Manager - HR, IR QHSE

JOB DESCRIPTION – Manager - HR, IR & QHSE

Company Profile

GA Steel Tech is the advanced machining division of GA Steels (Girdharilal Agrawal & Co., est. 1957), established in April 2015 in Khalapur (Raigad, Maharashtra, near Mumbai) to deliver value-added solutions beyond raw special steels stocking. Strategically located near suppliers like Sanyo Special Steels India for seamless logistics, it reduces customer costs by handling outsourcing complexities, allowing focus on core activities.

GA Steels, India's largest special/tool steels distributor (65+ years), stocks 8,000 MT inventory (75,000 MT supplied annually) in Kalamboli/Taloja warehouses. GA Steel Tech complements this with 2,500 MT/year precision machining, offering "steel to solutions" for tool & die, automotive forging, mining, bearings, pharma tooling. Key milestone: 2013 co-development of AISI H13 EFS with Sanyo for superior die life vs. European imports.

Position Title

Manager - HR, IR & QHSE

Job Grade

Reporting To

CBO / Corporate HR

Function/ Department

Human Resources, Industrial Relations & QHSE

Job Location

Khalapur

Educational Qualification

MBA/ PGDM in HR or equivalent postgraduate degree; additional certification in Labour Laws/ Industrial Relations preferred

Region

Maharashtra

Experience

12-15 Years Experience in HR, IR & QHSE in a manufacturing/ plant environment, with proven experience handling unions

Position Type

Full-time

JOB OVERVIEW

Job purpose

Own end-to-end Plant HR, Industrial Relations (IR) and QHSE (Quality, Health, Safety & Environment) for GA Steel Tech - building a strong, performance-driven culture, managing union and workforce relations, and driving people practices, safety and statutory compliance that support the plant's growth. This is a high-visibility, ground-up role designed to groom the incumbent into the Head of HR for the organization over the next 3-4 years.

Core Responsibilities

• Own and drive the plant's HR, IR and QHSE strategy end-to-end, ensuring it is embedded across all levels of the organization and aligned to business goals
• Lead recruitment and workforce planning for the plant, including manpower budgeting, sourcing, interviewing and onboarding of staff and workmen
• Build and institutionalize a strong performance management culture across the plant, including goal-setting, periodic reviews, feedback and reward & recognition, to drive accountability and productivity
• Serve as the primary point of contact for Industrial Relations, including union negotiations, wage settlements, long-term settlements (LTS), and maintaining harmonious relations with workmen and unions
• Manage employee and industrial relations issues, including grievance handling, disciplinary proceedings, domestic enquiries and conflict resolution, ensuring fair and timely closure
• Own QHSE (Quality, Health, Safety & Environment) for the plant, driving safety audits, statutory compliance, incident investigation and a strong safety culture on the shop floor
• Ensure statutory and legal compliance across labour laws, the Factory Act, CLRA, PF/ESIC and all applicable state and central labour regulations
• Design and roll out HR policies, processes and systems, including attendance, leave, discipline and rewards, suited to a growing manufacturing plant
• Drive employee engagement programs, team-building activities and communication forums to strengthen culture, reduce attrition and minimize grievances
• Partner closely with plant leadership, including the CEO, Plant Head and functional heads, to align HR, IR and QHSE priorities with business and operational plans
• Oversee payroll, benefits administration, HR MIS and HR-related recordkeeping and audits for the plant
• Track and report HR, IR and QHSE metrics, including attrition, absenteeism, safety incidents and grievance turnaround time, to plant and leadership

People Management

• Build, lead and mentor the plant HR team, and act as a trusted advisor to plant leadership on people matters
• Coach line managers and supervisors on performance management, employee engagement and people leadership practices
• Build second-line capability within the HR team to support future scale-up of the function as the organization grows
• Foster strong teamwork and collaboration between HR and the production, engineering and quality functions

Decision Making

• Take independent decisions on recruitment, employee relations and disciplinary matters within policy guidelines, escalating major IR issues to the CEO/Plant Head
• Lead union negotiations and settlement discussions, with the authority to negotiate within the mandate given by leadership
• Approve HR policy/process changes and QHSE corrective actions for the plant

Key Result areas

• Industrial relations climate - settlement closure, grievance TAT, and no major IR disruption to operations
• Performance culture adoption - completion of performance review cycles and goal-setting coverage across the plant
• Safety performance - incident/LTIFR rate and statutory safety compliance
• Recruitment TAT and quality of hire for plant positions
• Employee engagement scores and attrition levels
• Statutory and legal compliance score across labour laws, factory license, CLRA and PF/ESIC

Key Skills

• Strong knowledge of Industrial Relations, Labour Laws, and union negotiation and settlement processes
• Proven, hands-on experience managing unions in a unionized manufacturing/ plant environment
• Working knowledge of QHSE systems, safety standards and statutory safety compliance
• Demonstrated ability to build and drive a performance management culture across a plant workforce
• Strong team-building, coaching and people leadership skills
• Excellent communication skills in English and Marathi, with strong stakeholder management ability
• Strategic, business-oriented mindset with the readiness and potential to grow into a Head of HR role
• Proficiency in HR systems, payroll processes and MS Office