Human Resources Manager – Union Manufacturing #ESF2788

• Our client is in business for more than 160 years and has $3Billion+ in revenue and 8,000 employees worldwide.
• They have manufacturing operations in North America, Europe and Asia
• Three business units: Insulation Systems, Roofing Systems and Engineered Products
• They encourages employees, their family members and friends to get involved in charity/volunteer  projects that make a difference
• You can discover new opportunities and rewarding experiences through personalized development
• Autonomy in the workplace

What you will be doing:

• Design, implement, and administer human resources programs for one or more locations.
• Work with plant leadership teams to meet annual goals.
• Develop and maintain employee relations and engagement practices and programs that promote a positive employee relations environment.
• Maintain 'open door' policy at the plant.
• Actively listen to and engage with employees on the plant floor.
• Coordinate community events and employee programs.
• Create communications.
• Champion diversity and inclusion efforts.
• Investigate and ensure fair and consistent responses to harassment and discrimination claims, ethics hotline calls, EEOC, and/or state charges.
• Facilitate annual HR processes including compensation planning, economic packages, open enrollment, succession planning, and others.
• Partner with plant leadership to ensure all people's needs of the business are being met.
• Drive the hourly employee staffing process from the sourcing strategy all the way through onboarding.
• Develop crew models to provide data for making labor decisions.
• Partner with EH&S to improve safety performance.
• Create communication plans.
• Determine training needs and manage training logistics.
• Plan and execute layoffs and curtailments.
• Ensure compliance with state and federal employment regulations and company policies.
• Lead or participate in company-wide HR projects that deliver results across businesses and geographies.
• Administer the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) and participate in the development of labor strategy and contract negotiations.
• Address union-related issues through grievance resolution or arbitration.
• Directly supervise HR generalists or services specialists if required.

Experience you will need:

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 5 years in a human resources role (considering no Bachelor's degree if minimum of 10 years in a human resources role).
• Minimum of 1 year of human resources experience in manufacturing environment.
• Strong ability to communicate efficiently both orally and in writing with all levels of management and employees.
• Familiarity with human capital management systems for employee-related processes.
• Experience with Workday HCM preferred.
• Proven ability to influence.
• Working knowledge of employment and labor laws such as wage and hour, EEOC, FMLA, FLSA, Basic OSHA, etc.
• Strong change management skills.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Experience managing HR functions in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience coaching plant leadership through difficult employee relations issues.
• Experience creating strategies to improve employee engagement and retention in a high-turnover environment.
• Experience working with unionized employees and administering collective bargaining agreements (CBAs).
• Experience being part of union contract negotiations.
• Ability to maintain positive relationships with union representatives while upholding company policies and goals.