HR Business Partner

Jobtailor; Torrington (CT); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Torrington, CT is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to align people strategy with business goals. You will advise leaders on workforce planning, employee relations, and policy application, while ensuring compliant, consistent practices.

You will collaborate across HR, support recruitment, onboarding, and employee experience, and help design programs for engagement, development, and performance management.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of progressive HR experience across ER, performance, recruiting, engagement, or HR operations.
• Foundational knowledge of employment laws and when to escalate.
• Consistently apply policies while balancing employee needs and business requirements.
• Build credibility through listening, clear communication, confidentiality, and follow-through.
• Support managers in HR processes, data analysis, and practical recommendations.
• Strong communication with employees and leaders at various levels.
• Organized, curious, dependable, and eager to grow HR business-partner skills.
• Bachelor's degree preferred; related HR experience may substitute.
• Proficiency with Office and ability to learn HRIS, ATS, LMS, reporting systems.
• Office-based role with occasional production-floor and lab exposure; ~20% travel.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders on workforce priorities including planning, headcount, vacancies, and turnover.
• Use workforce trends to identify needs and support action plans.
• Provide employee relations and compliance support; respond to questions and guide investigations.
• Apply policies consistently and elevate high-risk matters.
• Develop manager capabilities on goal setting, feedback, and development.
• Support talent acquisition, onboarding, retention, and employee experience initiatives.
• Coordinate performance reviews, succession planning, and training administration.
• Strengthen engagement and culture through surveys and recognition.
• Collaborate across HR to provide consistent support across departments and shifts.
• Partner with HR and EHS on safety initiatives and employment-law compliance.
• Support compensation and change initiatives with market and job information.

Skills

Employee Relations

Performance Management

Talent Acquisition

HR Policy Application

Workforce Planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field

Tools

HRIS

Applicant-Tracking Systems

Learning-Management Systems

Reporting Systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

• Partner with leaders on business and workforce priorities, including workforce planning and monitoring headcount, vacancies, hiring, overtime, attendance, turnover, time-to-fill, engagement, and internal movement.


• Use workforce trends to identify needs and support measurable action plans.


• Provide employee relations and compliance support, respond to employee and manager questions, assist with workplace investigations, and guide attendance, performance, and corrective-action processes.


• Apply policies consistently and elevate complex or high-risk matters appropriately.


• Develop manager and supervisor capabilities through guidance on goal setting, feedback, documentation, accountability, employee development, and HR policy application.


• Support talent acquisition, onboarding, retention, and employee experience initiatives.


• Coordinate performance reviews, talent discussions, succession planning, high-potential development, training, tuition reimbursement, and online learning administration.


• Strengthen engagement and culture through surveys, recognition, communications, inclusion efforts, and action plans.


• Collaborate across HR to provide responsive, consistent support across departments and shifts.


• Partner with HR and EHS on safety initiatives, workers’ compensation, return-to-work programs, required documentation, and employment-law compliance.


• Support compensation, organizational, and change initiatives, including market and job information, compensation and job-evaluation documentation, communications, training, and employee needs related to process, technology, organizational, and culture changes.

Requirements

• 3+ years of progressive HR experience, including exposure to employee relations, performance management, recruiting, engagement, training, or HR operations.


• Foundational knowledge of employment laws and understanding of when to seek guidance or elevate a concern.


• Ability to apply policies consistently while balancing employee needs, business requirements, empathy, and accountability.


• Ability to build credibility by listening, communicating clearly, maintaining confidentiality, and following through on commitments.


• Comfort supporting managers, coordinating HR processes, analyzing information, and making practical recommendations.


• Effective verbal and written communication with employees and leaders at different levels.


• Organized, curious, dependable, and motivated to develop HR business-partner capabilities.


• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred; relevant HR experience may be considered in place of a degree.


• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and ability to learn and use HRIS, applicant-tracking, learning-management, and reporting systems.


• Primarily office-based and comfortable with occasional work in production-floor and lab settings.


• Availability for approximately 20% travel based on business needs.


• Must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.; employment visa sponsorship is unavailable.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in employee relations, performance management, and talent acquisition while effectively applying HR policies and compliance standards. Capable of analyzing workforce trends to support strategic HR initiatives and enhance employee engagement.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Employee Relations


• Performance Management


• Talent Acquisition


• HR Policy Application


• Workforce Planning

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• HR Operations


• Workforce Analysis


• Compliance Support


• Performance Review Coordination


• Succession Planning


• Training Administration


• Employee Development


• Engagement Strategies


• Data Analysis


• Employment Law Knowledge

Soft Skills

• Effective Communication


• Organizational Skills


• Empathy


• Dependability


• Curiosity

Industry Keywords

• Workforce Trends


• Employee Experience


• Change Initiatives


• Safety Initiatives


• Workers' Compensation

Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft Office


• HRIS


• Applicant-Tracking Systems


• Learning-Management Systems


• Reporting Systems