Site Human Resource Manager

About the Role

Working closely with the Site Director Ashtabula and the global Human Resources Director for the business, the Site Human Resources Manager leads the HR function at a site employing 450 people in a unionized, capital-intensive environment. This is a hands-on site HR leadership role with explicit ownership across the full HR agenda: Industrial Relations, Change Management, Recruitment, Learning & Development, Reward, Recognition, HRIS, and HR Operations, including acting as “first chair” in day-to-day labor relations and union engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site HR function and act as the senior HR voice on the site leadership team.
• Take ownership of the relationship with the union, including leading collective bargaining, grievance handling, and day-to-day labor relations.
• Move the union relationship from its current state to one that supports a reliable, productive plant.
• Work alongside operations leadership to raise plant reliability through manning levels, shift patterns, attendance, skills, and working practices.
• Build leadership accountability across the site management team and set a clear standard for how performance is managed.
• Reinforce the INEOS approach to safety, health, and the environment in everything the site does.
• Drive workforce productivity and remove practices that hold back output.
• Lead recruitment, talent development, and capability building for the site.

Requirements

• Senior site HR leader with experience in a process industry, chemicals, or a manufacturing industry with similar characteristics.
• Understanding of running people processes inside a continuous production plant where output, safety, and cost all sit on the same balance.
• Experience with the rhythm of shift work, plant turnarounds, and the pressure of production environments.
• US labor relations experience in a unionized setting, including leading collective bargaining, handling grievances, and managing day-to-day relationships with workforce representatives.
• Track record of improving difficult industrial relations and moving them onto a more productive footing.
• Entrepreneurial, fast-moving leadership style with strong communication skills, accountability, and delegation ability.
• Hands-on approach, operating close to the plant and its people.
• Proven judgment, understanding of business needs, and readiness to lead, decide, and act.
• University degree in a relevant subject; additional professional qualifications in human resources management will be helpful.

Schedule

This is a salaried, exempt position with typical work hours of 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with an annual bonus.
• Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability with the buy-up option.
• Basic life & AD&D insurance with a buy-up option for self and dependents.
• 401(k) with company match.