Senior Human Resources Manager

Senior Human Resources Manager (Multi-Site Manufacturing & Production)
Location: Tukwila, WA (On-site)
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8am–5pm
Compensation: $120,000/year base + full benefits
Travel: Up to 10%
Industry: Manufacturing & Production
About the Opportunity

Our client is seeking a dynamic, solutions-driven Senior Human Resources Manager to lead HR operations across multiple manufacturing and production facilities. This role is perfect for a hands-on HR leader who thrives in fast-paced, hourly workforce environments and enjoys partnering directly with operations, safety, finance, and site leadership.

If you’re energized by building HR infrastructure, driving culture across multiple sites, strengthening compliance, and coaching leaders to excellence — this is a high-impact opportunity to shape the future of HR for a growing organization.

• Partner with site leaders to align HR strategies with production, quality, safety, and labor goals.
• Lead HR execution across multi-state operations, ensuring consistency and compliance.

• Manage compensation, benefits, job leveling, and pay practices for hourly and salaried employees.
• Oversee HRIS/Payroll operations, optimizing workflows and training managers.

• Build and deliver training for managers and frontline leaders (coaching, corrective action, interviewing, communication).
• Support skills development, performance management, and succession planning.

• Lead investigations, conflict resolution, corrective action, and policy enforcement.
• Partner with Safety/EHS on risk reduction, safety culture, and compliance across multiple states.

• Direct hiring strategies for hourly and salaried roles.
• Improve time-to-fill, onboarding consistency, and retention for new hires.

• Develop and implement company wide HR policies (attendance, conduct, scheduling, leave, safety-related HR, etc.).
• Ensure multi-state legal compliance and consistent adoption across all facilities.

• 7+ years of progressive HR experience in manufacturing/production environments.
• Multi-site, multi-state HR leadership experience.
• Strong background in employee relations, investigations, corrective action, and policy building.
• Experience partnering with operations leaders in fast-paced, high-volume settings.
• Working knowledge of wage/hour laws, ADA, leaves, and general HR compliance.
• HRIS/Payroll experience.

• HR certifications (PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP/SCP).
• Bilingual (Spanish/English).

• High visibility with senior leadership
• Opportunity to build scalable HR systems across multiple states
• A blend of strategy + hands-on leadership in real-world production environments
• Direct impact on culture, retention, safety, and overall organizational performance