Human Resources Business Partner - job 2 of 2

At Trane TechnologiesTM and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King®, we create innovative climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation that challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. We're a team that dares to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities. We believe in a better future when we uplift others and enable our people to thrive at work and at home. We boldly go.

Be a part of our mission! As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, it’s our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, sustainability is not just how we do business—it is our business. Do you dare to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities? Do you want to contribute to making a better future? If the answer is yes, we invite you to consider joining us in boldly challenging what’s possible for a sustainable world.

If this sounds exciting to you, read on to learn more about who we are and what we believe in:

We uplift others – we believe in providing an opportunity for all and building a culture that is diverse, inclusive, and respectful. We lift each other up and care about the success and well-being of others.

We make an impact – we believe that what we do has the potential to change the world. We succeed together by striving daily to create a lasting, positive impact on the planet.

We thrive at work and at home – we are supported by meaningful benefits, compensation, learning and development solutions, and opportunities for rewarding careers. We are firmly committed to the well-being and safety of our people.

As an HR Business Partner, you will be responsible for a focused factory team within the business with responsibility for labor relations, employee relations, workforce management activities, driving continuous improvement, talent management, employee engagement, and communications. This role will be highly focused on labor relations and union relationship management in addition to supporting strategic HR initiatives and programs.

This role has been designated as On-Site at our Clarksville, TN campus

What you will do:

• Functions as HR Strategic Business Partner providing HR guidance to business management teams; responsible for execution of HR strategies and programs that support a focused factory team structure.
• Develop and execute HR plans, processes, policies, and programs aligned with business objectives for a focused factory team, including employee and labor relations, talent management/acquisition, goal alignment, continuous improvement, employee engagement and communications.
• Responsible for the development and enhancement of positive employee and labor relations within the focused factory team, including interpretation and administration of the labor agreement, plant work rules, and investigation/management of grievance procedure. Serve as liaison between focused factory leadership and union leadership for the resolution of issues related to the above.
• Perform analysis, review and recommendations related to labor contract negotiations. Facilitate planning and prioritization with focused factory leadership and evaluate options. Collaborate with local HR leadership in the coordination of negotiations activities, process and serve on company negotiating team.
• Provide guidance to focused factory leadership on talent management/development to ensure the right talent capabilities and bench strength are developed to support the business. Address questions and help business partners to navigate the process through the use of internal Talent Management System, including Career Progress.
• Partner with talent acquisition and focused factory leadership in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding employees; provide tools/resources to new employees on culture, company, and other business teams.
• Develop and execute staffing strategies to support recruiting, onboarding, retention, and layoff/termination of contingent and regular employees. Liaison with staffing service to evaluate outcomes and drive continuous improvement. Rotate hourly staffing responsibilities with other team members to ensure appropriate staffing to meet the market-driven production needs.
• Develop, analyze, and report on metrics that drive continuous improvement in the business, including absenteeism, overtime, staffing to standard, engagement, and others as business dictates. Utilize the metrics to develop strategies for continuous improvement through 9-step problem solving and Lean methodologies. Gather, analyze, and interpret HR related data for report generation and management decision making, link HR action plans with business needs.
• Conduct HR training as required, including annual compliance training such as harassment training, active shooter training, and other related topics as required.
• Work with focused factory leadership in delivering to the local communication plan establishing consistent messages and improving employee communications processes. Facilitate two-way communications between focused factory leadership, production leaders, salaried employees and production employees through OEDP communication standard work. Set measurable communications goals and establish measurement tools to determine the effectiveness of communications channels; obtain regular feedback regarding continuous process improvement.
• Conduct investigations and provide leadership for all investigations related to workplace violations of policy, work rules and EHS rules including harassment, ethics or discrimination complaints within the focused factory team.
• Work with legal team and focused factory leadership in matters of termination of employees; address employee relations issues, such as allegations, complaints, or other concerns brought up from employees.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s Degree preferred.
• 5+ years’ experience in Human Resource function; labor relations experience in a union environment preferred.
• Knowledge of and experience in a manufacturing operations environment preferred

Ideally, you would also be familiar with one or more of the following:

• Drive and enable cultural transformation to support a Progressive, Diverse, and Inclusive environment.
• Provide guidance in establishing and leading a sustainable strategic workforce plan for the focused factory team, including appropriate interpretation and administration of applicable contractual provisions.
• Collaborate with local HR business partners to share best practices, critical needs issues, and local site and sector initiatives.
• Create positive change through coaching, counseling, and influencing skills.
• Monitor employee climate to identify issues/trends; counsel focus factory leadership on identifying issues and implementing corrective actions, while also identifying opportunities to increase engagement.
• Provide leadership, guidance and support in creating an employee engagement strategy that facilitates organizational performance and enables successful organizational change.
• Facilitate talent stewardship through communication and training on HR practices and processes.
• Regularly participate and provide guidance in business discussions and decisions with focused factory leadership.
• Act as employee advocate through effective labor and employee relations.
• Facilitate conflict resolution activities and assist supervisors and focused factory leadership through conflict resolution.

Base Compensation Range is $92,000 to $121,800

Disclaimer: This base salary range is based on US national averages. Actual base pay could be a result of seniority, merit, geographic location where the work is performed

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.