Job Description

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Location: Culpeper/Fredericksburg (supporting Jamison and Fredericksburg)
Reports To: Sr. HR Manager
Imagine this: a production supervisor flags a brewing conflict on the floor, a candidate is ready for an offer, and a new hire class starts at noon. You bring calm, structure, and momentum--balancing people advocacy with operational needs in a heavy industrial manufacturing environment.
Core Responsibilities

• Be the frontline HR partner for employees and leaders, ensuring a positive, compliant, and inclusive workplace.
• Manage full-cycle recruitment and onboarding for hourly and salaried roles, from sourcing to day-one readiness.
• Advise and coach managers on performance management, conflict resolution, and consistent application of policy.
• Build, refine, and implement policies and procedures that meet legal requirements and business goals.
• Oversee compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and internal policies.
• Design and run orientation and onboarding programs that highlight a collaborative and respectful culture.
• Collaborate with operations leadership on engagement, retention, and recognition initiatives.
• Administer HR processes: leaves of absence, benefits, attendance--executed with accuracy and confidentiality.
• Lead continuous improvement in HR using Lean principles and a creative, solutions-first mindset.
• Maintain meticulous, confidential employee records.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of progressive HR experience; manufacturing or heavy industrial strongly preferred.
• Willingness to travel between Fredericksburg and Culpeper, VA.
• Expert knowledge of employment law and HR best practices.
• Demonstrated success in employee relations, recruiting, and onboarding.
• Experience creating and implementing policy.
• Outstanding communication, interpersonal, and conflict-resolution skills to foster a respectful environment.
• Bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred.
• UKG experience is a plus.
• Lean manufacturing exposure is a plus.
• Ability to thrive in a high-volume production environment while staying sustainable in approach.

What Guides Us
Our values--collaborative, creative, accountable, respectful, excellent, and sustainable--shape decisions and behaviors. You'll model them daily and help others do the same.
Proficiencies

• Leadership / People Management
• Bachelor's Degree
• Labor Management Systems Knowledge
• Language: Spanish
• Workers' Compensation
• Recruiting
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Recruiting and Training Experience

Skills Required