Ready to make an impact where people and manufacturing come together? Eaton’s Electrical Sector - PDCA division is looking for a Senior HR Generalist to join our onsite team in Arden, NC. In this highly visible role, you’ll have the opportunity to partner closely with employees and leaders, influence the employee experience, and support HR initiatives that contribute directly to the success of the operation. Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates currently residing in the U.S.
Reporting to the site HR Supervisor, you’ll support and execute a wide range of HR programs, including employee relations, compensation, benefits, training and development, employee communications, and employment practices. You’ll also play an important role in ensuring HR programs and practices remain compliant with federal and state requirements while supporting Eaton’s broader HR policies and people strategies.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $86000 - $126000 a year. Please note the salary information shown is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
- Talent Management: Partner with Operations and functional teams to attract, select, and retain the talent needed to meet current and future business needs. Understand the business environment and workforce plans, including competitors, growth, technology, and related factors, to anticipate talent requirements. Support key employee lifecycle processes, including onboarding, job changes, transfers, leaves of absence, performance management activities, separations, and offboarding, in partnership with site leadership and centralized HR teams. Conduct general or role-specific training sessions as needed.
- Compliance and Policy Administration: Support compliance with applicable employment laws, company policies, and internal procedures. Assist with maintaining required documentation, preparing for internal and external audits, and ensuring consistent application of HR policies across the site.
- Employee Relations: Serve as a key point of contact for employees and leaders, ensuring prompt and effective resolution of HR matters while promoting Eaton values. Support a positive work environment through employee relations activities, including coaching and mentoring supervisors and frontline employees, conducting site investigations, resolving interpersonal conflicts, and interpreting HR policies and practices. Lead and support employee engagement activities, including site events, recognition programs, team-building activities, and All Employee Meetings.
- Total Compensation: Serve as a local subject matter expert for employee benefits and payroll questions, coordinating with centralized HR service center and payroll teams as needed. Coordinate benefits enrollment meetings, communications, and related processes. Assist the site HR Supervisor with local compensation activities for both salaried and hourly employees, including benchmarking against Eaton and external marketplace data.
- Projects and Analytics: Assist with special projects as needed, including ongoing continuous improvement of HR processes. Analyze workforce trends and labor market data and provide insights to support business decisions. Collaborate with HR Services on transactional HR matters, maintain accurate HR data, and complete audits for various HR functions.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Basic (required) Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
- Two (2) or more years of experience in Human Resources or a related function, such as communications, compensation and benefits, talent acquisition, talent management, or organizational effectiveness.
- Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in: Business Administration, Human Resources, Psychology, or related field from an accredited institution or Master’s degree in human resources, labor relations, or business administration from an accredited institution.
- Two (2) or more years of HR experience in a manufacturing plant or operations environment.
- Previous experience leading employee relations activities.
All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.
You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
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We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
- Two or more years of experience in Human Resources or a related function
- Work authorization without employment immigration sponsorship or support
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Psychology, or a related field, or a master's degree in human resources, labor relations, or business administration
- Two or more years of HR experience in a manufacturing plant or operations environment
- Previous experience leading employee relations activities
Eaton Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Eaton and has not been reviewed or approved by Eaton.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, prescription, life, and company‑paid disability, with HSAs/HRAs and wellness programs enhancing access and support.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with company matching alongside additional retirement contributions, with some sites also featuring pension and profit‑sharing components.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for all parents, childbirth leave via short‑term disability for birth mothers, adoption benefits, and subsidized backup care signal strong family‑focused support.
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