HR Business Partner

HR Business Partner

Our manufacturing client in Harleysville, Pa is looking for a dynamic and strategic HRBP to join their team. This position offers a salary up to 180k plus bonus and excellent benefits.

This is an on site position.

Candidates must have Manufacturing experience.

About The Role: This role operates at two equally important levels: strategic partner to the CEO and hands-on HR practitioner on the plant floor. As our HR Business Partner, you will shape workforce strategy alongside the CEO while remaining deeply connected to day-to-day operations the first call for employee relations issues, a trusted coach to supervisors, and a compliance anchor across the full employee lifecycle. The successful candidate will be capable of covering every discipline within HR talent acquisition, employee relations, compensation, benefits, compliance, training, and legal matters and must bring the legal knowledge to navigate employment law confidently and independently. Critically, this role serves as a key advisor to the CEO on change management initiatives and workplace innovation, including the responsible integration of emerging technologies such as AI helping workforce adapt, grow, and remain competitive. You'll work across both hourly and salaried populations, visible where it matters on the floor, in leadership meetings, and everywhere in between.

What You'll Do:

• Advise the CEO on change management strategy guiding the organization through transitions, technology adoption, and workplace innovation including the responsible integration of AI tools and processes
• Serve as a trusted advisor to plant, operations, and executive leadership on workforce strategy, organizational decisions, and people risk
• Own employee relations end-to-end investigations, discipline, performance management, terminations with consistency and sound judgment
• Ensure compliance with employment law and company policy, including FMLA, ADA, workers' compensation, and leave administration
• Lead recruiting for hourly manufacturing, technical, and professional roles; oversee onboarding with a focus on safety, quality, and cultural fit
• Coach supervisors and managers on effective people leadership, accountability, and documentation
• Administer compensation structures, job classifications, and benefits in partnership with brokers and vendors
• Support succession planning for critical plant and leadership roles
• Maintain and strengthen relationship-driven culture through consistent, credible people practices

What We're Looking For:

• 7+ years of progressive HR experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or operations environment
• Broad HR generalist capability across all disciplines talent acquisition, employee relations, compensation, benefits, training, and compliance with no significant gaps
• Comfort and credibility on the plant floor with hourly employees and front-line supervisors
• Strong working knowledge of employment law FMLA, ADA, FLSA, EEO, OSHA, workers' compensation and the confidence to apply it independently without outside counsel for day-to-day matters
• Familiarity with change management principles and an informed perspective on workplace innovation, including how AI and emerging technologies affect workforce planning, job design, and employee experience
• Strategic mindset with the ability to advise the CEO on workforce planning, organizational design, and people risk while remaining fully engaged in day-to-day HR operations
• A practical, steady presence: you don't escalate unnecessarily, and you don't disappear when things get hard
• SHRM-CP, PHR, or equivalent certification preferred