Human Resources Manager

Baker Charles; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker Charles, a fast-growing, private equity–backed manufacturing business, is seeking a hands-on HR Manager to partner directly with the COO and leadership team to scale our people function and drive value creation.

You will own HR for manufacturing operations, supporting hourly plant staff and salaried teams, building robust processes, supporting operational excellence, and guiding talent, performance, and engagement initiatives across multi-site sites.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of US employment law and managing hourly/shift-based workforces.
• Experience building HR processes from scratch: recruiting, onboarding, performance management, policies.
• Experience in a private equity-backed or high-growth environment is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruiting for hourly and salaried roles across production, maintenance, quality, engineering and office functions.
• Partner with COO and plant leaders on headcount planning and staffing strategy to support targets.
• Coach supervisors on performance, discipline and difficult conversations; manage investigations and terminations.
• Maintain and update HR policies and handbook for multi-site manufacturing; ensure legal compliance (FLSA, FMLA, ADA, OSHA).
• Coordinate payroll and benefits; support cost-tracking and reporting; drive training and development.

Skills

HR management

Recruiting

Employee relations

Labor law

HRIS

Payroll

People analytics

Education

HR degree

SHRM-CP/SCP or PHR/SPHR

Tools

HRIS

Job description

We’re a fast-growing, private equity–backed manufacturing business with circa $200m in revenue. We’re looking for a hands-on, commercially minded HR Manager to partner directly with our COO and leadership team to scale our people function, strengthen operations, and drive value creation.

About the role

You’ll own HR for our manufacturing operations, covering both hourly plant employees and salaried staff. This is a high-impact role where you’ll build robust HR processes, support operational excellence, and help execute our PE-backed growth plan through disciplined talent and performance management.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead full-cycle recruiting for hourly and salary roles across production, maintenance, quality, engineering, and office functions.
• Partner with the COO and plant leaders on headcount planning, labour cost analysis, and staffing strategy to support production targets and growth/add-on acquisitions.

Employee relations & performance management

• Act as the first point of contact for employee issues; coach supervisors on performance, discipline, and difficult conversations.
• Manage investigations, grievances, and terminations in line with policy and law; run structured performance review and goal-setting cycles.

HR policies, compliance & risk (manufacturing focus)

• Maintain and update the employee handbook and HR policies for a multi-site manufacturing environment.
• Ensure compliance with federal and Florida employment laws (wage & hour, FLSA, FMLA, ADA, EEO, workers’ comp, OSHA-related collaboration with EHS).

Compensation, benefits & payroll coordination

• Administer benefits programs, manage open enrollment, and work with brokers on cost-effective plans for hourly and salaried teams.
• Oversee or coordinate payroll preparation and approvals; support labour cost tracking and reporting for the COO/CFO.
• Identify training needs for frontline leaders and key plant roles; coordinate technical and leadership training pathways.
• Drive engagement, safety culture, and retention initiatives tailored to shift-based manufacturing teams.

HR operations, systems & reporting

• Maintain accurate employee records in our HRIS; standardise onboarding/offboarding and core HR workflows.
• Provide regular HR metrics to the COO (turnover, absenteeism, time-to-fill, overtime, workers’ comp, engagement) and contribute to PE reporting packs and diligence on add-ons.

What you’ll bring

• Strong level of HR experience
• Manufacturing, CPG or industrial environment sector experience highly desirable
• Strong knowledge of US employment law, plus practical experience with hourly/shift-based workforces and union/non-union settings as applicable.
• Proven ability to build practical HR processes from scratch and improve existing ones (recruiting, onboarding, performance, policies).
• Excellent stakeholder management; confident partnering with a COO, plant managers, and senior ops leaders.
• HR degree or related field; SHRM-CP/SCP or PHR/SPHR preferred.
• Experience in a private equity–backed or high-growth company is desirable; comfortable with rapid change, KPIs, and value-creation plans.
• Proficiency with HRIS and HR analytics; advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills are a plus.