HR Manager
HR Manager Opportunity
(Retained Search) Direct Hire Permanent Position
Location: Zimmerman, MN (onsite daily requirement)
Compensation: $120,000 base salary
About the Company
A global precision manufacturing company with a family-owned feel. For more than 20 years, this business has served high-growth industries including semiconductor, life sciences, and metrology. The company has scaled to mid-size, with 80 employees at its Zimmerman, MN headquarters and a newly launched international site.
The leadership team blends entrepreneurial roots with global vision and recognizes the need for formal HR to protect the business and support ongoing growth and expansion.
The Role
We’re looking for a hands-on Human Resources Manager to lead daily HR operations and partner with leadership to shape culture, strengthen accountability, and support continued growth.
Key areas of ownership:
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Recruiting, onboarding, benefits, and employee relations
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Supporting leaders with performance reviews, goal setting, and accountability
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Ensuring compliance while simplifying policies and practices
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Maximizing the newly implemented ADP platform (experience helpful, but not required)
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Building HR as a trusted business partner across the organization
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Nurturing and expanding the culture, demonstrating company values, and protecting its legacy as an employer of choice
What Hasn’t Worked
Approaches that jump straight to policy or “best practice” without first listening and learning.
What Will Work
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Leaders who blend structure with flexibility
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Pragmatic HR professionals who simplify vs. overcomplicate
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Relationship-builders who foster trust, connection, and culture
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HR leaders with manufacturing experience who take time to observe before acting, learn from the company’s long-tenured legacy leaders, and enjoy walking the floor to stay connected
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Someone who has built strong cross-functional partnerships in the past, and is excited to do it again
Why This Role?
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Competitive compensation package: $120K base salary
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Direct-hire, permanent position
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Opportunity to build and shape HR as a new function in a high-growth, people-first, owner-founded and led company
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Strong alignment with leadership committed to culture and business partnership
If you or someone in your network is a fit, please share this opportunity, or apply directly by reaching out to me with your resume at DSmith@skywatersearch.com.
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