HR Manager
Norsk Hydro
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Cressona • Pennsylvania • United States
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About the role
- Execute workforce planning to ensure talent availability aligned with operational goals
- Lead succession planning and pipeline development for future leadership and critical skills
- Identify and prioritize training needs, managing development, apprenticeship, and upskilling programs
- Coach and train managers to strengthen people-leadership capabilities
- Serve as escalation point for employee concerns, ensuring open communication and conflict resolution
- Promote a positive, inclusive workplace culture and encourage feedback
- Develop and implement engagement and retention strategies, including recognition and work-life balance efforts
- Conduct surveys, analyze results, create action plans, and monitor improvement
- Partner with GBS Recruiting to execute talent acquisition strategies aligned with facility needs
- Oversee full-cycle recruitment: postings, interviews, selection, and hiring
- Manage and enhance onboarding to ensure smooth new-hire transitions
- Align hiring processes with internal postings and seniority-based requirements
- Lead the annual appraisal process per Hydro procedures, facility goals, and CBA requirements
- Guide managers on goals, evaluations, and effective feedback
- Address performance issues in alignment with PIP and progressive discipline policies
- Oversee payroll accuracy, including wage structures, shift differentials, and contractual provisions
- Collaborate with shared services and related functions
- Manage benefits and leave programs in legal compliance
- Sponsor recognition programs supporting high performance
- Ensure HR systems operate efficiently and accurately
- Align HR strategies with business objectives, partnering with senior leaders
- Lead organizational development efforts supporting restructuring and improvement
- Analyze HR metrics, providing insights and executive summaries on KPIs such as turnover, absenteeism, and inclusion
- Act as a change agent supporting smooth transitions and continuous improvement
- Ensure compliance with employment laws (NLRA, OSHA, FLSA, ADA, FMLA) and company policies
- Enforce HR policies through audits
- Maintain confidentiality and protect sensitive employee data
- Serve as primary contact for union representatives, managing grievances, negotiations, and disputes
- Ensure adherence to CBA provisions
- Lead bargaining negotiations, including costing and proposal preparation
- Conduct investigations related to disputes and discipline, ensuring consistent application of policy and CBA terms
- Oversee benefits and leave administration per CBA and legal requirements
- Lead and develop HR staff through clear priorities, stretch assignments, and feedback
- Support participation in corporate HR initiatives and professional development
- Model professionalism, confidentiality, and strong labor-relations practices
- Direct HR staff in supporting plant operations and collaborating effectively with leadership
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field is required; Master's degree preferred- or equivalent professional experience
- Minimum seven plus years of HR experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment, including at least two years in a unionized setting
- Experience in collective bargaining, workforce planning, HR compliance, and talent management required
- Strong knowledge of labor laws (NLRA, FLSA, OSHA, FMLA, ADA) and CBA interpretation
- Experience managing union negotiations, grievance handling, and employee relations, where applicable
- Proficiency in HRIS systems, timekeeping software (e.g., Success Factors, UKG/UltiPro), and Microsoft Office Suite
- Ability to analyze HR metrics to identify trends and drive process improvements
- Strategic mindset, with a focus on HR best practices and operational efficiency
Benefits
- Medical, Rx, Dental, Disability, Life Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Retirement Savings Plans with Company Match/Contributions
- Education Assistance
- Bonus Plan Eligibility
- Parental Leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
workforce planningsuccession planningtraining needs analysisfull-cycle recruitmentonboarding managementHR metrics analysiscollective bargainingemployee relationsHR compliancetalent management
Soft Skills
people leadershipconflict resolutioncommunicationcoachingfeedbackorganizational developmentchange managementprofessionalismconfidentialitycollaboration
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Human ResourcesBachelor's degree in Business AdministrationMaster's degree in Human Resources (preferred)