At MIL, we make the complex simple; we bring together the brightest minds and subject matter experts to process precision parts that become components on space, aircraft, and defense systems. The reliability of what we do and how we do it, makes the difference in the lives of those who use these systems. What sets us apart? Our people and our relentless dedication to helping our customers. We are the special processor of choice for missions to the skies, Mars, and beyond.

Our core values guide everything we do:

• Passionate - We believe in what we are doing and the difference we make; Our quality is our passion.
• Collaborative - Treat each other with respect as professionals; We win or lose as a team; Collaboration multiplies our contributions.
• Can-Do - Great isn't good enough; No excuses given or taken; Eagerly willing to accept and meet challenges.
• Own Results - Overcome obstacles, find solutions, and deliver exceptional results; Honor our commitments.
• Quality Driven - Do the right thing; We are honest, transparent, and committed to doing what's best for our customers.

Position Summary:

Multi-site responsibility for full cycle talent management, leadership training, employee relations, engagement, employee competency and meeting/exceeding department and company KPIs. Provide tools and support to enable leadership to be successful.

Major Essential Responsibilities:

• Be a role model. Work with employees and leadership to create an environment that is safe, engaging, and value-added. Emulate the behavior you want leaders to have/develop. Be the “always learner”.
• Understands overall business and HR strategy and partners with leadership to deliver HR programs, policies and practices. Assesses implications of HR initiatives on business and recommends actions and/or improvements.
• Responsibility for full cycle of talent management activities, including effective recruiting, onboarding, orientation, training and development and succession planning.
• Drives strategic workforce planning in partnership with management to ensure the right people in the right roles at the right time, to achieve business goals and growth strategies.
• Coaches direct labor and supervisory colleagues through analyzing situations, identifying appropriate action steps and providing appropriate support for decision making.
• Expand employee engagement through supporting organized events and improving employee communication tools.
• Through daily practice, ongoing management and audit, ensures compliance with company policies, best practices and federal, state and local employment laws and regulations.
• Anticipates human resource issues, concerns, and needs based on business strategies and internal and external environmental and competitive factors; and recommends proper course of action.
• Other duties as assigned or required.

Successful Essential Skills:

• Ethical practice and business alignment - adheres to MIL Mission, Strategy and Values during rewarding and challenging times. Adheres to policy, procedure and the law. Actively positively acknowledges employees demonstrating the right values and works to guide misses of others in the right direction.
• Communication – ability to clearly and succinctly send a message in a variety of communication settings and styles. Must be able to interact and effectively communicate with individuals at all levels of the organization. Can create open channels of communication, adapt message to fit audience, express ideas clearly and concisely, keep others well-informed, listen carefully to input and feedback. Well versed in delivering training programs.
• Spanish speaking language skills, verbal and written are required.
• Managerial courage - Willingness and ability to champion and enforce company procedures, standards and policies when that may pose a perceived risk professionally. Challenges the status quo. Ability to maintain utmost confidentiality in handling sensitive company and employee information.
• Behavioral interviewing – adept at techniques to determine top talent and to move them successfully through the identification to orientation process.
• Conflict resolution – reads situations quickly, can find common ground and get cooperation with minimum noise. Sees conflict as opportunity. Follows a process to resolve.
• HR Expertise – always learning about the profession of HR and continuously keeping abreast of new trends, laws and requirements.
• Detail orientation – does work that is error free the first time. Checks own work to ensure content is accurate, grammatically correct and visually appealing. Verifies the work of others when data supports employment action.
• Relationship management – after reasonable exposure, can articulate the strengths and limitations of people inside or outside the organization. Creates a climate where people want to do their best – empowers others. Invites input from each person and shares ownership and visibility.
• Excellent problem-solving skills. Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve problems producing effective solutions to problem statements.
• Excellent time management skills: concentrating effort on priorities and overall planning, awareness and response to what is due now, short and long term.
• Strong computing skills: i.e. HCM (ADP Workday), Power Point, Excel.
• Ability to initiate and complete multiple concurrent projects.
• High level of business acumen: Understands policies, practices, technology, trends and information and how those affect the business.

Successful Essential Behaviors:

• Has a heightened sense of urgency and works at a quick pace (high energy). Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to resolve (close).
• Process oriented: understands how to separate and combine tasking into efficient work-flow and can see opportunities for synergy.
• Attention to detail: focus on accuracy, completeness and following standards, rules, regulations and requirements.
• Cooperative with others and helpful to the rest of the team in getting work done.
• Upholds values and strategy of the organization. Exhibits integrity as a person and in their work. Maintains appropriate confidentiality of the company, customers, and product and application specific details. Deals effectively with all races, nationalities, cultures, disabilities, ages and genders. Supports equal and fair treatment and opportunity for all.
• Actively works to continuously improve his/her work skills and the skills and competency of the HR team.
• Has a can do, will do attitude.

Qualifications Education, Experience & Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Master’s Degree in Industrial Organizational Psychology preferred.
• Minimum of 5-7 years’ experience working in a human resources department at an exempt level.
• SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) or SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) credential or equivalent preferred.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• Works in production and office environments.
• 10% overnight travel may be required during on-campus recruiting.
• Occasional, long workdays necessary to fulfill job requirements.
• 60% sitting; 10% stooping and bending; and 30% standing or walking.
• Lift and transport an average weight of 5 lbs., maximum 10 lbs.
• Manual dexterity of both hands.
• Near Visual Acuity (either corrected or uncorrected).
• Ability to hear and understand others, articulate verbal direction and instruction, give feedback to others and brainstorm with customers and engineers.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (ITAR).

Interactions:

Regular contact and communications with all levels of the organization to plan, organize, or evaluate resources as necessary in the fulfillment of job duties or to provide instruction and coaching.