Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

Human Resources Business Partner – Manufacturing

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.
Posted 10/20/2026full-timeMesquite • Texas • United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Human Resources management, including workforce planning, employee relations, and compliance with labor laws. Proficient in utilizing HR data for decision-making and driving employee engagement initiatives.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Human Resources ExperienceWorkday Business ProcessesEmployee Relations InvestigationsCoaching And Influencing SkillsLabor-Law Compliance

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Provide proactive, strategic, and tactical HR support to plant leadership and employees
  • Partner with operations and leadership to anticipate workforce needs and drive business outcomes through people strategies
  • Develop and maintain job descriptions, create and manage job requisitions, and collaborate with Recruiting on compliant hiring practices
  • Lead and facilitate new-hire onboarding and orientation for the manufacturing facility
  • Support benefits enrollment and general employment support for new employees
  • Assess temporary staffing plans, maintain agency relationships and agreements, and provide input on agency selection
  • Ensure hiring, onboarding, and offboarding processes are accurate, documented, and compliant
  • Serve as a strategic partner to plant and operations leadership on workforce planning, organizational design, and labor strategies
  • Advise leaders on talent decisions, performance strategy, compensation recommendations, and organizational change
  • Support plant safety, Lean Sigma, and 6S continuous-improvement initiatives
  • Use HR data and insights to support decision-making and organizational performance
  • Lead change management and stakeholder alignment
  • Advise leaders and employees on HR matters, including policies, payroll, benefits, and workplace concerns
  • Lead employee-relations investigations and issue resolution
  • Coach leaders on performance management, goal setting, feedback, progressive discipline, leave management, and development planning
  • Support employee engagement initiatives
  • Identify skill gaps, implement training initiatives, facilitate required training, and support employee development
  • Support succession-planning discussions
  • Maintain HR processes and documentation, personnel-file integrity, and audit readiness
  • Manage time and attendance processes, timecard review, and payroll coordination
  • Oversee and approve Workday business processes and data
  • Support workers' compensation, unemployment claims, leave administration, required screenings, and HR metrics analysis

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's degree in human resources or related field, or equivalent industry experience
  • Minimum of 5 years of Human Resources experience
  • Manufacturing experience preferred
  • Strong coaching, influencing, and relationship-building skills
  • Problem-solving and ability to make decisions based on available information
  • Extreme ownership and full responsibility for results
  • High professional integrity, honesty, personal credibility, discretion, and confidentiality
  • Clear, concise written and verbal communication using appropriate industry language and terms
  • Effective time management, urgency, and ability to meet deadlines
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to thoroughness and accuracy
  • Ability to navigate complex situations, use sound judgment, and engage appropriate partners
  • Collaboration, flexibility, results focus, and ability to establish clarity and alignment
  • Experience with Workday business processes and data
  • Knowledge of time and attendance processes, payroll coordination, workers' compensation, unemployment claims, leave administration, and labor-law compliance

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Comprehensive benefits package for employees and their dependents: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability
  • Incentive Plans
  • 401(k) with employer contribution and match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan with employer match
  • Paid Time Off (Vacation and Sick Time)
  • Paid Holidays
  • Tuition Reimbursement Program
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Wellness Program
  • Training and Career Progression

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Hard Skills
Workforce PlanningOnboarding And OrientationJob Description DevelopmentPerformance ManagementTraining ImplementationTime And Attendance ProcessesPayroll CoordinationBenefits EnrollmentChange ManagementHR Metrics Analysis
Soft Skills
CoachingRelationship-BuildingProblem-SolvingClear CommunicationAttention To Detail
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Workday
Industry Keywords
Manufacturing ExperienceLean Sigma6S Continuous ImprovementEmployee Engagement InitiativesSuccession Planning