HR Consultant

• Effectively deploys hiring process for hourly workers and temporary employees
• Educates plant leadership on union contracts and local and state employment law to ensure compliance with contracts and applicable personnel management laws
• Manages and mitigates employee grievances by ensuring supervisors and leadership are creating an open forum for discussion and resolution of plant issues
• Coaches and counsels plant management in development and demonstration of leadership and management practices required to establish and maintain a positive work environment
• Resolves employee relations issues in a fair and consistent manner that protects the needs of the plant to operate in an effective and efficient manner
• Educates plant employees on shared service and third party vendor capabilities to increase use and benefits of these services
• Takes ownership for specific HR initiatives that support the effective operations of the organization by developing and/or delivering HR programs (e.g., attendance tracking, training, communications)
• Tracks and documents employment issues and requests (e.g., FMLA,workers compensation) as required for procedural and legislative purposes
• Identifies employee value proposition issues affecting turnover and works with Plant HR Manager to identify actions for improvement
• Establishes and maintains a presence on the plant floor to keep a read on the pulse of the organization
• Implements appropriate risk management policies and procedures to ensure plant compliance with safety requirements and local, state, and federal employment laws

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources, Business, Organization Development or Labor Relations or equivalent qualification/experience

• Master's degree in related area and/or HR certifications
• Successful track record of performance in a Plant HR generalist assignment
• 5 - 8 years of HR experience (generalist/specialist) or equivalent work experience (assignment/project participation) in aligning client group leadership around organization direction, design, and governance/decision rights
• Successful track record in the deployment of HR business processes or programs
• Familiarity and some working knowledge of design and implementation of effective organization structures and work processes that improve client group ability to achieve desired results.

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