We are currently seeking an experienced Manager, People Operations Business Partner to join our highly skilled, dynamic team in Bemidji, MN.

Pay Range: $80,000 - $100,000 annually, based on experience, skills, and certifications.

Opportunity for Impact

Reporting to the Director of People Operations, this role is responsible for designing, leading, and executing people strategies both locally and across the enterprise. This is a hands-on, high-impact role for a strategic People Operations professional who regularly engages with employees and leaders while also driving complex initiatives end-to-end and partnering closely with leaders to solve workforce challenges.

Please note, this is an individual contributor role.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with business leaders to understand business strategy and translate it into clear, measurable people strategies related to culture and engagement, employee development, organizational design, and site-level workforce changes.
• Analyze internal and external workforce data to inform practical, data-driven talent decisions, including turnover and retention trends, recruitment effectiveness, employee experience insights, and organizational health indicators.
• Own end-to-end, large-scale People Operations initiatives from problem definition and design through execution, change management, and post-implementation evaluation.
• Lead and continuously improve key components of the employee lifecycle (including talent acquisition, onboarding, development, performance management, and offboarding) to ensure consistency, scalability, and alignment with business priorities.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders and employees on employee relations matters, including performance management, coaching, corrective action, investigations, and terminations, ensuring consistency, fairness, and compliance with company policy and employment law.
• Facilitate, develop, and lead local employee communications in alignment with enterprise messaging, including organizational changes, people programs, and key initiatives.
• Ensure alignment with local, state, and federal employment laws and regulations, proactively identifying risk and partnering with leaders to implement compliant, practical solutions.

This role requires:

• Bachelor's degree in human resources or closely related field of study.
• Six (6)+ years in progressively complex People Operations or HR roles, including hands-on generalist responsibility and direct ownership of large-scale strategic initiatives (e.g., organizational change, workforce transformations, new employee experience roll-outs etc.).
• One (1)+ years in a manufacturing environment.
• One (1)+ years project management experience.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and professionally through written materials, presentations, and executive-level discussions.

Candidates with the following background are preferred:

• Master's degree in related subject area and/or advanced professional training with certification.
• Eight years' experience working in a human resources function as described above including leadership and organizational development.
• Experience working in a high-tech manufacturing environment.

Certain positions at Nortech require access to information, or technology that is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and other US government security regulations. These laws do not permit access rights to non-US citizens, or to other unauthorized individuals. Therefore, presently, all applicants must be US Citizens, or US Permanent Residents ("green card holders"), and/or otherwise comply with ITAR requirements for access rights, to be considered for a position.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.