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Human Resources Manager - Milwaukee, WI

National Guard Employment Network
Milwaukee, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 4/15/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/14/2026
Job Description

ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS - Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. If you have the required skill set, education requirements, and experience, please click the submit button and follow the next steps. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is "On-Site" at the location detailed in the job post.

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.

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

Qualifications:
Required (Basic) 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

Preferred Qualifications:
• Master's degree in Human Resources or MBA from an accredited institution
• 7 years managing people
• PHR or SPHR certification preferred

Skills:
Position Success Criteria:
• 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

Salary : $130,000 - $190,000

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