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Summary:
Leads employee relations strategy and execution while ensuring Benchmark maintains full compliance with company policies, procedures, and applicable federal and state employment regulations. Proactively drives HR initiatives, provides strong leadership guidance to business leaders, and fosters a culture of accountability, fairness, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities:

• Administers and oversees human resources programs, policies, and procedures for division co-workers; drives continuous improvement and ensures alignment with business objectives.

• Leads employee relations strategy, ensuring consistent, fair, and compliant application of policies, practices, and employment laws.

• Partners with HR team members across the organization to drive consistent execution of HR processes and initiatives.

• Proactively identifies organizational needs and develops HR goals, objectives, systems, and process improvements that enhance workforce effectiveness.

• Serves as a strategic advisor to leaders and managers, providing guidance on complex employee relations matters, performance management, and organizational effectiveness.

• Acts as a trusted resource for all co-workers, promoting open communication, engagement, and a positive work environment.

• Leads and resolves employee relations issues, conducting thorough and compliant investigations, and recommending appropriate actions.

• Drives leadership capability by coaching managers on decision-making, accountability, conflict resolution, and adherence to company policies and values.

• Oversees and facilitates compliance training efforts (e.g., harassment prevention, policy awareness, workplace conduct).

• Conducts routine plant tours and audits (HR records, attendance, policy adherence, etc.), ensuring operational compliance and identifying areas of risk or improvement.

• Partners with Regional HR Director on employment-related matters; prepares responses to unemployment claims or other legal issues and may participate in hearings.

• Leads disciplinary processes, including recommendations and execution up to and including termination, ensuring consistency, documentation, and legal compliance.

• Presents HR-related updates, compliance requirements, and workforce insights in co-worker and leadership meetings.

• Drives a culture of accountability by ensuring leaders take ownership of people decisions and follow through on HR-related actions.

• Takes initiative to identify risks, gaps, and opportunities within the organization, implementing solutions that align with both compliance requirements and business strategy.

• Ensures adherence to all applicable employment laws, regulatory requirements, and internal policies across the division.

• Assists with other HR functions and strategic initiatives as needed.

Education / Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources or related field preferred, or combination of education and experience as approved by executive management.

• 6+ years of HR experience required.

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Effective interpersonal skills

• Effective multitasking skills and the ability to take on additional responsibilities as required

• Effective organization and prioritization skills

• Demonstrate high attention to detail

• Ability to work with diverse groups

• Demonstrates discretion, confidentiality, independent judgment and professionalism.

• Ability to work with minimal supervision and guidance, exercising discretion and independent judgment.

• Understanding of and ability to use continuous improvement tools.

• Strong customer service and client focus

• Working knowledge of productivity tools, including Microsoft Office products and Teams.

• Demonstrated leadership and people management skills including ability to effectively coach and mentor employees at all levels.

• Enthusiastic and motivational communicator with multi-cultural experience.

• Demonstrates effective customer interface skills.

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact and influence individuals, internally and externally, across all levels, functions and geographies.

• Collaborate and influence cross functional peer leaders in order to obtain support for process improvements

• Use of discretion with the ability to gain trust of business leaders and others to discuss and respond to sensitive and business critical issues.

• Effective negotiation and problem-solving skills.

• Effective analytical, planning and organizational skills.

• Advanced knowledge of word processing and spreadsheets

Abilities

• Must be able to lift, carry, push, or pull up to 5 pounds 5% or less of the workday

• Must be able stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl 5% or less of the workday

• Must be able to talk, see, hear, concentrate, think, and reason

Other information:
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Effective multitasking skills and the ability to take on additional responsibilities as required
• Effective organization and prioritization skills
• Demonstrate high attention to detail
• Ability to work with diverse groups
• Demonstrates discretion, confidentiality, independent judgment and professionalism.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and guidance, exercising discretion and independent judgment.
• Understanding of and ability to use continuous improvement tools.
• Strong customer service and client focus
• Working knowledge of productivity tools, including Microsoft Office products and WebEx conferencing software
• Demonstrated leadership and people management skills including ability to effectively coach and mentor employees at all levels.
• Enthusiastic and motivational communicator with multi-cultural experience.
• Demonstrates effective customer interface skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact and influence individuals, internally and externally, across all levels, functions and geographies.
• Collaborate and influence cross functional peer leaders in order to obtain support for process improvements
• Solid financial understanding, risk analysis ability, relationship building and project management.
• Use of discretion with the ability to gain trust of business leaders and others to discuss and respond to sensitive and business critical issues.
• Effective negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• Effective analytical, planning and organizational skills.
• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources or related field preferred, or combination of education and experience as approved by executive management.
• 6+ years of HR experience required.
• Extensive training, on-the-job or by classroom, in recruiting and employee relations.
• Advanced knowledge of word processing and spreadsheets
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources or related field preferred
Geographical Location: Alabama:Huntsville
Physical Location: Huntsville, AL
Shift: Shift 1
Work Schedule: M-F 0800-1700
Full Time
In our innovative environment, you'll work with cutting-edge technology, leading the way in engineering design and delivering world-class manufacturing services for products that make a real difference in the lives of others. At Benchmark, your career is more than just a job. It's an opportunity to be part of something bigger, where your work matters and helps shape a brighter future for everyone. Together, we will achieve extraordinary things.
Export Control: This job position may include access to controlled information or technology covered under applicable U.S. export control laws. As such, employment for this job position may be contingent on either verification that an applicant falls under the definition of a "U.S. Person" (which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents, and those granted U.S. asylum or refugee status) or on the Company timely obtaining any necessary export license required under federal laws. The Company evaluates such export license situations on a case-by-case basis and may decline to proceed with a job applicant in its sole discretion since export license applications can take many weeks to be processed.
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