Human Resources Director

Foxtrot Aviation Services; Green (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Foxtrot Aviation Services is seeking an HR Director who will be the senior human resources leader, owning HR strategy, multi-state employment-law compliance, risk management, benefits strategy, and workforce planning. You will report to executive leadership, set policy and direction, and guide the most critical employment decisions.

You will lead HR policy across locations, manage HR systems, reviews metrics, and partner with operations to strengthen safety culture in safety-sensitive

Qualifications

• Senior HR leader responsible for HR strategy across multiple states.
• Oversee policies, compliance, and risk management.
• Lead benefits strategy and workforce planning.
• Direct HR team and HR training across locations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute HR strategy aligned with growth goals and operational needs.
• Advise executive leadership on workforce planning and organizational structure.
• Oversee policy development, HR initiatives, and regulatory compliance.
• Lead internal investigations into harassment and discrimination; manage high-risk employment decisions.
• Partner with operations to strengthen safety culture in safety-sensitive environments.

Job description

The HR Director is the senior-most Human Resources leader for FoxTrot Aviation Services, a multi-location aviation and facility-detailing services company operating across multiple states in safety-sensitive environments. Reporting to executive leadership, the HR Director owns HR strategy, multi-state employment-law compliance, employment-risk management, benefits strategy, workforce planning, and leadership of the HR team. The role sets policy and direction, advises the executive team, and leads the company’s highest-risk employment decisions.

HR Strategy & Organizational Leadership

• Develop and execute the HR strategy in alignment with company growth goals and operational needs.
• Advise executive leadership on workforce planning, labor strategy, and organizational structure.
• Lead company-wide HR policy development and HR initiatives across all locations.
• Oversee HR systems, processes, and strategic reporting, and review HR metrics to guide decisions.

Multi-State Employment Law & Compliance Oversight

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws across all operating locations and states.
• Oversee policy updates as laws change (wage-and-hour, leave, pay transparency, and related requirements).
• Provide guidance on complex employment matters and legal risk, coordinating with outside employment counsel when necessary.
• Oversee compliance across FLSA wage-and-hour, OSHA workplace safety, FMLA and state leave, ADA accommodations, and EEOC / anti-discrimination law.
• Lead HR compliance reviews and audits and ensure required documentation is maintained.
• Identify and mitigate employment-related risk and oversee the company’s legal exposure.
• Oversee internal investigations into harassment, discrimination, and workplace misconduct, personally leading high-risk matters.
• Manage litigation risk and coordinate legal responses.
• Partner with insurance providers on employment practices liability (EPLI) coverage.
• Partner with operations leadership to strengthen the safety culture in a safety-sensitive aviation environment.

Benefits Strategy & Vendor Oversight

• Design and manage the overall benefits strategy and long-term benefits planning.
• Lead benefits renewals and broker negotiations and evaluate cost-control strategies for health plans.
• Oversee retirement plan strategy and governance.
• Ensure compliance with ACA reporting, ERISA, and COBRA requirements.
• Forecast staffing needs, labor costs, and expansion planning, and develop long-term recruitment and retention strategies.
• Analyze turnover, staffing levels, and labor-market trends to inform decisions.
• Establish recruiting strategy and employer branding and set onboarding standards and programs.
• Oversee leadership development, succession planning, and the leadership / compliance training strategy.
• Partner with operations leadership on workforce scalability across locations.
• HR staff and establish HR performance standards and goals.
• Lead HR training initiatives for people managers across the company.
• Ensure consistent, compliant HR practices across all sites and states.

High-Level Employee Relations

• Provide guidance on complex employee-relations issues, disciplinary actions, and terminations.
• Review and approve high-risk terminations and other high-risk employment decisions.
• Oversee sensitive investigations and ensure fair, consistent, and legally sound outcomes