KWS Director of Human Resources

Knightconst; Deer Park (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid medical, dental, vision, and life

401(k) with employer match

Paid Time Off and holidays

Training and professional development

Team events and culture programs

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Knight Wall Systems Inc. is seeking an experienced HR Director for a full-time onsite role in Deer Park, WA. You will work directly with the COO and senior leadership to shape workforce strategy, organize teams, and develop leaders.

This role emphasizes strategic execution with a hands-on approach in a manufacturing environment. You will drive talent acquisition, employee relations, performance management, and HR operations while building strong partnerships with executive leadership on business

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, business or related field required (Master's preferred).
• 8+ years of progressive senior HR leadership experience.
• Experience in manufacturing or operational environments preferred.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building with executives.

Responsibilities

• Build recruiting strategies, strengthen talent pipeline, improve quality of hire.
• Develop workforce plans aligning people, structure, compensation, and staffing with growth.
• Coach managers, strengthen leadership capabilities, improve performance management.
• Create an engaged culture with clear expectations and strong communication.
• Provide HR perspective to business and financial decisions.
• Leverage data, technology, and processes to enhance HR effectiveness.

Skills

HR leadership

talent acquisition

employee relations

performance mgmt

organizational development

leadership coaching

change management

communication

stakeholder management

Education

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

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Our History:

Established in 2010 in Deer Park, Washington, Knight Wall Systems Inc. (“KWS”) specializes in the design and manufacture of thermally efficient rainscreen attachment systems. Driven by innovation and high performance, our technologies have set new standards for the rainscreen and cladding industries, resulting in several awards such as Environmental Building News’ “Top 10 Green Building Products,” Readers’ Choice Award from Metal Construction News magazine, and three-time recipient of Architectural Record’s Record Products designations.

What We Need:

Our current HR Director is returning to her home in Arizona, so we are seeking our next leader to join the team. This role is a full-time onsite position and is a strategic, hands-on leadership opportunity reporting directly to the COO.

This role works closely with senior leadership and managers across the organization. If hired, you’ll help determine who we need, how we organize our teams, how we develop our people, and how our workforce supports the financial and operational performance of the Company. We are seeking a true HR professional who will:

Build the Team

Develop recruiting strategies, strengthen our talent pipeline, improve quality of hire, and help KWS attract and retain exceptional people.

Shape the Organization

Develop workforce plans that align people, organizational structure, compensation, and staffing with our growth and financial objectives.

Develop Leaders

Coach managers, strengthen leadership capabilities, improve performance management, and build greater accountability throughout the organization.

Build the Culture

Create an environment where people are engaged, communication is strong, expectations are clear, and employees can do their best work.

Influence Business Decisions

Bring an HR perspective to organizational and financial decisions—and help leadership understand the business impact of workforce choices.

Build the HR Function

Use data, technology, and better processes to make HR more effective, efficient, and valuable to the organization.

Your Background Should Include:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field (Master's preferred).
• 8+ years of progressive senior HR leadership experience; strategic in thinking, but hands-on in execution.
• Experience in a manufacturing, construction, distribution or another operational environment with an understanding of workforce planning, safety programs, and operational labor requirements, strongly preferred.
• Outgoing, approachable and highly people-oriented.
• Exceptional communicator and relationship builder with demonstrated success partnering with executive leadership on business and organizational strategy.
• Experience leading organizational change, workforce planning, and leadership development initiatives.
• Strong background in talent acquisition, employee relations, performance management, organizational development, and HR operations.
• Passionate about developing people and building strong teams.
• Experience building or significantly improving HR programs, systems, and infrastructure.
• SHRM-SCP, SHRM-CP, SPHR, or PHR certification is a plus.

Our Benefits:

• Paid medical, dental, vision, and life insurance policies for employees with employer contributions to dependent coverage.
• Voluntary plans (health savings account, flexible spending account, long term disability, buy up life & AD&D insurance, accident insurance, and dependent plans).
• 401(k) with employer match - fully vested after 90 day waiting period.
• Paid Time Off (PTO), paid holidays and paid sick leave.
• Training and professional development classes.
• Fun monthly employee events.
• Family-friendly, collaborative culture.
• So much more!

No recruiting/staffing agencies.