HR Business Partner

HR Business Partner

Our manufacturing client in Harleysville, Pa is looking for a dynamic and strategic HRBP to join their team. This position offers a salary up to 180k plus bonus and excellent benefits.

This is an on site position.

Candidates must have Manufacturing experience.

About The Role: This role operates at two equally important levels: strategic partner to the CEO and hands-on HR practitioner on the plant floor. As our HR Business Partner, you will shape workforce strategy alongside the CEO while remaining deeply connected to day-to-day operations — the first call for employee relations issues, a trusted coach to supervisors, and a compliance anchor across the full employee lifecycle. The successful candidate will be capable of covering every discipline within HR — talent acquisition, employee relations, compensation, benefits, compliance, training, and legal matters — and must bring the legal knowledge to navigate employment law confidently and independently. Critically, this role serves as a key advisor to the CEO on change management initiatives and workplace innovation, including the responsible integration of emerging technologies such as AI — helping workforce adapt, grow, and remain competitive. You'll work across both hourly and salaried populations, visible where it matters — on the floor, in leadership meetings, and everywhere in between.

What You'll Do:

• Advise the CEO on change management strategy — guiding the organization through transitions, technology adoption, and workplace innovation including the responsible integration of AI tools and processes
• Serve as a trusted advisor to plant, operations, and executive leadership on workforce strategy, organizational decisions, and people risk
• Own employee relations end-to-end — investigations, discipline, performance management, terminations — with consistency and sound judgment
• Ensure compliance with employment law and company policy, including FMLA, ADA, workers' compensation, and leave administration
• Lead recruiting for hourly manufacturing, technical, and professional roles; oversee onboarding with a focus on safety, quality, and cultural fit
• Coach supervisors and managers on effective people leadership, accountability, and documentation
• Administer compensation structures, job classifications, and benefits in partnership with brokers and vendors
• Support succession planning for critical plant and leadership roles
• Maintain and strengthen relationship-driven culture through consistent, credible people practices

What We're Looking For:

• 7+ years of progressive HR experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or operations environment
• Broad HR generalist capability across all disciplines — talent acquisition, employee relations, compensation, benefits, training, and compliance — with no significant gaps
• Comfort and credibility on the plant floor with hourly employees and front-line supervisors
• Strong working knowledge of employment law — FMLA, ADA, FLSA, EEO, OSHA, workers' compensation — and the confidence to apply it independently without outside counsel for day-to-day matters
• Familiarity with change management principles and an informed perspective on workplace innovation, including how AI and emerging technologies affect workforce planning, job design, and employee experience
• Strategic mindset with the ability to advise the CEO on workforce planning, organizational design, and people risk — while remaining fully engaged in day-to-day HR operations
• A practical, steady presence: you don't escalate unnecessarily, and you don't disappear when things get hard
• SHRM-CP, PHR, or equivalent certification preferred