HR Business Partner III

Socket.dev; Torrington (CT); On-site; USD 104,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental &amp

Retirement Plan (401K)

Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary &

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Disability Insurance (Short/Long-Term)

Tuition Reimbursement

Training & Development

Wellness Resources

Job summary

Dymax seeks an experienced HR Business Partner in Torrington, CT to align HR practices with business goals and build trusted relationships across the organization.

You will partner with plant leaders, manage staffing, employee relations, performance management, compensation, and development programs while ensuring compliance with US employment laws and regional nuances; travel about 20% is expected.

Qualifications

• Ten+ years of progressive HR experience with at least 2 years in an HR Business Partner or strategic HR generalist role.
• Strong experience in employee relations and performance management, engagement, and workforce planning.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic business partner to connect workforce priorities with production forecasts and business goals.
• Help optimize staffing and labor costs with headcount planning and recruitment targets.
• Provide trusted employee relations support across all shifts and coach managers on performance and discipline.
• Champion leadership development by coaching managers and supporting training on employment law and accountability.
• Support talent acquisition, engagement, retention, and succession planning with business leaders.
• Champion safety and compliance with EHS and wage-and-hour laws and OSHA awareness.
• Partner during organizational change with plant leadership on restructurings and automation implementations.
• Support fair compensation and job practices by reviewing market data and internal needs.

Skills

Employee relations

Performance management

Employee engagement

Learning & development

Compensation practices

Training support

Workforce planning

US employment law

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

HRIS

Applicant tracking

Learning management systems

Reporting systems

Job description

About Us

Dymax, part of the Bachmann Chemical & Engineering family of brands is based out of Torrington, Connecticut. Dymax is globally recognized as a pioneer in the development of light-curable adhesives and curing equipment. Today, our expansive portfolio of innovative adhesives, coatings, and maskants are supported by dispense solutions and cutting-edge UV and LED light-curing equipment. Unlike our competitors who supplying standard products, Dymax focuses on the customer experience by tailoring solutions that help customers lower costs, reduce their carbon footprint, improve efficiency, and drive profitability. Our focus on being a customer intimate organization has led us to where we are today: a rapidly expanding force within our industry, an innovative product portfolio, extraordinary employees, and a bright future based on creating quality offerings with a dedication to business growth.

Why This Job Is a Big Deal!

As an HR Business Partner, you play a meaningful role in helping Dymax grow through its people. You will partner with leaders to connect HR practices to business priorities, build trusted relationships across the organization, and provide practical, people-centered guidance that supports strong teams, engaged employees, and a culture where learning and development feel relevant, energizing, and valuable.

What You Will Get to Do

• Serve as a strategic business partner. Partner with the Director of HR and plant leaders to connect workforce priorities with production forecasts, staffing models, operational plans, and business goals.
• Help optimize staffing and labor costs. Collaborate with HR, Operations, and Finance on headcount planning, overtime, attendance, workforce utilization, hiring targets, and labor-cost opportunities.
• Provide trusted employee relations support. Support employees and leaders across all shifts, conduct complex investigations, and coach managers through attendance concerns, performance improvement plans, corrective actions, and disciplinary processes.
• Champion leadership development. Coach plant managers, supervisors, and frontline leaders while supporting training in employment law, performance management, employee relations, accountability, and effective people leadership
• Strengthen talent and succession planning. Partner with the Director of HR and business leaders to identify critical manufacturing positions, support succession planning, and develop high-potential employees and internal talent.
• Advance learning and development. Identify development needs, coordinate training and tuition reimbursement, manage external partners, maintain online learning content, and facilitate programs aligned with employee and operational needs.
• Support talent acquisition, engagement, and retention. Partner with leaders and recruiting resources to support hiring goals, strengthen retention, improve engagement, and promote meaningful performance and development practices.
• Champion safety, compliance, and employee wellbeing. Partner with EHS to reinforce a strong safety culture and support OSHA awareness, workers’ compensation, return-to-work programs, and compliance with employment and wage-and-hour laws.
• Support organizational change. Partner with the Director of HR and plant leadership during restructuring, technology and automation implementations, site expansions, consolidations, workforce reductions, and culture initiatives.
• Serve as a leader and role model within the HR team. Support and collaborate with the five-person site HR team, model Dymax values, share knowledge, and help ensure responsive and consistent HR support across all shifts.
• Support fair compensation and job practices. Review market data, job responsibilities, and organizational needs to provide informed recommendations related to pay decisions, job evaluations, and workforce structure.
• Help drive measurable results. Champion initiatives designed to improve turnover, hiring, absenteeism, engagement, internal promotions, compliance, safety, and labor costs, while supporting progress reporting and follow-through.

Who You Are

• You bring 10+ years of progressive HR experience, including at least 2 years in an HR Business Partner or strategic HR generalist capacity.
• You have strong experience in employee relations, performance management, employee engagement, learning and development, compensation practices, training support, and workforce planning.
• You understand U.S. and regional employment law and know how to apply HR policies with consistency, fairness, discretion, and sound judgment.
• You build credibility with leaders and employees by listening well, communicating clearly, following through, and balancing empathy with accountability.
• You are comfortable supporting HR processes, coaching managers, and helping teams strengthen goals, feedback, engagement, and development practices.
• You communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, and can clearly present sensitive, complex, or business-critical information to employees and leaders at all levels
• You have strong knowledge of US and regional employment law, compensation, training, and workforce planning. Mexico, Canada or California expertise a plus

Education

• A 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.

Software Skills

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

Work Conditions

• You are primarily office-based and comfortable with occasional work in production-floor and lab settings.

Travel Demands

• You are available for approximately 20% travel based on business needs.

Dymax offers its employees:

• Attractive salaries
• Personal growth opportunities
• Excellent benefits packages that include:
  • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision) - effective date of hire
  • Retirement Plan (401K)
  • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
  • Generous Paid Time Off and Public Holidays
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  • Free uniforms and footwear
  • Training & Development
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Wellness Resources

Salary Range:$104,000 - $150,000

Dymax takes the compensation of its employees very seriously and considers several factors when determining the total compensation package including but not limited to location, market range, skills, knowledge, experience, and abilities. The base salary range represents the low and high end of the Dymax salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and may be above or below the range. The range listed is just one component of Dymax’s total compensation packages for employees.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Dymax provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, domestic violence status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.