_{26th August, 2026}

HR/Labor Relations Specialist #1063224
Job Description:
The energy at our company is contagious. We're driven by our immense passion, as we constantly seek out challenges and identify new opportunities. We work hard to connect with our customers and earn their loyalty for life.  Bring your talent to our company - our opportunities for growth span the globe. We will give you the training and opportunities to unleash your ambition.
 
Position Overview:
Create a high-touch, personalized HR experience by supporting employees with questions, concerns, and overall engagement. Partner with employees, leaders, and HR stakeholders to deliver effective people solutions, ensure compliance, and foster a positive and productive work environment.
 
Key Responsibilities:

• Employee Relations & HR Support
  • Provide a high-touch, personalized HR experience for employees by addressing questions, concerns, and engagement
  • Partner with employees and management to communicate HR policies, procedures, laws, standards, and government regulations, providing guidance as appropriate.
  • Maintain in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to employee management, helping reduce legal risks and ensure regulatory compliance.
  • Partner with HR Policy Consultants and Legal as needed on complex matters.
  • Work closely with employees, Business HR (BHR), and managers to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention.
  • Partner with the Policy & Investigation Center of Excellence (COE) to support complex employee relations issues and investigations.
  • Conduct exit interviews, analyze attrition trends, and partner with Business HR to develop recommendations for corrective actions and continuous improvement.
  • Identify leadership coaching needs and provide coaching support to leaders and employees.
• Talent Management & Leadership Support
  • Partner with Business HR on talent management and development initiatives by providing data, analysis, and implementation support.
  • Provide talent and performance management guidance to leaders, including:
    • Coaching
    • Consultation
    • Corrective actions
    • Crisis management and employee relations support
  • Support onboarding activities in partnership with People Leaders and Onboarding Buddies.
  • Collaborate with HR colleagues and leaders on employee compensation matters to ensure alignment with pay-for performance principles and employee recognition programs.
  • Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and partner with COEs to enhance processes, procedures, and business outcomes.
• Labor Relations
  • Maintain productive working relationships with union officials and ensure compliance with labor agreements.
  • Monitor day-to-day implementation of labor policies related to wages, hours, and working conditions.
  • Investigate, respond to, and resolve grievances in accordance with labor contracts.
  • Administer hourly and represented employee compensation consistent with union and collective bargaining agreements.
  • Implement local and national labor agreements and participate in negotiations as required.
• Manufacturing & Employee Engagement Support
  • Support People Involvement initiatives and implementation of the Global Manufacturing System (GMS).
  • Serve as an HR consultant for programs that contribute to employee engagement, development, and workplace culture, including:
    • Women of Color (WoC) initiatives
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs
    • Employee development programs
    • Manufacturing University (MFG University)
    • Recognition programs
    • Other employee engagement initiatives

 
Must Haves:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Labor Relations, Business Administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3 to 4 years of HRLR experience.
• Strong knowledge of HR policies, employment law, employee relations, and workplace practices.
• Experience supporting talent management, performance management, employee engagement, and leadership development initiatives.
• Demonstrated labor relations experience, preferably working with the UAW in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience partnering with leaders and employees in a unionized manufacturing setting.
• Excellent coaching, consulting, communication, and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to build strong relationships, influence stakeholders, and work effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

 
Nice-to-Have:

• Hands-on shop floor experience
• Experience participating in or supporting collective bargaining and contract negotiations.

 
Top 3 must-have hard skills:

• Labor relations and contract administration — Strong ability to interpret and apply national/local agreements, manage grievances, support shop committee discussions, and work effectively with union representatives.
• Employee relations and investigations — Experience handling hourly employee concerns, workplace investigations, discipline, performance matters, and risk sensitive situations with sound judgment and documentation.
• Manufacturing HR operations and workforce systems — Familiarity with hourly
• workforce processes such as timekeeping, attendance, manpower planning, onboarding, Workday/Kronos, HR metrics, and reporting.

 
Additional Info:
 
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra.  We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!
FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
 

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

 
Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!
To view all of our open positions go to: https://www.fasttek.com/fastswitch/findwork
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AI & Hiring Disclosure
We use AI tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications and identifying potential matches. These tools are designed to promote efficiency, consistency, and fairness, and they are always used under human oversight.
 
All personal data collected is used solely for recruitment purposes, and you have the right to know, access, or request deletion of your data at any time, subject to legal limits.
 
If AI will be used in a video interview, you'll be informed in advance and asked for your consent, with the option to opt out.
 
Our tools are regularly reviewed to detect potential bias and to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and our commitment to inclusive hiring.
 
To learn more or exercise your rights, please contact us at info@fasttek.com.
 

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