Specialist, Employee Relations

As part of our Human Resources team, you’ll help us attract, hire, and retain the top talent we need to achieve our bold vision. You’ll play a vital role in defining, developing, and maintaining the winning culture that empowers diverse individuals to work together and create the impossible. We’re seeking change leaders, talent strategists, employee advocates and culture architects to enable our teams, partners, and businesses to do and be their best.

What you'll do...

Our union workforce is essential for delivering the innovative products that will drive our organization forward. In this key position, you will oversee the day-to-day functions of the Labor Relations Office. You will serve a vital role in maintaining positive union/management relations. You will:

• - balancing employee advocacy with stewardship of company goals and values
• Build strong relationships with operations partners, union representatives, HR colleagues and other business partners to jointly deliver business objectives and resolve issues.
• Coordinate and assist in UAW contract negotiations, implementation, and ongoing administration of the Master and Local Collective Bargaining Agreements
• Lead HR efforts into investigations, governmental inquiries / charges, grievance resolution, performance and absence management, complaints of unfair employment practices / discrimination, and disciplinary action
• Analyze data and use technology to proactively identify and diagnose business needs / opportunities and develop solutions to meet those needs.
• Investigate and prepare responses to grievances.
• Coordinate the medical placement and manpower planning process.
• Support Personnel Relations activities as required.
• Support hourly personnel recruiting and hiring as required.
• Support all Health and Safety activities as required.
• Administer hourly employee matters.
• Ability to work all shifts, rotating shifts, weekends, etc. if needed.

You'll have...

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years HR experience with bachelor’s degree, 3+ years HR experience with master’s degree
1+ years of experience in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint)

Even better, you may have...

• Experience working with the UAW or other labor unions.
• Demonstrated experience delivering HR process improvements.
• Tenure in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to guide and influence individuals at all levels.
• Proven exceptional conflict management skills.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills.
• Outstanding leadership, interpersonal, teambuilding and communication skills

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

New Hire Benefits

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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