Site Human Resource Manager

INEOS Pigments•Ashtabula, OH

6d•Onsite

About The Position

At INEOS Pigments, we value the contribution of our people in making us one of the largest producers of titanium dioxide in North America. Providing numerous products and services to industries around the globe, from coatings to plastics to paper and other end-uses, we invest in employee development and offer a wide range of career opportunities, offering everyone the chance to broaden their experience and build a professionally rewarding career. 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. The site employs 450 people and operates 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.

Requirements

Senior site HR leader who has built a career in a process industry, chemicals or a manufacturing industry with similar characteristics.
Understands what it means to run people processes inside a continuous production plant where output, safety and cost all sit on the same balance.
Experienced in environments with the rhythm of shift work, plant turnarounds and the pressure that comes when every lost hour of production is volume the business could have sold.
US labor relations experience in a unionized setting.
Track record of improving a difficult relationship and moving it onto a more productive footing.
University degree in a relevant subject is required.

Nice To Haves

Additional professional qualifications in human resources management will be helpful.

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.
Lead collective bargaining, grievance handling and day-to-day labor relations, and move the 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.