What are the responsibilities and job description for the Human Resources Business Partner position at Arconic?
Arconic is seeking a Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) based at its plant in Davenport, Iowa. This role reports to the HR Manager.
Arconic’s Rolled Products offers a range of highly-differentiated aluminum sheet and plate products for the aerospace, automotive, commercial transportation, brazing, and industrial markets. We are at the forefront of capturing growing demand for aluminum sheet as the North American auto industry continues shifting to electric vehicles and light-weighting.
Since it opened in 1948, Arconic’s Davenport Works has been at the forefront of American manufacturing. Located on the banks of the Mississippi River, the plant employs over two thousand employees and is a focal point of the global rolled aluminum industry, with a significant percent of revenues coming from exports. Through continued modernization, including several hundred-million-dollar investments over the past five years alone, Davenport Works has maintained its position as the world’s premier aerospace supply plant, and is today the hub of Arconic’s multi-billion-dollar aerospace and automotive business.
The HRBP will be responsible for partnering with local operations leadership to remove obstacles to achieving the plant’s annual business plan. This person will work on improving employee engagement and retention, staffing (posting, interviewing, selecting), compensation, performance coaching, investigations, and other day-to-day needs. While work hours would be primarily day shift, Monday through Friday, this job requires schedule flexibility to attend to HR needs on back shifts and weekends, as required. Depending on area assignment, occasional travel is required and could be as high as 25% of the time.
Additional responsibilities:
- Provide one-stop HR support for the plants, to include labor relations.
- Responsible for leadership of HR functions (examples: staffing, labor relations, on-boarding, investigations, etc).
- Provide timely counsel / communication to employees and managers, as well as be responsible for various people metrics.
- Work with locations to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll (via Work Brain).
- Complete internal audits (Arconic Self-Assessment Tasks) accurately and in a timely manner.
- Ensuring all mandated corporate training is completed; provide training where needed.
- Taking action to ensure that all employment practices under his/her control, including hiring, promotions, demotions, and discipline are conducted in compliance with applicable collective bargaining agreements, equal employment opportunity laws, and Arconic policy and values.
- Stay current with local, state, and federal laws, rules, regulations, and statutes governing equal employment opportunity practices.
Skills:
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to coach managers and employees in difficult situations
- Understanding of HR systems and duties
- Excellent communication skills (both oral and written)
- Results-oriented
- Demonstrated confidentiality
- Effective listening skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to remain objective
- Excellent working knowledge of his/her respective areas
- Resourceful
- Quick thinking, ability to respond fast
- Forward thinking
- Experience with organizational design and development
- Thorough understanding of the company’s business challenges, and the ability to articulate the company’s position in a positive and effective manner, even when he/she may have personal reservations about it.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
- Minimum of five years' Human Resources responsibilities
- Experience with unionized workforce
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in a heavy manufacturing environment
- Open to future relocation opportunities
