People Partner Lead

The role

This role serves as a strategic HR partner and operational leader for Manufacturing Operations and Manufacturing Engineering teams. The person will drive people strategy, organizational transformation, and employee relations at the West Virginia manufacturing facility.

What you will do

• Serve as a strategic partner and coach to senior leadership
• Advise on organizational design, workforce planning, and change management
• Identify issues and proactively run problems to ground
• Lead organizational transformations and optimize reporting structures
• Drive talent strategies including performance management and succession planning
• Function as a site HR leader for the West Virginia workforce
• Provide guidance on complex employee relations issues and conduct investigations
• Ensure compliance with federal, WV state and local employment laws
• Partner with EHS on safety culture and incident response
• Use People data and analytics to inform strategic decisions

Required qualifications

• 9+ years of progressive HR experience
• At least 5 years in an industrial, factory, and / or manufacturing environment
• Experience building, scaling, and growing HR infrastructure
• Proven track record of leading organizational transformations and managing large-scale change initiatives
• Deep experience working with hourly production workforces across multiple shifts
• Strong business acumen
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills
• Resilience and adaptability
• Deep knowledge of employee relations, labor laws, policy best practices, and compliance obligations
• Ability to create new programs and processes from scratch

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Stock options
• 100% medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees
• 80% healthcare premiums for dependents
• At least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents
• Up to 20 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents
• Generous vacation policies
• Relocation assistance

About the company

Form Energy is an American manufacturing and energy technology company revolutionizing energy storage with multi-day technology. They are scaling battery manufacturing at their high-volume facility in West Virginia.