Arcosa seeks a Human Resources Manager to serve at our Arcosa Shoring Products facility in our Union City, MI facility. Operating within a broader enterprise HR model, this role is responsible for executing programs at the facility level, while ensuring alignment with business unit and corporate strategies. The Human Resources Manager serves as the primary HR leader for a single heavy industrial manufacturing facility operating multiple shifts. This role is responsible for delivering full-spectrum HR support to hourly and salaried employees and partnering closely with plant leadership to drive a safe, compliant, engaged, and high-performing workforce.
The HR Manager acts as a trusted advisor to leaders and employees, ensuring consistent application of HR policies, labor and employment compliance, and alignment with business objectives in a fast-paced, operational environment.
What You'll Do:
- Serve as the primary on-site HR leader for the facility, supporting hourly and salaried employees across multiple shifts
- Partner with plant leadership to align HR strategies with operational goals, workforce planning, safety, and business performance
- Act as a trusted advisor to leaders on employee relations, performance management, discipline, and workplace concerns
- Lead employee relations activities, including investigations, conflict resolution, corrective action, and policy interpretation
- Coach and support supervisors and managers on effective people management, documentation, and consistent policy application
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, including FLSA, FMLA, ADA, EEOC, OSHA, and state requirements
- Manage full-cycle recruiting for hourly and salaried roles to meet staffing needs in a multi-shift manufacturing environment
- Oversee onboarding and orientation to support safety, engagement, and early retention
- Administer performance management processes, including goal setting, evaluations, and employee development support
- Support compensation practices, wage administration, job levels, benefits, leaves of absence, attendance, and timekeeping
- Maintain accurate HR records, reporting, and documentation in accordance with company policy and legal requirements
- Champion company values and foster a positive, inclusive, and safety-focused work environment
- Maintain a visible presence on the plant floor to build trust, credibility, and strong employee relationships across all shifts
- Ensures compliance with all federal, state and local employment laws.
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
- Minimum of 5+ years of progressive HR experience, with a strong preference for manufacturing, industrial, or plant-based environments
- Demonstrated experience serving as the primary or lead HR professional at a facility or business unit
- Extensive experience supporting hourly workforces and multiple-shift operations
- Strong working knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, including FLSA, FMLA, ADA, EEOC, OSHA, and wage and hour compliance
- Proven ability to independently manage employee relations matters, including investigations, disciplinary actions, and conflict resolution
- Experience partnering with frontline supervisors and plant leadership to drive effective people management practices
- Hands-on experience with recruiting and staffing for hourly and salaried roles in a high-demand labor environment
- Working knowledge of performance management processes, coaching, and employee development practices
- Practical experience administering compensation, benefits, leave programs, attendance, and timekeeping
- Strong judgment, discretion, and ability to handle confidential matters professionally
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, operational environment with regular presence on the plant floor and flexibility to support multiple shifts
- Frequent day travel to other Michigan facilities, and occasional domestic travel, as needed (less than 25%)
- Bilingual (Spanish) desired
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
- Minimum of 5+ years of progressive HR experience
- Experience in manufacturing, industrial, or plant-based environments
- Experience serving as the primary or lead HR professional at a facility or business unit
- Extensive experience supporting hourly workforces and multiple-shift operations
- Working knowledge of FLSA, FMLA, ADA, EEOC, OSHA, and wage and hour compliance
- Experience independently managing employee relations matters, investigations, disciplinary actions, and conflict resolution
- Experience partnering with frontline supervisors and plant leadership
- Experience recruiting and staffing hourly and salaried roles in a high-demand labor environment
- Working knowledge of performance management, coaching, and employee development
- Experience administering compensation, benefits, leave programs, attendance, and timekeeping
- Strong judgment, discretion, and ability to handle confidential matters
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at all organizational levels
- Ability to work in a fast-paced operational environment with regular plant-floor presence and flexibility across multiple shifts
- Frequent day travel to other Michigan facilities and occasional domestic travel
- Bilingual Spanish language skills
Arcosa Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Arcosa and has not been reviewed or approved by Arcosa.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is frequently highlighted as a meaningful part of total compensation. Feedback suggests this retirement offering is a strong pillar of the package.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are often characterized as good or competitive. Feedback suggests the quality of health insurance contributes positively to perceived total compensation.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered fair or decent for many roles and local markets. Opportunities for overtime can lift take‑home pay for those who choose additional hours.
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What We Do
Arcosa, Inc. is a provider of infrastructure-related products and solutions with leading brands serving construction, engineered structures, and transportation markets. Our individual businesses have built reputations for quality, service, and operational excellence over decades. Arcosa serves a broad spectrum of infrastructure-related markets and is strategically focused on driving organic and disciplined acquisition growth to capitalize on the fragmented nature of many of the industries in which we operate. With Arcosa’s current platform of businesses and additional growth opportunities, we are well- aligned with key market trends, such as the replacement and growth of aging transportation infrastructure, the continued shift to renewable power generation, and the expansion of new transmission, distribution, and telecommunications infrastructure. Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ACA.
