Our consultants are recruiting nationally for a full-time, staff Director of Human Resources to join their team located in Middletown, IA. As Director, you’ll lead Human Resources for two sites (Middletown, IA and Milan, TN) supporting ~ 800 union, hourly and salaried employees. You will serve as a strategic business partner to the business unit leadership team, drive workforce planning and effective staffing to support consistent and stable operations within the business. The Director is responsible for aligning, prioritizing and implementing HR programs and practices to ensure short/long term organizational success.
This position is fully onsite and operates with a 4 day workweek.
As the Director of Human Resources, here’s the work you’ll do:

Serve as a strategic business partner to the American Ordnance leadership team.
Leads a high performing HR organization that provides a high level of customer service.
Lead Labor and Employee relations, inclusive of promoting constructive relationships, negotiating and implementing CBAs for 10 unions and responding proactively to employee and labor relations concerns.
Provide management and oversight for all HR initiatives relative to talent acquisition, talent management, performance management, employee relations, total rewards, DE&I, and process/compliance/technology.
Leads organizational change related to growth, efficiency initiatives, and technology implementations.
Partners with leadership to understand business needs, future state requirements, stakeholders, behavioral shifts, structural change, training and communication implications, etc.
Ensures compliance of HR programs, practices and processes with employment law, company policy and federal regulations associated with being a federal contractor.

This role is for you if you have these skills:

Understand business strategy and how to align and prioritize HR processes and practices to support the organization’s vision and goals
Strong investigative and analytical skills; able to work through necessary channels to accomplish outcomes in complex settings
Interpersonal savvy to relate comfortably and diffuse conflict situations
Strong ability to consult, partner and lead change
Strong working knowledge of multiple human resource disciplines including staffing, compensation practices, organizational diagnosis, employee and union relations, diversity and performance management

And If You Have These Qualifications

BA/BS, Masters degree preferred
10 or more years of HR experience in a related industry managing multiple sites
SPHR preferred
Open to Travel (up to 20%)
Great attitude and team player.
Successful completion of background screening process.

Staff receives a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical/Rx, dental and vision coverage; life, AD&D and disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; 100% paid maternity leave for up to 12 weeks, parental leave, family leave, other paid time off; voluntary benefits and discount programs to meet our employees’ individual needs including pet insurance for our furry family members!
To Ensure a Safe Work Environment While Meeting The Physical Demands Of The Job, You Must Be Able To Perform The Following Physical And Mental Tasks, With Or Without a Reasonable Accommodation

Visual acuity (e.g., needed to prepare and analyze data, to transcribe documents, to view a computer, to read, to inspect objects, to operate machinery.
Balancing (e.g. maintaining equilibrium when walking, climbing, crouching, etc.)
Stooping (e.g. bending the spine at the waist)
Reaching (e.g. reaching the arms or legs in any direction)
Lifting motion or lifting objects more than 15 pounds
Walking
Repetitive motion of any part of the body
Kneeling, crouching or crawling
Manual Dexterity (e.g. picking, pinching, typing, or other working that uses fingers)
Grasping (e.g. use of hand to apply pressure)
Feeling (e.g. perceiving an object’s size, shape, texture, etc.)
Climbing (e.g. ascending/descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, pole, etc. using feet and legs and hands/arms to climb)
Hearing
Talking
Capacity to think, concentrate and focus for long periods of time.
Ability to read complex documents in the English language.
Capacity to reason and make sound decisions.
Ability to write complex documents in the English language.
Capacity to express thoughts orally.
Ability to regularly perform all job functions at Company’s office or worksite.

TO APPLY - Please forward resume and compensation requirements to Debra Hartmann at dhartmann@pailingroup.com

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