Construction HR Manager: Field Operations Partner

AppleOne Employment Services; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

AppleOne Employment Services is seeking an experienced HR Manager – Construction for direct-hire opportunities in Overland Park and the Kansas City metro area. The role supports employee relations, recruiting, performance management, and workforce planning across field-based teams.

You will partner with operational leaders, manage investigations, onboarding and HRIS data accuracy, and help align safety, productivity and communications across multiple locations.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of progressive human resources experience, with 6 to 10 years preferred for this level.
• Experience supporting construction, skilled trades, engineering, manufacturing, logistics, or other operational workforce.
• Strong knowledge of employee relations, workplace investigations, performance management, attendance issues, documentation, and corrective action.
• Experience recruiting for field, skilled-trade, technical, operational, or hard-to-fill positions.
• Working knowledge of federal and state employment requirements, OSHA-related practices, and HR compliance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted HR partner to employees, supervisors, project leaders, and senior management across field, operational, hourly, and salaried teams.
• Manage employee relations matters, workplace investigations, performance concerns, documentation, corrective action, and employee development conversations.
• Support workforce planning and recruiting for field, skilled-trade, technical, operational, and professional positions.
• Oversee onboarding, offboarding, benefits coordination, leave administration, HR compliance, personnel records, and HRIS data accuracy.
• Partner with safety and operations leaders on workers’ compensation, return-to-work matters, safety-sensitive workforce concerns, and OSHA-related practices.
• Review workforce trends such as turnover, attendance, retention, staffing needs, and policy consistency across multiple locations, jobsites, departments, or shifts.

Skills

Employee relations

Workplace investigations

Recruiting

Performance management

Workforce planning

HR compliance

HRIS

MS Office

Communication

Leadership coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP/PHR/SPHR certification

Tools

HRIS systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

AppleOne Employment Services is seeking an experienced HR Manager – Construction for direct-hire opportunities in Overland Park and the Kansas City metro area. The role supports employee relations, recruiting, performance management, and workforce planning across field-based teams.

You will partner with operational leaders, manage investigations, onboarding and HRIS data accuracy, and help align safety, productivity and communications across multiple locations.