Human Resources Business Partner

Location: Arkansas City

Job Description Summary

The HR Business Partner supports assigned client groups at the Strother site, partnering with leaders and employees to address workforce needs and deliver effective HR solutions. This role supports both hourly and salaried employees across employee and labor relations, talent management, leadership coaching, workforce planning, engagement, and organizational effectiveness.

The HRBP builds trusted relationships across the site, provides practical guidance, and works with HR Central and specialist teams to connect leaders with the right resources. The successful candidate is curious, adaptable, and eager to learn GE Aerospace processes while helping create a safe, fair, compliant, and high-performing workplace.

Job Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to understand business and workforce needs and translate site priorities into actionable HR plans.
• Coach leaders on performance management, employee development, engagement, retention, organizational effectiveness, and consistent application of HR policies and processes.
• Support hourly and salaried employees and leaders with employee relations matters, including case management, investigations, documentation, and appropriate escalation.
• Partners with Employee Relations, Union Relations, Legal, HR Central, and other specialists on complex matters and labor-related issues, including collective bargaining agreement considerations where applicable.
• Support talent reviews, succession planning, career development, onboarding, retention, and workforce planning.
• Maintain a visible presence with leaders and employees to understand operating conditions, build relationships, and respond to workforce needs.
• Help leaders strengthen communication, trust, inclusion, accountability, and people-management capability.
• Use workforce and HR data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities; apply FLIGHT DECK (lean processes) problem-solving to address root causes and support sustainable improvements.
• Learn and apply GE Aerospace HR processes, systems, and the HR Operating Model; help leaders and employees access the appropriate HR resources.
• Contribute to HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives, coordinating with site HR and specialist teams to support effective implementation.
• Handle sensitive matters with discretion, sound judgment, consistency, and professionalism.
• Model GE Aerospace’s foundational behaviors: Respect for People, Continuous Improvement, and Customer Driven.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university (or a high school diploma/GED with a minimum of 4 years HR experience) + minimum of 3 years Human Resources experience

Desired Characteristics

• Experience supporting both hourly and salaried employees, preferably in a manufacturing or other operational environment.
• Working knowledge of employee relations, investigations, performance management, talent development, and employment practices.
• Exposure to labor relations or collective bargaining environments is an advantage.
• Strong communication, coaching, relationship-building, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to use sound judgment, maintain confidentiality, and manage competing priorities.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, including the ability to use data to identify trends and recommend practical actions.
• Learning agility and openness to learning new systems, processes, and ways of working, including adapting to GE Aerospace processes.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across a complex, matrixed organization and provide responsive service to internal customers.