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Job Description

You may not know our name, but you know our products.  What we make is part of the places where we live, work and play – all day, everyday.  

Zekelman is a family of companies — 100% domestic manufacturers — with a legacy dating back to 1877. Our subsidiary Atlas Tube located in Chicago, IL has a full-time Human Resource Manager position available. 

We believe in what we build and what we build, builds the world around us.  Hospitals, hotels, schools, bridges, airports and more.

Come build a career you believe in.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as the HR business partner in the areas of compensation, employee engagement, employee relations, compliance, metrics, staffing and performance management systems programs for all teammates at the plant.
• Identifies staff vacancies and collaborates with managers/talent acquisition team for candidate selection and successful onboarding of new teammates.
• Provide direction, counsel/coaching, and analytics to help leaders make talent decisions and promote employee engagement and positive employee relations
• Partners with union bargaining committees to manage labor relations and contract administration.
• Monitors compliance with all state and federally mandated leaves of absences/accommodation policies and programs (FMLA, USERRA, ADA).
• Analyzes training needs and drafts salaried and hourly HR-related employee development plans. Develops and facilitates various training programs, including orientation and safety related trainings.
• Organizes culture-enhancing events.
• Participate and/or lead projects and special initiatives within and outside the HR function as assigned

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor degree in related field, particularly Human Resources, is preferred
• Minimum of 3-5 years experience in Human Resources within manufacturing
• Minimum of 2 years experience supporting HR in a collectively bargained environment preferred
• Experience using/exposure to Human Resources Information Systems, particularly Workday, is preferred

KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS / COMPETENCIES

• Working knowledge of Human Resources & Safety laws, including Affirmative Action/EEOC requirements, DOL laws, Leave of absences (FMLA, USERRA, ADA) and OSHA.
• High ethical standards
• Strong organizational and planning skills with ability to focus time on the most important and urgent issues
• Strong verbal and written communication and listening skills to interact with internal team members and external customers
• Goal oriented, aggressive self-starter with an entrepreneurial personality who can make strategic decisions with a sense of velocity and urgency
• Requires on-site presence to support manufacturing teammates