Human Resources Manager

Precix makes precision rubber sealing products in New Bedford, Massachusetts, with roughly 350 employees, most of them hourly production staff. We're looking for a hands-on HR Manager to run HR for the site.

You'll handle the full employee lifecycle: hiring, payroll approval, leaves, investigations, discipline, and terminations. You'll also coach supervisors, lead a small HR team, and keep the site compliant with Massachusetts and federal law.

This is a working manager role. You'll be on the floor regularly, you'll partner with our corporate HR and finance teams, and you'll help shape how HR runs across a growing multi-entity group.

Employee relations and compliance

• Lead workplace investigations and recommend outcomes to management.
• Review and approve disciplinary actions with supervisors; run terminations.
• Administer the attendance policy and keep policies and the employee handbook current with annual legal review.
• Represent the company at unemployment hearings, working with our PEO partner.
• Complete required annual filings, including OSHA 300A and EEO-1.
• Coordinate immigration and visa support with outside counsel.

Payroll, compensation, and performance

• Approve weekly payroll and process pay changes, increases, and retroactive adjustments.
• Run the quarterly hourly bonus program, from collecting performance ratings through payroll.
• Own the annual review process for hourly and salaried staff, including salaried goal-setting and sign-off.
• Review promotions, job bids, and awards.
• Build the annual payroll and HR department budgets with finance.

Leaves, benefits, and claims

• Oversee leaves of absence under FMLA and Massachusetts PFML.
• Manage workers' compensation leaves and return-to-work with our PEO partner.
• Support open enrollment and benefits questions on-site, working with corporate HR.

Talent and development

• Partner with hiring managers and agencies on salaried recruiting.
• Coordinate state-funded training grants, including scheduling, reporting, and reimbursement.
• Support job description and org-structure work with leadership.

Safety and culture

• Co-chair the Safety Committee: agendas, minutes, action tracking, and training.
• Run employee recognition, service awards, and site events.

Reporting and team leadership

• Produce monthly HR metrics for the executive team and parent company, including headcount and turnover.
• Hire, train, and lead the HR team; set priorities and review work.
• Manage HR vendors (PEO, benefits, retirement plan, staffing agencies) and negotiate contracts.

Required

• Bachelor's degree in HR, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5–8 years of progressive HR experience, including at least 2 years managing HR for a site or business unit.
• Manufacturing or other hourly-workforce experience.
• Working knowledge of Massachusetts and federal employment law: FMLA, MA PFML, the MA Wage Act, earned sick time, and wage-and-hour rules.
• Hands-on experience running investigations, discipline, and terminations.
• Experience with an HRIS and payroll system (isolved, ADP, or similar).
• Strong Excel skills and comfort building budgets and monthly reports.
• Sound judgment and strict confidentiality.

Preferred

• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR.
• Experience working within a PEO co-employment model.
• Experience with Massachusetts training grants (Workforce Training Fund or similar).
• Experience supporting employment-based visas.
• Safety committee or OSHA recordkeeping experience.
• Experience in a multi-entity or international parent-company setting.

• Production areas have noise, varying temperatures, and rubber and chemical odors. Safety glasses and hearing protection are required there.
• Mostly seated computer and phone work; walking the facility up to two-thirds of the day.
• Occasionally lifts up to 25 pounds.
• Occasional local travel by car.

Precix is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations are available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role.