What are the responsibilities and job description for the HR Manager – Manufacturing Operations position at Cozzini, LLC.?
Description
Are you an HR leader who loves the energy of a manufacturing environment? Do you thrive in a visible role where you can champion culture on the plant floor while keeping complex administrative and compliance wheels turning flawlessly?
Cozzini, LLC is looking for an HR Manager to run the human resources function for our manufacturing facility. This is a standalone, full-impact role. You will act as the vital bridge between our local team, facility leadership, and corporate HR initiatives—ensuring we attract, retain, and develop the best talent in the industry.
What You'll Do Day-to-Day
Requirements
Are you an HR leader who loves the energy of a manufacturing environment? Do you thrive in a visible role where you can champion culture on the plant floor while keeping complex administrative and compliance wheels turning flawlessly?
Cozzini, LLC is looking for an HR Manager to run the human resources function for our manufacturing facility. This is a standalone, full-impact role. You will act as the vital bridge between our local team, facility leadership, and corporate HR initiatives—ensuring we attract, retain, and develop the best talent in the industry.
What You'll Do Day-to-Day
- Build the Team: Own full-cycle recruiting for everything from specialized engineers to hourly production staff. You’ll manage the funnel from sourcing and onboarding to managing our staffing agency partnerships.
- Champion the Culture: Act as the primary coach and advisor for managers and employees alike. You'll handle employee relations, guide the performance management process, and develop strategies to keep engagement and retention high.
- Manage the Fundamentals: Keep operations running smoothly behind the scenes. You will manage benefits administration, process payroll, audit timekeeping records, and keep our HRIS data perfectly updated.
- Protect the Workplace: Partner with operations to support facility safety programs, manage compliance with labor laws, and lead the rollout of corporate policies, training modules, and HR audits.
- Manufacturing Expertise: Solid, hands-on HR management experience specifically within a manufacturing or industrial environment. You understand the unique dynamics of an hourly vs. salaried workforce.
- Full-Stack HR Capabilities: Equally comfortable resolving a complex employee relations issue, pulling data metrics for a corporate report, or running a flawless payroll cycle.
- Communication & Presence: Exceptional interpersonal skills. You are just as effective connecting with a welder on the shop floor as you are presenting metrics to executive leadership.
- Health insurance
- Health Savings Account w/ ER contribution
- Flexible Spending Account w/ ER contribution
- Dental Insurance
- Company Paid Disability Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Company Paid Life insurance
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
- 401k
- Vision insurance
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or a related field
- 6–8 years of progressive HR experience supporting internal employees and leadership teams
- Minimum of 4 years of HR leadership experience within a manufacturing environment
- Experience recruiting skilled manufacturing and technical employees
- Benefits administration experience
- Strong understanding of employment laws and HR best practices, including FMLA, FLSA, ADA, and related regulations
- Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to manage confidential information with professionalism and discretion
- Experience working within union environments or supporting positive union-free workplaces
- Experience with ERP/HRIS systems such as SAP, Oracle, ADP, or similar platforms
- Familiarity with production labor tracking and payroll processes
- Bilingual Spanish preferred