Human Resources Business Partner

Human Resources Business Partner

Burnham Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide the heating and ventilating industry with thermal and interior comfort solutions for a wide range of residential, commercial, and industrial applications. Our subsidiaries are market leaders in the design, manufacture, and sale of boilers. We offer a broad line of high-value, energy-efficient products, sold under well-established brand names.

We are looking for a Human Resources Business Partner to join our team! The Human Resources Business Partner is responsible for serving as a strategic and consultative HR partner to leaders, supervisors, managers, and employees in a manufacturing environment. This position provides practical HR guidance and support across employee relations, labor relations, performance management, workforce planning, policy administration, compliance, benefits, leaves of absence, workers' compensation, unemployment, and HR recordkeeping.

The role partners closely with operations and HR leadership to align people practices with business objectives while promoting consistent, compliant, and effective HR practices across union and non-union employee populations. The position requires sound judgment, strong relationship-building skills, business acumen, confidentiality, and the ability to influence and support leaders through complex workplace matters.

This is a full-time, exempt position located in Lancaster, PA. Hours are Monday-Thursday 7:45AM-4:45PM, Friday 7:45AM-3:30PM (Hours may vary depending on plant specific needs)

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Serves as a trusted HR Business Partner to assigned leaders, supervisors, and managers by providing proactive guidance on employee relations, labor relations, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, policy interpretation, and performance management.
• Builds strong working relationships with employees, supervisors, managers, union representatives, and HR leadership to support a respectful, productive, and legally compliant workplace.
• Partners with operations leadership to understand business needs, workforce challenges, staffing concerns, employee engagement issues, attendance trends, performance concerns, and other people-related priorities.
• Provides coaching and guidance to supervisors and managers on leadership effectiveness, documentation, employee communication, corrective action, progressive discipline, performance improvement plans, and conflict resolution.
• Supports labor relations activities, including collective bargaining agreement interpretation, grievance administration, preparation for labor-management meetings, coordination with union representatives, and consistent application of contractual provisions.
• Conducts and documents workplace investigations involving employee complaints, policy violations, disciplinary matters, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, attendance, performance, and other workplace concerns.
• Advises leaders on the consistent application of company policies, employment practices, collective bargaining agreements, and applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
• Supports employee engagement and retention efforts by identifying workplace trends, recommending practical solutions, and partnering with leaders on communication, follow-up, and action planning.
• Assists with the development, implementation, communication, and interpretation of Human Resources policies, procedures, handbook provisions, and employee communications.
• Supports the performance evaluation process and partners with leadership on performance feedback, employee development, succession planning, and related documentation.
• Maintains employee personnel files, confidential HR records, HRIS data, and related documentation, ensuring accuracy, completeness, confidentiality, and compliance with recordkeeping requirements.
• Administers and supports employee benefit programs, including enrollment, employee questions, life event changes, vendor coordination, and related employee communications.
• Coordinates workers' compensation claims by working with employees, supervisors, plant management, third-party administrators, and medical…