General Dynamics

HR Business Partner - Labor and Employee Relations

General Dynamics • $95K — $115K *
Lima, OH 45801In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in HR management, Business Administration, or related field
  • 10+ years of relevant experience
  • Must be at least 18 years of age and a US citizen
  • Ability to obtain unescorted access to the facility through a vetting process
  • Strong communication skills (written, verbal, computer)
  • Ability to work effectively in a team with a unionized workforce
  • Good time management skills
  • Experience with a unionized workforce preferred

Responsibilities

  • Establish strong relationships with internal stakeholders and clients
  • Coach business leaders on HR policies and organizational issues
  • Focus on talent acquisition and pipeline development
  • Promote diversity and inclusion in recruitment and retention
  • Conduct salary analysis for hires and internal movements
  • Partner with leaders and HR Solution Centers on total rewards and metrics
  • Facilitate resolution of complex employee concerns
  • Support local UAW agreement administration and negotiations

Benefits

  • Flexible work schedules
  • 401(k) with Company Match
  • Bonus eligibility
  • Employee development opportunities
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • On-site amenities
  • Comprehensive medical/dental/vision insurance
Full Job Description
Job Description

Role Summary:

The HR Business Partner - Labor and Employee Relations role will be supporting a unionized, manufacturing environment. This role builds strong relationships with business leaders and union partners, providing coaching on HR policies, organizational issues, and labor relations matters. The position drives talent acquisition and pipeline development (including military, technical schools, and intern/co-op programs), promotes diversity and inclusion, and conducts salary analysis for hires and internal movements. It partners closely with HR Solution Centers on total rewards, ensures consistent policy interpretation and compliance with laws and regulations, and leads to the resolution of complex employee issues. The role also supports local UAW agreement administration, including negotiations, grievances, and contract interpretation, while maintaining effective relationships with local union leadership.

Responsibilities:
  • Establish and maintain an intimate understanding of the client organizations and the business, in the interest of building effective and productive working relationships with internal stakeholders and clients, at all levels of the organization
  • Coach business leaders on HR policies and processes
  • Coach business leaders on key organizational and management issues.
  • Have a strong focus on acquiring and retaining top talent and on building pipeline for future needs, including strategy for onsite recruiting, technical colleges/trade schools, focused military recruitment initiatives and intern/ co-op programs
  • Develop thoughtful, integrated approaches to promote diversity and inclusion in talent attraction, development and retention
  • Conduct salary analysis and implement for new hires, merit, promotions, equity adjustments and other salary transactions
  • Partner with business leaders and HR Solution Centers to assess impact of current total rewards offerings to ensure competitive attraction and retention of top talent while leveraging metrics for key decision-making
  • Interpret policies and procedures and provide guidance in a consistent manner to managers, employees, and HR business partners
  • Facilitate the resolution of complex employee concerns, including discipline when appropriate
  • Counsel management on corrective actions ensuring consistency and adherence to company policies
  • Ensure compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations
  • Interact closely/positively with other HR representatives to achieve departmental goals and objectives in a team environment
  • Execute and partner with the Labor Relations Solution Center to ensure alignment with proactive Labor Relations strategy
  • Understand and execute National and Local UAW Agreements
  • Support and coach management with respect to a wide variety of labor relations issues
  • Provide support for local negotiations, grievance handling, contract administration, and other local labor relations activities
  • Develop and maintain an effective working relationship with local union leadership in order to successfully resolve shop floor and contract administration issues

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in human resource management, Business Administration, or another related field
  • 10+ years relevant experience
  • Must be at least 18 years of age and a US citizen
  • Must be able to obtain unescorted access to the facility through the vetting process as administered by the Department of Army Police
  • Demonstrated proficiency in communication skills (written, verbal, computer) required
  • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a teaming environment with unionized workforce to support customer and manufacturing requirements
  • Must be able to work independently or with minimum oversight to address responsibilities
  • Must have good time management skills
  • Experience with unionized workforce preferred

Additional Information
  • Availability to work outside regular business hours as needed, to address critical issues. This position may require eligibility to obtain a US security clearance. (Non-US Citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance).

GDLS considers factors such as, scope/responsibilities of the position, candidate experience, education/training background, in addition to local market comparableandbusiness considerations when extending an offer.

General Dynamics Lands Systems provides a competitive compensation package, site specific flexible work schedules, 401(k) with Company Match; Bonus Eligibility, Employee Development Opportunities, Tuition Reimbursement, On-site Amenities, and comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance.

About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is involved in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat vehicles and systems, armaments, and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and mission-critical information systems and technologies. General Dynamics has four main business segments. Aerospace designs, develops, manufacturers and services a comprehensive offering of advanced business-jet aircraft. Combat Systems specializes in producing, supporting and sustaining land and expeditionary combat systems for the U.S. military and its allies. Marine Systems designs, builds and supports submarines and a variety of surface ships for the U.S. Navy and commercial customers. The Information Systems and Technology group offers a breadth and depth of technology and service capabilities that support a wide range of government and commercial needs, including systems integration expertise; hardware and software products; and engineering, management and support services.

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Learn more about General Dynamics
Size
103,100 employees
Market Cap
$67.9 billion
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Net Income
$3.1 billion
Founded
1952
5 Year Trend
+4.7%
Revenue
$37.9 billion
NASDAQ
GD
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