Plant HR Business Partner - B

The Plant HR Manager is responsible for developing and maintaining an employee relations climate that creates and permits a stable and productive workforce. Manages and coordinates all functions of employment, including labor relations, compensation, and benefits services, workforce planning and alternative work schedule advisement, recruiting and staffing, training and development, performance management, security, and workers’ compensation for compliance with federal and state regulations.

As a requirement of this position, the successful candidate will interact with associates daily at the plant location.

• Conduct new hire orientation and onboarding
• Investigate HR-related incidents and complaints, and recommend corrective action to the appropriate manager
• Periodically conduct hourly employee local wage surveys
• Develop and maintain plant job descriptions for accuracy, FLSA, and ADA purposes
• Attract, interview and hire qualified applicants to keep the plant appropriately staffed
• Coordinate pre-employment assessment testing of qualified candidates
• Complete required physical exam, drug screen and background checks on all job applicants
• Oversee and advise the management team on workers’ comp insurance matters (post-injury matters) with the help of the Company’s selected 3rd party workers’ comp administrator
• Oversee and advise the management team on ADA reasonable accommodation and FMLA leave matters
• Support plant management in creating a positive employee relations environment, including assisting with special events and employee committees
• Maintain non-union status at non-union facility
• Participate in the development and implementation of Employee Opinion Surveys and Action Plans
• Advise supervisors on appropriate interview questions to ask, staff coaching/counseling opportunities, disciplinary actions, and career development
• Conduct exit interviews and process required termination paperwork
• Assist in development, implementation, and maintenance of Human Resources policies, including the employee handbook; train employees and supervisors in the employee handbook and company policies; monitor for compliance
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, as well as Corporate and plant policies and procedures, especially in the areas of FMLA, FLSA, ADA, and EEO Title VII matters
• Provide training to employees on benefit programs and assist employees with the resolution of insurance-related issues
• Assist, train, and advise the management team with the weekly processing of payroll time and attendance sheets
• Maintain all personnel and medical records in accordance with EEO, privacy, and related requirements
• Assist plant management in the development of employee job training programs for specific positions ensuring that employees are competent in their key areas of responsibilities
• Assist plant Safety coordinator with plant safety programs as necessary
• Other duties as assigned

• Ineligible for hybrid work
• A willingness to travel domestically as much as 5% of the time
• Physical ability to access all plant areas.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs.

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Human Resources Management, or equivalent work experience
• 5 years of Human Resources Management experience in a manufacturing or industrial work environment, preferred
• Working knowledge and experience in federal and state employment law
• Excellent communication and group presentation skills
• Experience with HR-related investigations, specifically Title VII issues
• Experience in conducting training programs
• Must have willingness and ability to meet with day shift employees every day, as well as evening and night shift employees periodically each week, to actively engage culture through positive interactions with the workforce. Although not often, must have willingness and ability to work 9-to-12-hour workdays as needed
• Must maintain reasonable availability during non-working hours for consultation with on‑site management and be willing to be on-site during non-working hours to address time‑sensitive HR issues
• Must have the ability to occasionally stand, walk, and climb stairs as…