Job Title: US Employee Relations Manager
Working Pattern: Hybrid (3 in office days a week)
Working location: Indianapolis, IN
As our Employee Relations / U.S. HR Lead you will lead nation-wide employee programs focused on maintaining and enhancing the social and psychological bond between employees and leaders by fostering trust, value, and respect.
Why Rolls-Royce?
Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.
We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.
We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.
Rolls-Royce has been recognized as the top employer in the Engineering & Manufacturing category on the prestigious Forbes Top Employers for Engineers list for 2025. This ranking highlights our commitment to innovation, employee development, and fostering a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive.
At Rolls-Royce, we are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We foster a welcoming and innovative work environment that invests in you, giving you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.
Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.
What you will be doing:
With this exciting opportunity you will, as an experienced individual contributor, work on initiatives that align our people strategies and processes to our culture, while finding ways to continually seek to improve our employees’ knowledge of, understanding about, and engagement with the company.
Key Accountabilities:
- Leads as employee relations partner for cross-functional projects that focus on employee touchpoints such as employee development, responsible handling of changes, health, safety, and sustainability, recognition, work-life balance, engagement, anti-bullying and harassment, communications, and dealings with employees' representatives through the lens of the employee experience.
- Analyses state and federal employment laws and recent trends in case law affecting the employment relationship to incorporate new understanding in people policies.
- Partners with the legal function to resolve formal and significant employee concerns.
- Provides information, resources, and training to increase the effectiveness of leaders working with employees in performance-based coaching and to also support performance-based actions.
- Identifies tools, resources, and procedures for effectively managing workforce reshaping actions in a manner that meets all statutory and regulatory requirements and results in the best possible outcomes for Rolls-Royce and for impacted employees.
- Responds reactively as needed on critical employee relationship issues that can be crisis-oriented and typically can only be successfully completed with limited time. This may require domestic travel up to 15% of the time with little to no notice for extended periods of time.
Who we’re looking for:
At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviors that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles
Basic Requirements:
- Associate degree with 7+ years of experience in human resources, OR
- Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of experience in human resources, OR
- Master’s degree with 3+ of experience in human resources, OR
- JD/PhD, OR
- 9+ years of HR experience in lieu of a degree, although a degree in combination with experience is preferred
- In order to be considered for this role, you must be a U.S. Citizen
Preferred Requirements:
- Project management skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience working with unions and participating in union related support activities
- Ability to interact and operate within various levels of management
What we offer:
We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.
Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.
Relocation assistance will be provided if applicable.
Closing date: February 10, 2026
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