Human Resources Manager

Department: Human Resources

Hiring Manager: Head of Urethane Systems

FLSA Status: Exempt

Working Status: Full-Time

JOB SUMMARY

The Human Resources Manager plays a critical role in supporting the people and culture of Urethane Systems USA LLC, a leader in advanced urethane and chemical-based solutions. This position is responsible for providing comprehensive HR leadership across multiple business functions, including chemical manufacturing operations and a specialized technical center environment. The role partners closely with leadership and employees to align human resources strategies with business objectives, ensure compliance with applicable employment and safety regulations, and foster a high-performance, compliant, and engaged workforce. The ideal candidate will bring a strong understanding of HR practices within regulated manufacturing settings, combined with the ability to support technical, engineering, and professional teams in a dynamic and innovation-driven organization.

•  Partner with managers and supervisors across multiple locations to drive employee performance and development through coaching on performance evaluations, progressive discipline, and connecting managers with learning resources.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and visible HR presence on manufacturing floors, providing proactive counsel to supervisors and managers on employee relations matters including conflict resolution, grievances, safety concerns, and disciplinary actions.
• Responsible for ensuring that all documentation related to employee performance, conflicts, safety, coaching, terminations, etc., meets professional standards and is maintained in a confidential manner.
• Manager union relationships, grievances, and contract interpretation.
• Lead the progressive discipline process, ensuring consistent application of company values and fair treatment across all employee relations matters. Coach managers through difficult conversations and performance improvement planning.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to conduct behavioral-based interviews for manufacturing and technical positions, ensuring candidate quality and cultural fit while maintaining hiring manager accountability for selection standards.
• Collaborates with internal/external trainers and managers to ensure timely and ongoing delivery of safety training, technical skills development, cross-training initiatives, and leadership development for supervisors and managers. This includes onboarding programs tailored to manufacturing roles and compliance training requirements. Maintains alignment with the Talent & Development Manager on training initiatives.
• Partners with the management team to ensure that operator scheduling and shift coverage planning aligns with production capacity.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws including FMLA, ADA, OSHA, and wage-hour regulations. Manage reasonable accommodation requests, leave administration follow-up, workers' compensation cases, and return-to-work processes.
• Monitor and analyze key HR metrics including turnover by shift/department, absenteeism patterns, overtime trends, time-to-fill for critical roles, and safety incident rates. Provide data-driven recommendations to manufacturing leadership.
• Actively participate in safety committees, continuous improvement activities, and production meetings, contributing HR insights and identifying opportunities for process improvement and employee engagement.
• Conduct stays interviews and exit interviews and utilizes this data to recommend improvements/changes to the management team with the focus of engagement and long-term retention. Drive improvements in voluntary and involuntary attrition.
• Drive engagement and continuous improvement mindset.
• Assists employees with questions related to policy, time management, payroll, code of conduct and acts as a resource for information.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or Industrial Relations.
• 7+ years of progressive HR experience, including labor relations and multi-site support in a manufacturing environment. 
• Experience working within systems including Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook; Proficiency with HRIS platforms including SuccessFactors and UKG Pro.

KEY SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

• Strong leadership and relationship-building abilities.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to influence leaders and drive accountability.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• High discretion, emotional intelligence, and professionalism.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement: UBE is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.