Human Resources Manager

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each and every day. It's where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential-and where you can help us reach ours.

In this role, you will:
• Act as business partner, strategic solution provider, advisor and counselor for the leadership team.
• Drive cultural change to align the organization with the strategy. Diagnose gaps between current and desired state and deploy actions to resolve the gap.
• Lead actions to sustain the Eaton Philosophy principles and Eaton's Ethical Business Conduct guidelines; ensure understanding and adherence by all employees.
• Ability to recruit, assess, and select top talent in a timely manner, by partnering with the corporate Talent Acquisition Center and hiring managers.
• Ensure that performance management practices are fully integrated and that the processes are completed to raise the performance bar by improving the overall quality of goals, development and feedback.
• Provide advanced coaching, consulting and facilitation to functional leaders. Provide guidance and direction on complex business and HR issues. Understand how to manage information, balancing confidentiality with business needs.
• Advocate employee communication processes that inform employees and ensure meaningful two-way communication.
• Drive a focus on employee relations across the entire organization.
• Ensure that employment actions comply with local laws, requirements and corporate guidelines.
• Administer compensation programs to assure competitive pay practices through systems that reward superior employee performance.
• Integrate and support all Eaton established processes and programs and act as a sponsor for driving all diversity and inclusion related activities.
• Manage employee relations issues.

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we - as individuals and as a company - are stronger.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Business administration, Human Resources, or related field from an accredited institution required.
• Minimum four (4) years of professional work experience in HR.
• Experience with an hourly workforce.
• This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

Preferred:
• Aerospace industry experience helpful; other manufacturing industry experience strongly preferred.
• Experience working in Plant/Factory Human Resources.

Skills:
• Knowledge of country / statutory laws. Detailed knowledge of available human resource programs, structure, cost, benefits that could be utilized for benefit to the company.
• Good communication, persuasion, listening, ability to influence decisions, problem solving and collaborative skills; ability to drive results across matrix organizations.
• Process orientation with strategic business partnership mindset.

All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates' privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.

You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Client-provided location(s): Irvine, CA

Job ID: Eaton-62491Irvine

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-04-09T18:44:58