Requisition Number: 78929
Role PurposeThe Employee Relations Director/Senior Manager provides strategic employee and labor relations support across U.S. manufacturing sites. This role partners with Operations, Human Resources, and business leaders to promote a positive work environment, maintain productive labor-management relationships, manage labor relations risk, and support business objectives.
Key Responsibilities• Serve as the corporate Employee Relations representative across assigned manufacturing locations, including represented and non-represented sites.
• Partner with site and corporate leaders to provide consistent labor relations guidance across multiple facilities.
• Lead or support collective bargaining, grievance handling, arbitration strategy, and case preparation.
• Advise leaders on employee relations, labor relations, policies, investigations, and workplace issues.
• Develop and implement employee relations strategies aligned with corporate, business, and plant objectives.
• Partner with Human Resources, Operations, and Legal to address employee relations risks and strengthen labor-management relationships.
• Lead or support efforts to cultivate a positive work environment in U.S. manufacturing locations.
Experiences/Education - Required• Bachelor's degree in Industrial and Labor Relations, Human Resources, or a related field required; Master's degree preferred.
• 8+ years of labor relations or Human Resources experience with significant labor relations responsibility, including plant- and corporate-level experience.
• Experience supporting multiple locations required.
• Strong consultation, facilitation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Labor relations strategy development and collective bargaining experience; first-chair negotiation experience preferred.
• Experience with union contract administration, grievances, arbitrations, and NLRB or other agency proceedings.
• Business acumen, Human Resources service orientation, and project-management skills.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across corporate, functional, and plant-level leadership teams.
Experiences/Education - Desired• Human Resources generalist experience.
• Human Resources or labor relations experience in a manufacturing environment.
This position does not support immigration sponsorship. The range for this position is $182,214.00 - $250,545.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.
A job that shapes a life. Corning offers you the total package. Your well-being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial aspirations, and career from day one.
- Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. When Corning wins, we all win.
- As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning's total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service.
- Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family.
- Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That's why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions.
