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Senior People Partner, Manufacturing

Portland, ORFull-time$150k–$195k2026-10-16 → 2026-11-10

Core

First People Partner supporting a rapidly growing manufacturing organization across three worksites, focusing on workforce planning, organizational design, and manager coaching for hourly, salaried, and contractor staff.

Role type

Senior individual contributor People Partner

Builds

Manufacturing workforce structure, job families, career paths, and people processes for a renewable energy/ocean technology company

Domain

Manufacturing / Renewable Energy / Ocean Technology

Required skills

Workforce planning, organizational design, manager coaching, complex employee relations, employment law knowledge, influence without authority, cross-site communication

Preferred skills

Manufacturing or shift-based organization experience, high-growth startup organization building

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Spend time on production floors to learn operations and facilitate communication between sites and HQ; Partner with VP of Manufacturing on team structure and leadership capacity; Lead people-side of site expansions and hiring; Build job families and career paths; Coach managers on performance and team leadership; Handle complex employee matters including conflict and investigations

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC