Human Resources Manager

About the role

The Human Resources Manager is responsible for leading, coordinating, and implementing all aspects of human resources for Fleet Engineers in Muskegon, Michigan and Tramec Sloan in Holland, Michigan. This position will have a primary office location in Muskegon and will be expected to work onsite in Holland at least two days per week. This role serves as a key business partner to local leadership, a trusted resource for employees, and an active support partner to operations.

Responsibilities

• Partners with local leadership to support business goals, employee engagement, workforce planning, and overall HR strategy.
• Partners closely with operations leadership to understand business needs, staffing challenges, employee concerns, production workforce needs, and opportunities to improve communication, engagement, and accountability.
• Provides visible and proactive HR support to employees, supervisors, managers, and operations leadership at both the Muskegon and Holland locations.
• Affirms regularly with employees to assess job satisfaction, retention risk, workplace morale, and overall employee concerns; develops and recommends solutions to address known challenges.
• Serves as both an employee resource and business partner, helping to support a positive, respectful, productive, and accountable workplace culture.
• Participates in the development and execution of company and HR department goals, objectives, policies, and standards.
• Recommends, implements, and interprets HR policies and procedures.
• Reviews and approves employee documents and transactions within the company’s HRIS system, Paylocity.
• Serves as a key support partner to operations by assisting with employee communication, attendance concerns, performance management, workforce planning, training needs, employee relations, and retention efforts.
• Supports recruitment efforts for exempt and non-exempt positions, including job postings, candidate screening, interview coordination, hiring recommendations, and onboarding.
• Ensures recruiting and hiring practices comply with federal and state laws and company policies.
• Suggests modifications to recruiting and retention practices to help maintain a competitive position in the labor market.
• Supports the administration of employee benefit programs, including health, dental, vision, leave of absence, disability, life insurance, and retirement benefits.
• Serves the administration of fringe benefit programs, including wellness, safety shoes, uniforms, prescription safety glasses, and similar programs, to ensure accuracy and compliance with company policies.
• Provides guidance and support related to attendance, absenteeism, HR metrics, recruiting, training, employee development, and retention.
• Manages workers’ compensation matters for assigned locations, including claim coordination, communication, documentation, and return-to-work support.
• Supports wellness and safety-related initiatives in partnership with local leadership and the safety team.
• Analyzes HR reports, trends, and department initiatives in relation to established goals and recommends new approaches to support continuous improvement.
• Acts as a change agent and culture champion, supporting company values, employee engagement, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Follows all established company practices and procedures, including safety rules, environmental protocols, and workplace standards.

Requirements

• Minimum 3+ years of Human Resources experience in a manufacturing environment required.
• SHRM-CP, PHR, or SPHR certification preferred.
• Prior experience supporting multiple locations preferred.
• Experience with employee relations, investigations, performance management, recruiting, onboarding, and HR compliance.
• Workers’ compensation, safety, benefits, or leave administration experience preferred.
• HRIS experience required; Paylocity experience preferred.
• Must be detail-oriented, organized, dependable, and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Must be trustworthy, approachable, professional, and able to maintain confidentiality.
• Must be able to build and maintain strong working relationships with employees, supervisors, managers, and senior leadership.
• Must be comfortable spending time on the production floor and engaging directly with employees in a manufacturing environment.
• Bilingual in Spanish is a plus.