Senior HR Plant Manager

Senior HR Plant Manager

Position Type: Full-time, Exempt, Salary

Reports to: VP Human Resources

Supervisory Responsibility: HR Team – Dallas

Location: Dallas, TX

Company Summary

Stellar Energy provides bespoke state-of-the-art solutions customers build in for optimized performance now, bridging a critical gap in the energy transition towards a better future. In business for over 25 years, we have added efficiency and capacity to customer infrastructure in more than 15 countries. More dispatchable power. Increased LNG production. Greater Data Center efficiency and lower costs. Lower emissions for greater sustainability. Hyperscale deployment at the best possible speed to first megawatt. All delivered with a 100% performance test passage rate.

Summary

The Senior HR Plant Manager is responsible for leading all HR functions within the manufacturing facility, including workforce planning, employee relations, talent acquisition, training, performance management, and compliance with corporate policies and regulatory requirements. This role acts as a strategic business partner to plant leadership, ensuring alignment between people, safety, and operational goals to support a high-performance, compliant, and engaged workforce.

Essential Functions

Strategic HR Leadership

• Partner with Site Director and corporate HR to execute workforce strategies aligned with business objectives and production goals.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to plant leadership on organizational design, staffing, culture, and talent retention.
• Lead initiatives that promote employee engagement, accountability, and operational excellence.

Talent Acquisition and Workforce Planning

• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, and retention for all hourly, skilled trades, and salaried plant roles.
• Collaborate with local trade schools, staffing agencies, and community organizations to maintain a robust pipeline of manufacturing talent.
• Analyze headcount needs and turnover trends to ensure appropriate staffing and succession planning.

Employee Relations and Culture

• Maintain a positive, proactive employee relations environment through coaching, communication, and engagement programs.
• Investigate and resolve employee complaints, conflicts, and disciplinary matters in accordance with company policy and employment law.
• Partner with leadership to maintain an open, safety-first, and performance-driven culture.

Training and Development

• Support plant-level training programs, including safety orientation, leadership development, and technical skills training.
• Ensure consistency and compliance with corporate training frameworks (e.g., FIT, STAR, SWAT).
• Identify skill gaps and recommend upskilling strategies to enhance workforce capability.

Compliance and HR Operations

• Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations (EEO, FMLA, FLSA, OSHA, etc.).
• Administer and oversee payroll changes, attendance tracking, and HRIS accuracy.
• Support audits and reporting related to ISO, OSHA, and other regulatory requirements.

Performance Management and Compensation

• Facilitate performance review cycles, ensuring timely feedback and documentation.
• Partner with corporate HR on pay structures, merit increases, and incentive programs.
• Monitor internal equity and market competitiveness for hourly and salaried positions.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Competencies

• Strategic business partnership
• Employee engagement and culture building
• Data-driven decision making
• Coaching and influencing skills
• Change management
• Operational excellence mindset

Work Environment

This position operates out of a manufacturing facility. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is sometimes exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions at construction sites. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop, kneel, talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. This position may require occasional weekend work.

Required Education and Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration or related field.
• 7+ years of progressive HR experience, with at least 3 years in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practices.
• Proven ability to manage HR operations in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills.
• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, or PHR/SPHR certification.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Experience with HR Analytics.

Travel

Less than 10% travel is anticipated for this role.

Work Authorization

Must be authorized to work in the USA.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Stellar Energy Americas Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Stellar Energy Americas Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.