Human Resources Manager - Regional

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The Regional Human Resources Manager provides strategic and hands‑on HR support for regional manufacturing and engineering locations. This role requires strong experience recruiting technical, engineering, and manufacturing talent, as well as deep expertise in employee relations. The Regional HR Manager partners closely with the Director of HR, Corporate HR, and site leadership to ensure consistent, compliant, and positive employee experience across the region.

• Serve as the primary HR partner for regional sites, providing guidance and support to managers and employees.
• Provide heavy employee relations support, including conflict resolution, investigations, performance management, and coaching.
• Build strong relationships across the workforce and understand the dynamics of a manufacturing employee population.
• Participate in the Culture Committee to support employee engagement initiatives and strengthen workplace culture.
• Oversee the regional employee recreation budget, ensuring resources support programs that enhance culture and employee satisfaction.

• Lead full‑cycle recruiting regional sites for technical, manufacturing, and engineering roles.
• Oversee onboarding, training, and development programs to support skill growth and retention.
• Collaborate with Corporate HR on workforce planning, talent development, and skill‑gap strategies.

• Ensure consistent application of HR policies, procedures, and employment law compliance across regional sites.
• Work with HR operations where needed.
• Partner with Corporate HR to deploy company‑wide HR programs, policy changes, and organizational initiatives.
• Track location‑specific HR metrics, including turnover, absenteeism, safety incidents, and training completion.
• Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.

• Support hourly workforce management.
• Collaborate with site leadership on workforce planning, temporary labor strategy, and production staffing needs.
• Partner with EHS and Corporate HR on safety culture, training, and workers’ compensation processes.
• Support lean/continuous improvement initiatives by aligning workforce skills and staffing to operational needs.

• Reports directly to the Director of HR and works closely for guidance, direction, and alignment on HR strategy, employee relations, and workplace planning.
• Collaborates with Corporate HR and site leadership to ensure consistent HR practices and successful deployment of programs.

To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each responsibility satisfactorily while demonstrating the required skills and abilities. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Extensive employee relations, conflict management, and performance management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to provide guidance to employees and managers in a professional, confidential manner.
• Strong experience in recruiting technical, engineering, or manufacturing roles.
• Deep understanding of HR policies, procedures, and employment laws.
• Solid understanding of manufacturing workforce dynamics, safety, and operational needs.
• Reliable work history with demonstrated long‑term commitment in prior roles.
• Experience with onboarding and offboarding processes.
• Ability to gather, analyze, and interpret HR metrics and data.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to handle sensitive or complex employee relations issues with discretion.
• Proactive in identifying risks and compliance issues before they arise.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) for reporting and analysis.
• High level of integrity, discretion, and professionalism.
• Strong organizational and time‑management skills.
• Collaborative mindset with a focus on employee experience and engagement.
• US citizenship or permanent residency…