Plant HR Manager - Manufacturing & People Strategy

Dexter Axle; Cooper (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wage

Health/Dental/Vision

Profit sharing

401(k) plan

Career development

Job summary

Dexter Axle seeks a Human Resources Manager to lead on-site HR for Cooper, TX manufacturing sites, partnering with plant leadership to deliver employee relations, workforce planning, and HR standard work in a fast-paced production environment. The role requires 5+ years of manufacturing HR experience, bilingual English/Spanish, and a Bachelor's degree in HR or related field; SHRM/PHR preferred.

You will drive staffing, compliance, training, and data integrity while supporting safety and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Industrial Relations, or related field preferred; equivalent plant HR experience considered.
• 5+ years of HR experience required; with a minimum 5 years of manufacturing, industrial, fabrication, automotive, metals, or related plant HR experience strongly preferred.
• Required: employee relations, investigations, corrective action, workforce planning, labor staffing, attendance management, HR compliance, supervisor coaching, HRIS/timekeeping discipline, and hands-on support for hourly manufacturing teams.
• Preferred: SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR.
• Languages: Bilingual English/Spanish required.

Responsibilities

• Partner with plant leadership to translate production, capacity, and growth plans into practical people strategies and staffing actions.
• Lead employee relations, investigations, corrective action, policy interpretation, documentation, and escalation with sound judgment and consistency.
• Build demand-driven workforce plans tied to production schedules, overtime, attendance, turnover, critical skills, and shift coverage.
• Coach frontline leaders on performance standards, underperformance, attendance management, communication, accountability, and values-based leadership.
• Execute HR standard work across the employee lifecycle, including hiring support, onboarding, attendance and leave, ER case management, corrective action, performance management, compensation/job changes, and HR data integrity.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition, Safety, Operations, and Training to improve hiring velocity, 0-90 day retention, compliance completion, and workforce readiness.
• Maintain strong floor presence across shifts and provide support for employee communication, coaching, onboarding, meetings, and investigations.
• Use workforce data, dashboards, and trend analysis to identify risk, recommend countermeasures, and improve labor predictability and plant performance.

Skills

Employee relations

Investigations

Corrective action

Workforce planning

Labor staffing

Attendance management

HR compliance

Supervisor coaching

HRIS/timekeeping

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

HRIS

Timekeeping discipline

Job description

Dexter Axle seeks a Human Resources Manager to lead on-site HR for Cooper, TX manufacturing sites, partnering with plant leadership to deliver employee relations, workforce planning, and HR standard work in a fast-paced production environment. The role requires 5+ years of manufacturing HR experience, bilingual English/Spanish, and a Bachelor's degree in HR or related field; SHRM/PHR preferred.

You will drive staffing, compliance, training, and data integrity while supporting safety and