Plant Human Resources Manager

Crucial Hire

Carthage (MO)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Crucial Hire in Carthage, MO, is seeking a Plant Human Resources Manager to modernize HR on the manufacturing floor, rebuilding hiring, onboarding, training, and retention while aligning HR with operations.

The role reports to the Director of Human Resources, with site HR Business Generalists reporting to this position. It supports 300+ employees across all shifts and requires a hands-on change agent who can balance compliance with practical impact.

Qualifications

Degree in HR, business, or management.
SPHR or SHRM-SCP preferred.
7+ years in HR disciplines with 4+ years in management, ideally in manufacturing.
Experience leading HR staff and partnering with Talent Acquisition/HRIS/Compliance.
Working knowledge of plant-floor employment law; ability to influence without authority.

Responsibilities

Serve as Plant Manager's partner on workforce planning and people-related decisions.
Diagnose issues, build a case for new approaches, and drive adoption.
Lead and develop the site HR Business Generalists.
Partner with HR managers at other sites for consistency.
Own site staffing, headcount, and staffing plans; collaborate with Corporate Talent Acquisition.
Coach supervisors, investigate disciplinary matters, and manage daily floor presence across shifts.
Oversee benefits, leave administration, FMLA, ADA, and workers compensation.
Ensure EEOC, FMLA, HIPAA compliance; wage-hour and recordkeeping; and reporting.
Coordinate safety training, safety compliance, and injury reporting.
Develop supervisor talent and build a bench of hourly leads ready to step up.
Report headcount, turnover, absenteeism, and overtime with actionable recommendations.

Skills

HR leadership

Change management

Employee relations

Recruiting

Compliance knowledge

HRIS

Payroll and benefits knowledge

Education

HR or Business degree

SPHR / SHRM-SCP preferred

Tools

HRIS systems

Applicant tracking system

Job description

Plant Human Resources Manager

Crucial Hire

Carthage, Missouri, United States (On-site)

About the Company

Established manufacturer, profitable and growing, with a site that runs around the clock. Leadership tenure here is long and turnover in the management ranks is low. This opening exists because the last person in the seat was promoted.

About the Role

This is a Plant HR Manager seat built for a business partner and change agent, not a policy administrator. The function is stable and well established. What it has not had is someone to modernize it. The incoming Manager will rebuild how the site hires, onboards, trains, and retains, change the working relationship between HR and operations, and put process in place that moves numbers rather than documents them. All of it at the pace of a manufacturing floor rather than a corporate calendar. Change on a plant floor is earned in person. Supervisors decide whether to follow you based on whether you are out there when something goes wrong at 5 a.m., not on what the org chart says. The people who succeed in this seat are the ones who can hold a hard line on compliance and still be the first call a Plant Manager makes. The reporting structure is dual. Functionally into the Director of Human Resources, Operations. Operationally into the Plant Manager. Site HR Business Generalists report into this role. The site supports 300 or more employees across all shifts. If you want a seat where HR is treated as an operating function and where what you build actually stays built, this is that seat.

Responsibilities

Business partnership.Serve as the Plant Manager's counterpart on workforce planning, organizational design, and the people side of every operational decision.
Change leadership.Diagnose what is not working, build the case for a different approach, and carry it through adoption. Influence without authority is the core skill here.
Team leadership.Lead and develop the site HR Business Generalists.
Peer partnership.Work alongside HR Managers at other sites to keep initiatives consistent across the business.
Recruitment and staffing.Own site talent acquisition, headcount, and staffing plans, and partner with Corporate Talent Acquisition on long-term workforce planning and candidate experience.
Employee relations.Front-line coaching for supervisors, investigations, disciplinary matters, and daily floor presence across shifts.
Benefits and leave.Enrollment, leave administration, FMLA, ADA, and workers compensation case management.
Compliance.EEOC, FMLA, ADA, HIPAA, NLRB, wage and hour, recordkeeping, and EEO reporting.
Safety.Coordinate compliance and safety training, keep the facility current on requirements and reporting, investigate work-related accidents, and prepare injury reports.
Training and development.Supervisor development, required training, and building a bench of hourly leads ready to step up.
Metrics.Headcount, turnover, absenteeism, and overtime reporting, with recommendations attached, not just numbers.

Qualifications

Degree in Business, Management, or Human Resources
SPHR or SHRM-SCP preferred
Seven or more years supporting the full spectrum of HR disciplines, preferably in a high-speed manufacturing environment, including four or more years in a management role
Experience leading or developing other HR staff
Experience partnering with Talent Acquisition, HRIS, Compliance, and other HR Centers of Excellence
Working knowledge of employment law as it applies on a plant floor
Demonstrated conflict and change management skill, and the ability to influence behavior without authority
A track record of building or improving processes, not just running the ones already in place. Be ready to describe two things you changed and what the numbers did afterward.
Working fluency with an HRIS and applicant tracking system, and the ability to build a report without waiting on corporate
Comfort with pace, ambiguity, and being on the floor. This is not a desk role.

Preferred Skills

Experience in a rural or smaller-market plant where the local labor pool is tight
Exposure to lean, continuous improvement, or a formal safety program
Interest in taking on multi-site or regional scope over time

Pay range and compensation package

Company-paid medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage. HSA and flexible spending options, dependent care savings, 401(k) with company match, tuition assistance, and paid vacation, holidays, and personal time.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Our client is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Seniority Level

Director

Employment Type

Full-time

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