Specialist, Employee Relations Jobs

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...

• Supporting Personnel Relations activities and health and safety activities as required
• Analyzing data and use technology to proactively identify and diagnose business needs / opportunities and develop solutions to meet those needs
• Investigating and preparing responses to grievances
• Investigating employee concerns
• Leading all recruiting and hiring of hourly and salaried employees
• Partner with manufacturing and UAW to resolve job standards issues
• Driving the development of the Labor Relations team and effectiveness of the HR office
• Coaching, counseling, and educating salaried operations partners on HR policies, processes, programs, and strategies
• Coordinating and assisting in UAW contract negotiations, implementation, and ongoing administration of the Master and Local Collective Bargaining Agreements
• Fostering an effective, inclusive work environment / culture and relationships, balancing employee advocacy with stewardship of company goals and values
• Leading HR efforts related to investigations, governmental inquiries / charges, grievance resolution, performance and absence management, complaints of unfair employment practices / discrimination, and disciplinary action
• Building strong relationships with operations partners, Union representatives, HR colleagues and experts, and other business partners to deliver results and resolve issues
• Analyzing workforce and attendance metrics
• Driving local PDCs to develop robust development plans to support Delivery objectives, as well as retention of key talent.
• Administering all aspects of Union Representative Compensation and developing labor representatives on this process

This will be a day shift 8:00 am-5:00 pm Monday – Friday. Split shift is required for at least 1-2 days a week.

You'll have...

• Demonstrated experience with delivering HR process improvement actions
• Self-starter with multitasking experience within a fluid, dynamic environment, including ability to manage time and resources
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and organization skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Bachelor's degree
• 1+ years Microsoft Office Excel and Microsoft Outlook experience
• Strong prioritization skills
• 2+ years of previous HR experience in Labor Relations
• Demonstrated conflict leadership skills
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation and persuasion skills

Even better, you may have...

• Master’s Degree
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team to deliver results
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation and persuasion skills
• 2+ years of previous HR experience in Labor Relations working with union in manufacturing environment
• Ability to demonstrate leadership in behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills
• Previous union contract negotiations experience

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

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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