Director of Human Resources

Volvo Group; Macungie (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 185,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement plans

Safety culture

Job summary

Volvo Group seeks a seasoned Senior HR Leader to serve as the plant's top HR partner, aligning people strategy with safety, quality, delivery, and cost goals. You will manage labor relations in a union environment, drive workforce planning, succession, organizational design, and change management to meet production needs while strengthening engagement and retention.

You will govern HR processes across compliance, ethics, and risk, using data and feedback from the shop floor to continuously

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience, with at least 5+ years in a site-level HR leadership role.
• Significant experience supporting a large, hourly unionized workforce in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience in labor relations, including collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiations and grievance management.
• Experience leading multiple functions with direct accountability across HR, Safety, Training, or related people-focused functions.
• Proven track record of building and developing high-performing teams.
• Experience developing workforce strategies and managing high-volume hourly talent pipelines in a manufacturing environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior HR leader for the plant and partner with Plant leadership to translate business priorities into a people strategy.
• Lead labor and employee relations in a union-represented environment, ensure policy application and issue resolution.
• Shape workforce planning, talent and succession, organizational design, and change management to meet production needs.
• Ensure HR governance across compliance, ethics, and risk management, and drive process improvements using data from the shop floor.
• Build credibility on the manufacturing floor and balance employee, leadership, and business needs.

Skills

Leadership

Labor relations

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder collaboration

Coaching & development

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business

Master's degree or SHRM-SPHR preferred

Job description

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

What You Will Do

You will serve as the senior HR leader for the plant and a trusted partner to Plant leadership, translating business priorities into a people strategy that supports safety, quality, delivery, cost, and culture.

You will lead labor and employee relations in a union-represented environment, ensuring constructive collaboration, contract administration, issue resolution, and consistent application of policies and practices. You will shape workforce planning, talent and succession, organizational design, and change management to meet production needs while strengthening engagement and retention.

You will ensure strong HR governance across compliance, ethics, and risk management, and drive continuous improvement of HR processes using data, insights, and feedback from the shop floor.

We are looking for a seasoned, multi-functional people leader who has earned credibility on the manufacturing floor. You understand the complexity of union environments, the urgency of production operations, and what it takes to lead across HR, Safety, and Training while keeping people and business outcomes at the center.

Your future team

• A site-based HR team supporting manufacturing operations and shared services partners
• Close collaboration with Plant leadership, line managers, and union representatives
• A strong network across Volvo Group HR for expertise in labor relations, rewards, and development
• Partners in HSE, Quality, Finance, and Industrial Engineering to align people and business outcomes
• Cross-functional teams supporting safety, training, workforce development, and operational performance

Who are you?

You are a strategic and hands-on HR leader who is comfortable spending time where the work happens and who builds credibility through listening, fairness, and follow-through. You bring deep experience in manufacturing HR and labor relations and understand the unique demands of supporting a large hourly workforce in a union environment.

You are equally comfortable thinking strategically with senior leaders and rolling up your sleeves to address issues on the manufacturing floor. You can navigate complexity with a calm, structured approach, build strong relationships with union partners, and balance the needs of employees, leaders, and the business.

You have experience leading multiple people-focused functions and building high-performing teams. You use data to guide decisions, communicate clearly with different audiences, and coach leaders to develop their teams, strengthen accountability, and improve performance. You act with integrity, protect confidentiality, and role-model Volvo Group values in everyday decisions.

What You Bring

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field required
• Master’s degree or advanced HR certification such as SHRM-SCP or SPHR strongly preferred

Experience

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience, with at least 5+ years in a site-level HR leadership role
• Significant experience supporting a large, hourly unionized workforce in a manufacturing environment required
• Demonstrated experience in labor relations, including collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiations and grievance management
• Experience leading multiple functions with direct accountability across HR, Safety, Training, or related people-focused functions
• Proven track record of building and developing high-performing teams
• Experience developing workforce strategies and managing high-volume hourly talent pipelines in a manufacturing environment preferred

What’s in it for you?

• A key leadership role with direct impact on a flagship manufacturing site
• Opportunities to influence transformation across a global industrial group
• Competitive compensation and benefits, including health coverage and retirement plans
• A culture that prioritizes safety, continuous improvement, and personal development

At the Volvo Group, we strive for a clear, transparent, and straightforward compensation approach, motivating you to contribute to the company’s growth. For this position, the base pay is set at $185,000 - $210,000 annually, and where applicable, bonus eligible. The range for this role, as well as final salary offered, is determined by several factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, work-related knowledge, certifications, skills, education, and experience. In addition to these factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.

In addition to a solid package of compensation and benefits, plus you will enjoy:

• Competitive medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Generous paid time off.
• Competitive matching retirement savings plans.
• Working environment where your safety, health and wellbeing come first.
• Focus on professional and personal development through Volvo Group University.
• Programs that make today’s challenging reality of combining work and personal life easier.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail.

Who We Are And What We Believe In

We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.

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