About this role:
The HR Manager, Labor Relations leads the labor and employee-relations strategy for a Carrier manufacturing facility, protecting a positive, direct-relationship work environment. Working with limited supervision on complex matters, this role advises leaders on labor law, manages investigations and dispute resolution, and builds the frontline practices that sustain employee engagement and trust.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leads the site labor and employee-relations strategy, promoting a positive, union-free work environment.
- Advises and coaches leaders on employee-relations matters, corrective action and consistent policy application.
- Conducts and documents workplace investigations, ensuring fair, timely and defensible outcomes.
- Manages dispute resolution, grievances, hearings and, where applicable, collective-bargaining support.
- Ensures compliance with US labor and employment law (NLRA, FLSA, Title VII/EEO, ADA, FMLA) and responds to agency charges.
- Monitors employee sentiment and organizational climate, translating insights into action plans.
- Develops and delivers leader training on labor relations, positive employee relations and legal compliance.
- Partners with Legal and site leadership on risk assessment and mitigation strategies.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree
- 7+ years of HR experience with a focus on labor and employee relations in a manufacturing environment.
- 3+ years of experience working with US labor and employment law (NLRA, FLSA, Title VII/EEO, ADA, FMLA).
- 3+ years of experience conducting and documenting complex workplace investigations.
- 3+ years of experience advising and coaching leaders on corrective action, performance and dispute resolution.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Labor/Industrial Relations, Business, Psychology or related field.
- Demonstrated ability to support positive, union-free environments and/or manage union relationships.
- Strong conflict-management, influencing and communication skills with hourly and salaried populations.
- Experience with collective bargaining, contract administration or union-avoidance campaigns.
- SHRM-SCP, SPHR or labor-relations certification.
- Experience supporting large hourly workforces across multiple shifts.
Pay Range
The annual salary for this position is between $96,000.00 - $192,000.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate. The pay range will not be below the minimum wage applicable to the jurisdiction in which the applicant is to be employed.
Other Compensation
Thisposition is entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.
Benefits
Employees are eligible for benefits, including:
Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives
Retirement Benefits
Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation
Disability: Short-term and long-term disability
Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
Tuition Assistance
To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here . The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Application Deadline
Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days fromJobPosting Date: 25 September 2026
Use of AI
Technology-enabled tools may support parts of the recruitment process, with oversight by people.
