HR Manager - Construction

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

Job Summary

We are recruiting experienced HR Manager - Construction candidates for direct-hire opportunities in the Overland Park and Kansas City metro area. This role is ideal for a human resources professional who understands the fast-paced realities of supporting construction, skilled trades, engineering, manufacturing, facilities, logistics, or other field-based teams.

The HR Manager will partner closely with operational leaders, supervisors, project teams, and employees to support employee relations, compliance, recruiting, performance management, and workforce planning. This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys being a practical HR partner in a hands-on environment where safety, productivity, communication, and accountability matter.

These opportunities may offer exposure to supportive leadership teams, collaborative operations groups, stable local employers, and the ability to make a visible impact on employee experience, retention, leadership coaching, and HR process improvement.

Key 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.

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary range: $80,000 to $95,000 per year.
• Some direct-hire opportunities may target compensation generally around $90,000 to $110,000 annually, depending on employer, scope of responsibility, company size, industry experience, direct reports, and multi-location responsibility.
• Job type: Direct hire.
• Location: Overland Park, KS and Kansas City metro area.
• Benefits: Not specified.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Manage employee relations, workplace investigations, performance coaching, and corrective action processes.
• Support recruiting, onboarding, HR compliance, leave administration, workers’ compensation, and HR documentation.
• Partner with construction, skilled-trades, manufacturing, engineering, logistics, facilities, or operational leaders to support workforce needs.
• Maintain HRIS records, monitor workforce trends, and recommend practical improvements to HR policies and employee programs.
• Five or more years of progressive human resources experience, with 6 to 10 years preferred for this level of role.
• Experience supporting construction, skilled trades, engineering, manufacturing, logistics, facilities, or another 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.
• Familiarity with workers’ compensation, leave administration, safety-sensitive environments, or OSHA-related practices.
• Experience supporting employees across multiple locations, jobsites, departments, or shifts.
• Proficiency with HRIS platforms and Microsoft Office.
• Strong communication, judgment, follow-through, confidentiality, documentation, and leadership coaching skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, or a related field.
• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR certification.
• Prior HR leadership experience in construction, commercial construction, residential construction, skilled trades, or field services.
• Experience supporting both hourly and salaried employees in a multi-site or jobsite-based environment.

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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AppleOne is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.

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We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.