Sr. HR Manager

Thank you for your interest in Mueller Water Products, Inc. For more than 165 years, Mueller Water Products, Inc. has been building the future of water infrastructure. From lifesaving fire protection to data intelligence, we are committed to developing products and solutions that help cities and utilities deliver clean, safe drinking water to hundreds of millions of people across North America.

Our purpose is to connect communities to water, life’s most essential resource, with exceptional, people solutions and products. Behind that purpose is a dedicated team, united by our shared values of respect, integrity, trust, inclusion and safety. With a vision to be the leader in water infrastructure solutions—solving challenges, enriching lives and safeguarding the future,we are making a positive impact that will last for generations.

By joining Mueller, you become part of a dynamic team dedicated to excellence and innovation, working collaboratively to achieve meaningful results. We champion our people because when they succeed, our communities thrive.

• 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.
• Partner with corporate and external support services including legal, benefits, compensation, payroll, HRIS, leaves management to provide bridged support to internal customers.
• 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.
• Enhance department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value.
• Lead and develop the local HR team, establishing priorities, building capability, and ensuring consistent execution of HR programs and employee support.
• Provide direct supervision, guidance, and mentoring to local HR department.
• Through partnership with EHS team, ensure the safety employees, through HR support of EHS initiatives and programs designed to reduce or eliminate risk.
• Partner with risk and EHS teams in events relating to workers compensations claims, disciplinary action, employee injuries, and policy implementation.
• Drive and support Employee Engagement Survey action items driving meaningful action to employee feedback.
• Ensure constant communications from plant leadership with all levels of employees and proactively seek out communication opportunities for employees.
• Provide HR support to ancillary facilities including Cleveland, TN warehouse and remote Kansas warehouse as needed.
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