As part of the Human Resources team at Ford Motor Company, you’ll help attract, hire, and retain top talent to achieve the company's vision.

The Manufacturing HR Business Partner serves as a critical strategic partner and hands-on HR leader, deeply embedded within the automotive manufacturing plants and parts depots.

Responsibilities

Business Partnership

• Provide strategic HR leadership as the trusted advisor for the manufacturing facility, owning the full scope of HR functions including employee relations, union relations, benefits, compensation, training, organisational development, and communications.
• Build strong relationships with manufacturing operations leadership to provide valuable consulting and strategic guidance on HR matters that drive sustainable cultural change and support production objectives.
• Establish and maintain strong operator relationships grounded in respect for people to prevent small issues from becoming costly escalations while building engagement and trust essential for operational excellence.
• Partner with leadership to implement standardised recruitment processes with thorough background checks and cultural fit assessments, while designing comprehensive onboarding programs that include structured manager meetings and enhanced support during adjustment periods.
• Coach manufacturing leaders on effective communication practices, visibility, accessibility, and maintaining consistent leadership practices that demonstrate reliability and promote honest, timely dialogue with employees.
• Apply lean methodologies with progressive HR practices to drive operations to best-in-class levels while establishing equitable practices in wages, PTO, overtime, job postings, and management attention across all employees.
• Implement comprehensive recognition and reward systems, workforce planning strategies, and initiatives that promote employee engagement, diversity, and professional development in an inclusive, high-performance culture.

People Leadership

• Lead and inspire a diverse HR team by fostering an inclusive, collaborative environment that emphasises continuous development and strategic alignment with organisational and HR-specific goals while modelling visibility, accessibility, and consistent leadership practices.
• Champion HR initiatives that drive performance excellence, employee engagement, and organisational culture.

Employee & Union Relations

• Enhance collaborative communications by developing and maintaining a robust communication framework that facilitates regular, transparent, and constructive dialogue between union representatives and management while fostering respectful relationships and correct implementation of collective bargaining agreements.
• Maintain regular floor presence to proactively identify and address employee concerns before they escalate, seeking opportunities to improve overall employee experience.
• Collaborate closely with Operations Leadership and union representatives to ensure correct implementation and accurate interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement, addressing inquiries, grievances, and other union-related issues for consistent application.
• Oversee resolution of employee and union issues including conflicts, disputes, and disciplinary matters, ensuring fairness, consistency, and proportionate responses while maintaining follow-through on commitments.
• Co-create and manage innovative labour agreements to ensure the evolving needs of the workforce and business are met.
• Oversees and conducts investigations, ensuring that all disciplinary issues, grievances, and arbitration matters are handled in a timely and effective manner.
• Responds to and resolves all types of discrimination charges and complaints and works with legal counsel on lawsuit discovery and litigation preparation.
• Prepares reports and analytics to monitor employee relations trends and identify areas for improvement or intervention.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organisational Development, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience.
• 8-10 years of progressive or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidised back-up child care, and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, 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