Senior HR Business Partner: Workforce & Leadership

Jobtailor; Torrington (CT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an HR Business Partner to align workforce strategies with production planning and financial goals. You will partner with plant leaders to drive people initiatives, manage labor costs, and ensure policy compliance across the site.

You will coach managers, lead investigations, support training, and help build a high-performance culture. This role requires strong HR generalist experience with a focus on engagement and development.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience including at least 2 years in an HR Business Partner or strategic HR generalist role.
• Strong experience in employee relations, performance management, employee engagement, learning & development, compensation practices, training support, and workforce planning.
• Understanding of US employment law and ability to apply HR policies with consistency, fairness, discretion, and sound judgment.
• Ability to build credibility with leaders and employees through listening, clear communication, follow-through, empathy, and accountability.
• Comfort coaching managers and helping teams strengthen goals, feedback, engagement, and development practices.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, including presenting sensitive information to employees and leaders at all levels.
• Strong knowledge of US employment law; Mexico/Canada/California expertise is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred; relevant HR experience may substitute for a degree.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and HRIS, ATS, LMS, and reporting systems.
• Primarily office-based work with occasional production-floor and lab settings; travel ~20%.
• Authorized to work in the U.S.; visa sponsorship is unavailable.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Director of HR and plant leaders to align workforce priorities with production forecasts and business goals.
• Collaborate on headcount planning, overtime, attendance, workforce utilization, hiring targets, and labor-cost opportunities.
• Support employees and leaders across shifts; conduct complex investigations and coach managers on attendance, performance, and discipline.
• Coach plant managers and frontline leaders; support training in employment law, performance management, and people leadership.
• Identify critical manufacturing positions; support succession planning and development of high-potential talent.
• Coordinate training, tuition reimbursement, and manage external partners; maintain learning content.
• Partner with leaders and recruiting to support hiring goals, retention, engagement, and development.
• Work with EHS to reinforce safety culture and OSHA awareness, workers’ compensation, and wage-and-hour compliance.
• Support restructuring, automation, site expansions, and culture initiatives; collaborate with the HR team.
• Review market data and organizational needs to advise on pay decisions and workforce structure.
• Drive initiatives on turnover, hiring, absenteeism, engagement, internal promotions, and cost management.

Skills

Employee relations

Performance management

Workforce planning

Communication

Coaching

Labor law knowledge

Training & development

HR policies & compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR or related field

HR certification (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Office

HRIS

Applicant Tracking Systems

Learning Management Systems

Reporting Systems

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking an HR Business Partner to align workforce strategies with production planning and financial goals. You will partner with plant leaders to drive people initiatives, manage labor costs, and ensure policy compliance across the site.

You will coach managers, lead investigations, support training, and help build a high-performance culture. This role requires strong HR generalist experience with a focus on engagement and development.