Employee Relations Manager

Energy Innovation Corp; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Four-day flex week

Ongoing coaching

Job summary

Meta in Kalamazoo, MI is seeking an Employee Relations Manager to bridge mentoring with decision making, turning ambiguous requests into measurable outcomes. You will read signals, reprioritize proactively, and surface risks with proposed fixes.

This role requires 6+ years of experience, strong communication, and mentoring ability. The position offers a $85,000–$137,000 annual salary, a four-day flex week, and ongoing coaching to deepen your innovation skills.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience backing your own estimates.
• Strong communication skills, capable of disagreeing professionally.
• Well-versed in Meta's space, informed by personal study.
• Attention to quality and consistency in output.
• Solid analytical thinking with leadership ability.
• Proven ability to mentor others.

Responsibilities

• Stitch together mentoring and decision-making into a coherent workflow.
• Read Meta's signals and reprioritize without being asked.
• Turn ambiguous team leadership requests into shipped, measurable outcomes.
• Navigate customer-obsessed ambiguity and ship nonetheless.
• Surface risks early, loudly, with a proposed fix attached.
• Keep manager expectations grounded in contract role deliverables.

Skills

Estimating experience

Conflict communication

Industry perspective

Quality focus

Analytical thinking

Mentoring ability

Job description

There's a contract opening at Meta for an Employee Relations Manager, and the work starts where Time Management meets a genuinely hard problem. Take ownership, lean on your 8 years of Emotional Intelligence, and earn $85,000 - $137,000 as part of a team that grows with you.

Key Responsibilities

• Stitch together Mentoring and Decision Making into one coherent workflow
• Read Meta's general signals and reprioritize without being asked
• Turn ambiguous Team Leadership requests into shipped, measurable outcomes
• Make peace with customer-obsessed ambiguity and ship anyway
• Surface risks early, loudly, and with a proposed fix attached
• Keep manager expectations grounded in what the contract role can deliver

What You'll Bring

• At least 6 years of standing behind your own estimates
• A communicator who can disagree without making it personal
• A point of view on Meta's space, sharpened by your own reading
• A keen eye for quality and consistency in your output
• Hands-on command of Analytical Thinking, with Team Leadership as a close second
• Demonstrated ability to teach what you know to someone greener

At Meta, our mission is to make general simpler, faster, and more accessible for everyone in Kalamazoo, MI and beyond. We default to writing things down so the whole general team stays in the loop without endless meetings.

At Meta, you'll find $85,000 - $137,000, a four-day flex week option, and ongoing coaching to deepen your Innovation skills.

This role is being actively staffed, with offers expected before the quarter closes.