Johns Manville · 11 hours ago
Senior Human Resources Manager
Johns Manville is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality insulation and commercial roofing. The Senior Human Resources Manager role involves designing, implementing, and administering HR programs, ensuring compliance with employment regulations, and fostering a positive employee relations environment across the Penbryn and Edison NJ facilities.
Building MaterialConstructionInterior DesignManufacturing
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain employee relations and engagement practices and programs that promote a positive employee relations environment including but not limited to:
Maintaining 'open door' policy at the plant
Actively listening to and engaging with employees on the plant floor
Coordinating community events and employee programs
Creating communications
Championing diversity and inclusion efforts
Investigating and ensuring fair and consistent responses to harassment and discrimination claims, ethics hotline calls, EEOC and /or state charges
Coaching and counseling plant leadership and supervisors regarding employee relations issues and discipline
Facilitate annual HR processes including compensation planning, economic packages, open enrollment, succession planning, and others
Develops and aligns HR initiatives to the business strategy which includes the ability to identify, analyze, understand and articulate business goals and objectives at the company, plant and business unit level
Partner with plant leadership to ensure all people’s needs of business are being met including but not limited to:
Driving the hourly employee staffing process from the sourcing strategy all the way through on-boarding
Developing crew models (provide the data to help make labor decisions)
Partnering with EH&S to improve safety performance
Creating communication plans
Determining training needs and managing training logistics
Planning and executing layoffs and curtailments
Ensure compliance with state and federal employment regulations and company policies
Lead or participate in company-wide HR projects that deliver results across businesses and geographies
Responsible for administering the collective bargaining agreement (CBA), participating in the development of labor strategy and participation in contract negotiations, and addressing union related issues through grievance resolution or arbitration
Responsible for direct supervision of services specialist
May be required to perform other related duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree with a minimum 8 years in a human resources role (will consider no Bachelor's degree if minimum of 12 years in a human resources role)
Experience in manufacturing or similar environment
Union experience required
Strong ability to communicate efficiently both orally and written with all levels of management and employees
Familiarity with using human capital management systems for employee-related processes
Working knowledge of employment and labor laws such as wage and hour, EEOC, FMLA, FLSA, Basic OSHA, etc
Proven ability to influence
Ability to network and collaborate across functions and levels
Ability to assess talent for purposes of selection, retention, and development
Ability to manage conflict situations
Strong investigation and discipline skills
Ability to research issues, propose strategies / solutions and make independent decisions
Experience with policy interpretation and application
Ability to interpret verbal and non-verbal behavior and develop accurate perceptions of others' feelings, needs, values and opinions
Strong change management skills
Strong Excel skills
Manages HR services specialist, sets direction, and deploys resources. Responsible for performance conversations, pay reviews, hiring and terminating
30% travel will be required between the Penbryn and Edison, NJ sites as well as occasional trips to corporate and/or other JM plants
Work environment is typical of an office in a manufacturing/industrial setting
May be required to lift, carry, push, or pull up to and including 25 pounds
Preferred
Bilingual preferred (Spanish, Polish)
Experience with Workday HCM preferred
Benefits
Comprehensive medical plans
Dental plan
Vision plan
Wellness program
Critical illness insurance
401(k) plan which includes a sizeable company match
Paid vacation
Paid sick and parental leave
Basic life Insurance
Short-term and long-term disability coverage
Employee assistance program
Business travel accident coverage
Supplemental life insurance
Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
Health spending account
Traditional flexible spending account
Dependent care spending account
Tuition reimbursement program for undergraduate and certain graduate programs
Educational opportunities
Company-wide mentoring program
Soft and hard skills training facilitated by internal and external presenters
Company
Johns Manville
Johns Manville manufactures and distributes building and engineered specialty products to its clients. It is a sub-organization of Berkshire Hathaway.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2000-12-20Acquired
Recent News
2025-11-10
2025-11-08
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