Senior HR Business Partner

Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing; Creedmoor (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Ontic Creedmoor is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to align people strategies with business goals at our Creedmoor, NC site. You will advise site leadership on workforce planning, talent development, and employee engagement across a growing aerospace organization.

You will partner with global HR teams to ensure consistent, compliant delivery of HR programs, and you will help strengthen our culture, develop talent, and drive organizational change through collaboration with leaders at

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or related field.
• 5+ years of senior HR experience.
• Experience partnering with leadership in a multi-site, global organization.
• Strong knowledge of employee relations, performance management, workforce planning and compliance.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills to coach leaders.
• Desirable HR certifications such as PHR or SPHR are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop workforce plans and succession initiatives with site leadership.
• Provide strategic HR guidance on employee relations, performance, and organizational effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development to support hiring and development initiatives.
• Champion employee engagement and inclusive workplace culture.
• Lead performance management, talent reviews, and organizational change initiatives.
• Partner with compensation, benefits, and budgeting teams within global frameworks.
• Use workforce data to identify trends and advise on HR policy compliance.

Skills

Strategic HRBP

Employee Relations

Performance Management

Workforce Planning

Talent Management

Leadership Development

Change Management

Communication

Influencing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources

Job description

Senior HR Business Partner

Creedmoor - North Carolina, USA | Onsite

About Ontic Creedmoor

Our 100,000 sq ft Creedmoor facility brings together a broad mix of electronic, avionic and electro-mechanical aerospace capabilities, alongside several businesses within the Ontic Group.

From flight-control actuators and cockpit instrumentation to fire-protection systems and data recorders, the teams at Creedmoor support a diverse portfolio of products that perform critical functions across civil and military aircraft.

It's a collaborative, fast-moving environment where engineering, manufacturing, quality and support teams work together to solve complex challenges. For people who like taking ownership, finding better ways to do things and seeing the impact of their work, there's plenty of opportunity to make a difference.

The opportunity

As a Senior HR Business Partner at Ontic, you'll be a trusted advisor and strategic partner to our Creedmoor site leadership team, helping shape the people strategies that support business performance, organizational growth and long-term success.

Reporting to the Site HR Director, you'll work closely with leaders to translate business priorities into effective workforce planning, talent development, employee engagement and organizational initiatives. You'll also collaborate with our global HR teams and specialist functions to ensure consistent, effective delivery of HR programs and practices.

This is a highly collaborative, hands-on opportunity for an experienced HR professional who enjoys influencing leaders, solving complex people challenges and driving meaningful improvements. You'll play an important role in strengthening our culture, developing talent and supporting organizational change across our growing aerospace business.

What you'll be doing

• Partner with site leadership to develop and execute workforce plans, talent strategies and succession planning initiatives that align with business objectives, organizational capability and future workforce needs.
• Provide strategic HR guidance and coaching to leaders on employee relations, performance management, organizational effectiveness and people-related decisions, ensuring fair, consistent and compliant practices.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development teams to support hiring strategies, early careers programs, employee development and initiatives that strengthen talent pipelines.
• Champion employee engagement, inclusion and retention by partnering with leaders to implement action plans, strengthen workplace culture and support a positive employee experience.
• Lead and support performance management, talent reviews, succession planning and organizational change initiatives, helping leaders build high-performing teams and develop future talent.
• Partner with HR specialist teams on compensation, benefits, salary reviews and workforce budgeting, ensuring alignment with global frameworks, local requirements and business priorities.
• Use workforce data, people metrics and business insights to identify trends, assess organizational risks and recommend improvements while supporting consistent application of HR policies and compliance requirements.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or a related field, with at least 5 years of senior-level HR experience.
• Demonstrated experience providing strategic HR business partnering and advising leadership teams within a multi-site, global organization.
• Strong knowledge of employee relations, performance management, workforce planning, talent management and employment compliance.
• Experience supporting organizational change, employee engagement and leadership development initiatives.
• Strong communication, influencing and relationship-building skills, with the ability to coach leaders, navigate sensitive situations and resolve complex people challenges.
• Ability to interpret workforce data, identify trends and translate insights into practical recommendations that support business performance.
• Desirable: Professional HR certification such as PHR or SPHR.

Additional requirement: Willingness to travel between Ontic sites as business needs require.

Why Ontic?

At Ontic, we're specialists in keeping critical aircraft flying. Our work supports civil and military aviation around the world, giving established aircraft products the long-term support they need to remain safe, reliable and available.

But it's our people who make that possible. We're a growing, global team where you're trusted to take ownership, encouraged to challenge how things have always been done and supported to develop your career as our business grows.

We believe in embracing the challenge - working together to solve complex problems and create opportunities for our customers, our business and each other.