HR Manager

Eaton’s Distributed IT division is currently seeking a Plant HR Manager to join our team in Worcester, MA. As the HR Manager you will lead the HR Function and provide leadership and support to approximately 130 employees, serving as a business partner to the Plant Manager and functional leaders on the leadership team. This includes driving the strategic HR plan at the site and implementing talent initiatives to support the business and site growth.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $113,000 - $165,000 a year.

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

• Serve as an active member of the Worcester Plant Leadership team, fulfilling leadership duties and providing input for strategy, direction & continuous improvement by leveraging the Eaton Leadership Competencies & Attributes, LeaderX and the Eaton Business System (EBS) to drive HR functional excellence.
• Develop site HR strategy; establish objectives and activity-based goals for the leadership team, functional managers, and front-line leaders to drive culture, compliance, and results. Lead and direct site in achieving HR targets and objectives for the plant, and in support of corporate and business group HR strategic initiatives.
• Develop, optimize, document and standardize sustainable HR processes, sharing best practices across the division and enterprise.
• Provide clear guidance to leadership regarding policies, practices, laws and regulations to ensure all human resource policies and programs are in compliance with local and governmental regulatory requirements and support the achievement of both short/long-term business objectives.
• Drive performance and talent management processes within the facility, including annual performance cycles through goal setting, development planning. calibration, talent reviews, organizational capability assessment, and succession planning.
• Oversee plant communication processes; serve as champion of change management initiatives (ADKAR and Organizational Change Management). Drive results of employee listening surveys through proactive survey actions.
• Facilitate engagement through employee led teams and committees in support of established targets and objectives. Serve as Leadership Staff Champion for Community & Employee Engagement and Inclusion programs (i.e. – Community Involvement, Inclusion & Diversity, Health & Wellness).
• Manage and develop employee compensation/reward and recognition programs; Foster a culture of manager ownership and accountability of the employee life cycle.
• Drive and support inclusion and diversity practices and planning while aligning strategic vision of the site to Eaton’s overall cultural diversity programs initiatives. Counsel and influence leadership to build a high-performance winning culture and an inclusive environment.
• Lead talent acquisition plans that anticipate short/long-term business needs. Coach site leadership on how to engage and retain key talent and identifying when there is a retention risk. Provide guidance to talent and development processes for the site to facilitate employee development and training compliance
  
  
  

Basic (Required) Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited educational institution
• Minimum five (5) years of human resources generalist or human resources management experience or completion of a leadership rotational program
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Human Resources, Labor Relations, Industrial/Organization Psychology or related field
• HR Certification
• Prior experience in a manufacturing environment
• Leader of people experience
  
  
  

Position Success Criteria

• Ability to drive results, influence and lead in a matrixed organization and environment
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of relevant local/state/federal/provincial employment laws
• Ability to demonstrate strong drive for results and sense of urgency
• Ability to demonstrate data analytics and strong project management skills
• Ability to demonstrate commitment to employee engagement and continuous improvement
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with all levels within the organization
• Ability to demonstrate excellent facilitation/ coaching skills – must have strong employee relations skills with the proven ability to drive cultural change and drive leadership ownership/accountability.
• Ability to demonstrate full range of developed HR competencies in organizational development, employee relations, recruiting and selection, compensation/benefits and compliance
• Ability to demonstrate managerial courage with good conflict resolution and negotiation skills
  
  
  

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