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Human Resources Manager
Eaton’s Power Reliability Division is currently seeking a Human Resource Manager to join our team. This position is based at the South Milwaukee non-union manufacturing location with 360 employees. The role will report directly to the Plant Manager and has three (3) direct reports.
As an integral part of the site leadership team, this role will identity, develop and deploy business driven HR strategies designed to attract, manage, develop, motivate and retain key people while creating a high-performance, sustainable organization that is capable of achieving the business objectives and action plans. Key areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to labor relations, staffing, culture, engagement and building organizational capabilities.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $130000 - $190000 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
What you’ll do:
- Lead the HR team consisting of a Lead HR Generalist, Sr HR Generalist, and HR Training Coordinator while serving on the plant leadership team focusing on partnering with peer leaders to drive continuous improvement and functional excellence across the facility.
- Lead employee and labor relations for 300 plant employees and 60 salaried employees across three shifts by building relationships, practicing positive employee engagement and investigating and resolving labor and employee issues timely and effectively.
- Drive HR functional excellence through deployment of Eaton programs, ensuring quality of process and content and alignment with the Eaton Business System to achieve goals and objectives. Develop, optimize, document and standardize sustainable processes, sharing best practices across the division.
- Lead the talent management and organizational effectiveness strategy by championing robust cross-training, succession planning, performance management practices and developing talent.
- Ensure compliance with all country, provincial, federal and state laws and compliance requirements
- Lead the talent acquisition strategy for all salaried and hourly positions while understanding trends in the local and national labor markets, facility turnover and annual profit plan headcount requirements.
- Lead the building organizational capability process by ensuring high levels of manager effectiveness, employee engagement and inclusion and diversity strategies to ensure facility has the talent and teams needed to meet our customer’s needs and key metrics.
- Foster a culture where ownership of health and safety is embraced by all employees. Utilize MESH to ensure compliance with state/federal/provincial safety requirements and drive a Zero Incident Safety Culture (ZISC). Security MESH champion.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
- Minimum of seven (7) years Human Resources experience
- Minimum of three (3) years managing people
- Minimum of three (3) years working in a manufacturing environment
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship
- Master’s degree in Human Resources or MBA from an accredited institution
- 7 years managing people
- PHR or SPHR certification preferred
Skills:
- Ability to understand, interpret and easily communicate and align policies and practices to the Eaton leadership attributes
- Proven ability to influence and work effectively across all levels in a highly matrixed environment
- Demonstrate discretion, able to work with sensitive and confidential materials and possess good business judgement
- General knowledge of employment laws and ability to apply legal concepts to real world situations
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail, while also able to manage multiple priorities
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal across a wide audience
- Proven ability to deal with conflict and diffuse difficult situations
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.
You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
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We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements. #LI-RC2
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