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Join us in our journey as we reimagine the employee experience through agility and innovation...one sprint at a time, we will walk our talk when it comes to building a people-centric culture!

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Cambridge Air Solutions (“Cambridge”) is excited to announce its search for a Director of People & Culture. Based in Chesterfield, Missouri, Cambridge is a 60-year-old, purpose-driven, family-owned HVAC manufacturing company, dedicated to enriching lives. Cambridge's brand promise to “enrich lives” extends to every stakeholder in its ecosystem. From employees, vendors, and suppliers to key partners, end users and community stakeholders, it is an intentional commitment to our core values, culture, and continuous improvement.Learn more at www.cambridgeair.com.

This role is about more than traditional HR. Reporting to our newly appointed Chief Operations Officer (COO), this position is a senior leadership role embedded in operations that is focused on developing strategy to drive key initiatives tied to four (4) elements of shared responsibility and company culture at Cambridge Air Solutions. Success in this newly defined role will be measured by cultural impact, leadership development, increased employee engagement, improved team member experience, effective people operations, and a highly engaged people operations team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

• OWN CULTURAL STRATEGY DEPLOYMENT – In partnership with companywide leadership, deploy strategies to drive initiatives across four (4) areas of shared responsibility and company culture at Cambridge Air Solutions, including: safety, quality, team leadership and continuous improvement. Break complex initiatives into smaller sprints to foster adaptability and faster feedback loops. Utilize cultural diagnostics, turn insights into measurable change initiatives, collaborate on project prioritization, track deployment initiatives, measure impact, and repeat.
• INTEGRATE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT INTO PEOPLE SYSTEMS – Embed continuous improvement into all aspects of traditional HR, including yet not limited to recruiting, onboarding, training and development, performance management, and succession planning. Leverage agile methodologies to identify, iterate and make meaningful improvements to people systems, technology, and team member experience. Support the shift from annual reviews to continuous performance check-in's, feedback loops, and coaching conversations. Lead the ongoing evaluation of skill matrices and career pathways. Utilize real-time data to drive decision making.
• BUILD A PEOPLE-CENTRIC CULTURE THROUGH EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE – Lead ongoing efforts to develop an engaged workplace culture, truly centered on team member experience. Establish a routine presence within the plant and on the work floor. Foster a leadership culture that empowers workplace improvements and team collaboration. Support leadership development and relationship building, facilitate structured feedback loops, and build trust across hourly and salaried teams through transparency, visibility, active listening and responsiveness.
• LEAD AN ADAPTIVE PEOPLE OPERATIONS TEAM – Lead a small yet nimble HR team in executing compliant and people-first operations. Lead and improve all talent system processes, including oversight for recruiting, training, career planning, feedback, compensation, benefits, employee relations and HRIS systems. Coach HR team to analyze trends and external benchmarking to strengthen internal people practices. Monitor all evolving legal and regulatory compliance. Utilize metrics on turnover, engagement, time-to-fill and leadership pipeline strength to guide decisions and to build a more agile HR framework.

IS THIS A MATCH FOR YOU?

• You have gained 5-7+ years of progressive HR experience, including prior know-how and or familiarity embedding lean and continuous improvement principals into people and leadership systems.
• You bring hands-on experience in culture change initiatives, in coaching senior leaders, in facilitating conversations with key executives, and in developing behavioral competencies. You are adept at inspiring, motivating, managing conflict, navigating change, and fostering a healthy organizational culture rooted in unconditional love and high expectations.
• You understand strategies related to developing leaders, team-based environments, forward thinking mindsets and strategic goal setting. You embrace a team-based approach to problem solving, issue resolution and coaching that aligns with company values.
• You understand team and leadership accountabilities in environmental health and safety systems, including policies, regulatory compliance and risk mitigation strategies. You demonstrate a personal commitment to safety and bring experience championing preventative and corrective actions and/or working with a safety committee.
• You possess a solid business acumen and tech-savvy. You bring a working knowledge people operations technology, including tech stacks that span recruitment, LMS, performance management, payroll, and benefits. Familiarity with ERP and CRM tech a plus. Healthy appetite for AI is required.
• Four-year college degree in HR, OD, business or related field is required. MBA, advanced degree, SHRM-SCP, SPHR or other senior HR certifications a plus. TWI (Training Within Industry) certification helpful yet not required.

WHY JOIN US?

• UNLOCK HUMAN POTENTIAL THROUGH CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT – Join us as we co-create a culture where team members thrive at work. We lead with curiosity, learn with intention and grow without limits. In pursuit of a 10-year growth strategy, Cambridge's ownership and senior leadership are aligned for an intentional lean people journey.
• CORE VALUES GUIDE + ALIGN US – Guided by a unique culture of unconditional love and high expectations, every team member is asked to bring their whole self to work. Cambridge is committed to helping team members at all levels grow internally – we value our colleagues; we value team input and ideas; we value personal, professional, and spiritual development; and we learn from one another to achieve business goals alongside a greater good.
• COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION PACKAGE – Cambridge Air Solutions offers a competitive base salary and quarterly bonus plans. Comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; PTO; generous paid holidays; company-wide quarterly profit-based bonus; employee assistance program; and a matching 401k plan.

LOCATION & TRAVEL

This is an in-person role based on-site at our HQ location in Chesterfield, Missouri. Frequent commutes to sister facility in Wentzville, Missouri, required. Additional travel limited and/or related to business needs and professional development.

READY TO APPLY?

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Cambridge Air Solutions, we encourage you to apply! Take the next step and share your resume with Occhio Search – visit www.occhiosearch.com.

For questions and or to make a candidate referral, contact [email protected] or [email protected]. All inquiries will be held strictly confidential. Cambridge Air Solutions asks that all questions, referrals, and applications be directed to its retained search consultant at Occhio Search. No direct inquiries with Cambridge, please.

Cambridge Air Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome differences in form of gender, race, ethnicity, disability, geography, socioeconomic status, age, politics, religion, philosophy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and veteran status. All applicants who share this goal encouraged to apply-we look forward to hearing from you!

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• Employment typeFull-time

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• Job functionHuman Resources
• IndustriesIndustrial Machinery Manufacturing

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