Human Resource Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Human Resources Manager

Location: On-Site in Montgomery County, PA

Shift: 7:30-3:30 (Mon-Fri)

Compensation: Up to $115,000, based on experience

Reports to: Owner

The Opportunity

The ideal candidate combines strong HR expertise with the emotional intelligence and practical leadership needed to earn the trust of a hands-on workforce. This is an opportunity to stabilize HR operations, strengthen employee relationships, and guide meaningful organizational change.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead HR operations across multiple manufacturing facilities.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the owner and management team.

• Oversee performance management and related documentation.

• Manage employee onboarding and offboarding.

• Administer employee benefits and insurance programs.

• Oversee workers' compensation matters.

• Lead environmental, health, and safety compliance efforts.

• Maintain compliant employee records and document-retention practices.

• Promote consistent HR policies and practices across both locations.

• Build productive relationships with employees, supervisors, and company leadership.

• Lead and develop an HR support team consisting initially of one direct report, with anticipated growth.

• Introduce improvements in a way that earns workforce understanding, trust, and support.

What Success Looks Like

The successful HR Manager will:

• Establish credibility with employees and leadership.

• Build strong working relationships throughout the manufacturing workforce.

• Bring consistency and stability to HR operations across both facilities.

• Drive necessary change without losing employee engagement.

• Create an HR function that is approachable, responsive, and operationally effective.

Required Qualifications

• Human resources leadership experience within a manufacturing environment.

• Experience managing multiple HR functions, including performance management, onboarding, benefits, workers' compensation, compliance, and employee documentation.

• Strong emotional intelligence and interpersonal judgment.

• Demonstrated ability to enter an established organization and earn the trust of its workforce.

• Ability to balance employee advocacy with the operational needs of the business.

• Clear, confident communication skills and a highly visible, people-focused leadership style.

• Ability to work on-site and travel periodically between company facilities.

Preferred Background

• Experience supporting more than one manufacturing location.

• Career experience with multiple organizations, providing exposure to different cultures, systems, and approaches.

• A record of successfully taking over an established HR function.

• Experience leading organizational or process changes while maintaining workforce support.

• Experience managing or developing HR team members.

Benefits:

• Health / Dental / Vision / Prescription
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Life / Short-Term Disability / Long-Term Disability
• Paid Vacations and 9 Paid Holidays Annually