Senior Human Resources Manager
About the role
Join a Team That Powers the Mission-Critical.
At CIRCOR Aerospace & Defense, we don’t just build pumps and valves— we engineer the heartbeat of the world’s most advanced naval fleets. From our historic Warren, MA facility—home to the legacies of Warren Pumps and Portland Valve—we design and manufacture high-performance fluid control systems that protect those who protect us.
We are building precision technology that operates in the harshest environments on earth—on submarines deep below the surface, on ships safeguarding freedom at sea, and in missions where failure is not an option. By joining the CIRCOR team, you will be contributing to safeguarding people, vessels, and missions around the world. We’re a global team of over 3,100 people across 100+ countries, united by a single purpose: to keep the world safe, moving, and resilient.
Key Responsibilities
Manage the human infrastructure at Warren Pumps and Portland Valves, integrating expertise in union relations, ensuring business effectiveness and success through leveraging a full range of Human Resource functional capabilities.
Manage talent sourcing and selection, including attracting, selecting, and hiring best talent through maintaining and improving processes which assure integrity, government compliance, short time to fill, low cost, and positive experience for candidates and hiring teams.
Manage union labor relations, including resolving concerns/issues before reaching grievance-level, managing the process for open positions for bid within site, and representing/explaining the interests and concerns of Warren based leaders to internal and external stakeholders.
Support associate relations, including conflict avoidance and resolution, organizational development, onboarding and retention, HR data accuracy and reporting, compensation/rewards and recognition program development and administration, training program development and delivery, benefit management, organizational communications, and health, safety, and Workers Compensation program support.
Administer skill assessments, effective interviewing, participation in selection, development and presentation of offers, managing acceptance and start process, and benchmark positions to insure external competitiveness and internal equity and affordability.
Manage associate relations, including communications, training and coaching on interpreting and applying HR policies and procedures, and addressing and maintaining data on areas of concern to enable systemic problem identification and resolution.
Support continuous improvement, identifying HR process gaps and inefficiencies, and recommending solutions.
Candidate Profile
Demonstrated proficiency in designing and implementing fundamental HR programs and processes to attract and develop talent, benchmark and manage pay planning, manage performance, manage third party claims and audits, and maintain positive relations with associates.
Proficient in designing and implementing effective organizational and change management; and in use of project management methodology.
Familiarity with employment legal requirements including but not limited to EEO/AAP, COBRA, FMLA, FLSA, HIPAA, unemployment, workers compensation, FCPA, and SOX.
Intermediate Microsoft Office expertise with emphasis in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Strong problem-solving and data analysis skills, using both to support recommendations, track, and improve actions.
Strong process improvement, customer satisfaction, and team orientation.
Ability to move safely in a manufacturing environment.
Experience working across time zones and cultures.
Strongly preferred: Saturation in a union environment as an HR leader, experience in developing new and creative ways to attract top talent, well-versed in talent management and organizational development, Lean / Process Improvement certifications, or use of continuous improvement tools such, 5S and value stream mapping, 5 Why’s, RACI, Hosin Kanri.