Job Description

Cabinetworks Group has an immediate opening for a plant Human Resources Manager at our manufacturing facility in Independence, OR!

Are you looking for a role where you are a key player in the success of the operation? Where you can make a direct impact on creating an engaging and safe workplace for all employees? Do you want to be in a company that is in growth mode and offers opportunities for cross functional project work? Would you like the chance to apply continuous improvements tools within the HR function? Come join our team and use your HR knowledge to help us recruit, engage and retain a stable and qualified workforce!

Job Summary:

The Human Resource Manager will lead and direct the daily plant level activities of the Human Resources (HR) department including recruiting, onboarding, payroll, leave administration, benefits open enrollment, employee engagement and overall ensuring that the plant maintains a positive and safe working environment. Partners with the Plant Manager and local management staff to develop and implement programs, processes, or actions to drive employee engagement and retention. Ensures compliance with Federal, State, or local laws.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains new staff in the department
• Oversees the daily workflow of the department
• Establishes and monitors HR metrics aligned with business needs
• Provides constructive and timely performance coaching
• Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Partners with the plant leadership team to understand current and future business needs and develops an HR plan to address gaps, concerns or future needs
• Collaborates with the corporate HR & Payroll teams to support rollout or implementation of organization wide HR/Payroll projects at the plant level
• Directly handle, investigate, or provide guidance to HR team and management on HR issues that are complex, regulatory, specialized, and/or sensitive as engaging in reasonable accommodation discussions, investigating allegations of discrimination, retaliation, harassment or wrongdoing, and terminations
• Works with corporate/regional safety leaders to ensure plant level safety is driving compliance with company, Federal and State safety regulations including maintaining a safe working environment for all employees
• Plans and executes comprehensive recruiting action plans to maintain a strong funnel of qualified applicants to fill open positions and meet daily or weekly hiring targets
• Ensures bi-weekly and weekly payroll is processed accurately and on a timely basis following the payroll schedule including training supervisors on proper approvals of working hours
• Ensures proper administration of Worker Compensation, FMLA and short-term disability claims in compliance with company, third party administrator and applicable laws and policies
• Maintains personnel, payroll, safety, legal or regulatory records as required by law
• Analyzes trends in hiring, compensation, and benefits; researches and proposes local competitive counter actions to attract and retain a stable and qualified workforce
• Helps investigate workplace accidents/incidents to identify root causes and support implementation of actions to avoid re-occurrence
• Conducts annual or as needed local market wage surveys to research competitive wage rates
• Creates learning and development programs and initiatives that provide internal development opportunities for employees
• Partners with Continuous Improvement leaders to identify improvement areas within HR and facilitate Kaizen events to eliminate redundancies, bottlenecks, or inefficiencies
• Works with management team members to ensure all disciplinary, terminations, and investigations actions are handled respectfully, timely and compliant with company policies or statutory regulations
• Leads and supports the development of community relations to increase plant/company brand recognition in the local labor market
• Maintains compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; reviews policies and practices to maintain compliance
• Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, safety, talent management, and employment law
• Performs other duties as assigned

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing, and conflict resolution skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate
• Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality
• Thorough knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required
• 7 years of human resources experience, including 5 years in a human resources supervisory role to include employee relations, staffing, benefits, safety, and/or attendance management
• Knowledge of applicable employment laws including FMLA, Worker Compensation, Equal Employment Opportunity, ADA, wage & hour, etc.

Shift

Full or Part Time

Full time

Cabinetworks Group (the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and we want to have the best available persons in every job. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company’s policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

Cabinetworks Group is an E-Verify employer. E-Verify is an Internet based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA) that allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees in the United States.