HR Manager

What you’ll do:

Position Overview:

The HR Manager will be a high performing business partner leading the HR function for the Amarillo, TX manufacturing site. As part of the leadership team for the site, you will have overall responsibility for developing, directing, coordinating and maintaining all talent initiatives. This role will be responsible for the development and deployment of HR policies, programs, processes, and best practices throughout the manufacturing facility, as well as, managing day-to-day employee relations in accordance with legal, divisional, and corporate guidelines.
    
Essential Functions Include:

• Lead the HR function & strategy for roughly 130 employees on multiple shifts
• Develop HR talent by mentoring and developing the site’s HR Assistant
• Drive positive employee relations to provide an optimal work environment for all employees. Effectively deploy communication plans and utilize assessment tools (e.g. employee survey) to determine organizational issues & action plans. Exemplify and lead Eaton values, philosophy & ethics.
• Build organizational capability through ownership of talent management processes including assessment, performance management, employee development and succession planning
• Manage local compensation for both salaried and hourly workforce, including benchmarking within Eaton & external marketplace data
• Support plant operations through planning headcount & manning levels & recruitment of all levels of staff, as required
• Lead in a variety of health and safety initiatives including but not limited to: Safety Category champion, Employee Engagement Team Lead, Ergonomics Team co-lead, and other safety/environmental programs established for the facility for a safe work environment
• Implement, promote and maintain a safe work environment by implementing a zero-incident culture
• Coach and influence leadership regarding policies, practices, laws and regulations to ensure all human resource policies and programs follow local and governmental regulatory requirements and are driving an engaged culture
• Develop and deploy effective training process to meet the current and future needs of the strategic plans of the organization

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum 3 years of Human Resources Generalist and/or labor relations work experience
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now and in the future

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Master’s degree in Business or Human Resources from an accredited institution
• Prior participant of Eaton’s Human Resources Leadership Development Program (HRLDP)
• Previous experience working in a manufacturing environment
• Prior labor relations experience, including overseeing the adherence to a collective bargaining agreement & participating in contract negotiations
• PHR or SPHR certification

Position Criteria:

• Proficient in project management
• High level of proficiency with MS Office products/database management skills
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality
• Organized and efficient
• Self-directed and able to investigate and implement solutions with limited guidance or direction
• High degree of comfort navigating ambiguous situations and ability to quickly shift focus as priorities change
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrates professionalism and a service-oriented personality with all levels of employees and senior leaders
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, lean work environment
• Strong teamwork and collaborative skills
• Demonstrated ability and desire to progress to more senior levels of the Human Resources function