Human Resources Business Partner

Job Description

Job Description

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Creatively recruit for various levels of positions including job fairs, postings, and other traditional/non-traditional sourcing of applicants.
• Partner with plant and operations leaders to drive workforce planning, staffing, and organizational effectiveness.
• Support employee relations, including coaching supervisors, resolving issues, and ensuring consistent policy application.
• Guide performance management, skills development, and succession planning for hourly and salaried employees.
• Collaborate on safety, compliance, and labor‑related initiatives to maintain a productive and legally compliant workplace.
• Use HR metrics (turnover, absenteeism, training needs) to recommend improvements in workforce stability and engagement.
• Support change management efforts tied to production shifts, automation, continuous improvement, or restructuring.
• Onboarding of employees and assisting in new hire orientation process including drug testing, new hire paperwork and benefits coordination.
• Maintain documents of a highly sensitive nature with a high level of confidentiality regarding employee records.
• Provide support in areas of 401(k), payroll, workers’ compensation, FMLA, ADA, and OSHA recordkeeping.
• Comply with provisions of COBRA, HIPAA, AAP (if applicable), EEO, ERISA and participate in mandated reporting to appropriate agencies.
• Provide exemplary customer service support to all employees regarding inquiries or issues pertaining to benefits and employee work related matters promptly and with discretion.
• Assist in the annual benefits enrollment process and assist employees in understanding and utilizing company benefits plans.
• Act as a back-up for processing bi-weekly company payroll ensuring timely and accurate payments are made to employees.
• Promote a positive, inclusive, and high‑performance work environment.
• Support performance management processes, including goal setting, coaching, and feedback cycles.

• Support compensation and benefits processes, including job evaluations and annual reviews.
• Lead or participate in HR projects such as engagement surveys, DEI initiatives, and culture-building programs.
• Support training programs that build leadership capability and employee skills.
• Other duties as assigned by HR leadership.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or human resources; or equivalent education and experience.
• 3 – 5 years' experience in a human resources, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of employment laws, employee relations, and HR best practices.
• Highly Proficient in all MS Office Products (Outlook, Excel, Teams).
• ADP Workforce Now or Similar HRIS Experienced Required.

Physical/Mental Demands:

• Must be able to simultaneously manage several objectives and assign priorities.
• Deal with a wide variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a multitude of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines.
• With or without reasonable accommodation individual will be required to sit or stand regularly; occasionally lift 0-25 pounds; manage efficient phone, keyboard and office machinery use; hear, see, speak and read.
• Ability to work overtime, maintain alertness, & meet the controlled substance policy.
• Good judgment and sound decision-making process.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work environment is considered typical office environment located on-site, factory environment occasionally, and work time during normal or extended business hours, including weekends on occasion. Work environment may also include external factories, vendor locations & meeting venues as required.