monitoring engagement, implementing feedback driven initiatives and supporting career development opportunities.
• Provides HR support to multiple locations in a multi-state environment.
• Administer Performance Management.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field; five to 10 years’ related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• SHRM certification is preferred.
• Strong leadership and communication skills demonstrated through success in fostering an employee-focused culture.
• A well-organized team player who can relate to employees at all levels of an organization.
• A decisive individual who possesses a strategic focus as well as an operational, implementation and detail-oriented perspective to resolve a range of human resource related issues.
• Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints.
• Broad knowledge and experience in employment law, compensation, organizational planning, organization development, employee relations, safety and training and development.
• Excellent computer skills in a Microsoft Windows environment.

Our expectations are that team members demonstrate our Core Values.

• Integrity & Respect – Work with the highest ethical standards, interact openly and directly, honor our commitments and value diversity of styles, roles and perspectives.
• Teamwork – Actively collaborate with others to solve problems and create opportunities. Devote ourselves to the team’s and others’ success.
• Customer Focus – Make customers the starting point for everything we do. Understanding what they want and expect from us will enable us to earn their loyalty.
• Excellence & Innovation – Continuously elevate our expertise and knowledge to strengthen our competitive advantage; and always look for ways to apply breakthrough ideas.
• Passion & Energy – Bring passion and energy to our work so that we are “energy givers”, enabling us to own and pursue objectives in spite of…