Join Shinkei as a People Operations Manager, Processing Plant

We’re looking for a People Operations Manager, Processing to help build and support a people-first culture inside our Tacoma processing plant.

This is a hands-on, highly visible role at the center of plant operations. You’ll partner closely with plant leadership to ensure employees are supported, paid accurately, trained well, staffed effectively, and working in a safe, respectful, high-standard environment. Just as importantly, you’ll help shape the day-to-day culture of the plant — fostering trust, accountability, kindness, and pride in the work.

The right person for this role believes that strong operations start with good people, clear processes, safe work, and leaders who show up consistently.

What You’ll Do

Build a People-First Culture

• Serve as a trusted, approachable resource for employees and supervisors.
• Help foster a workplace grounded in respect, kindness, accountability, and trust.
• Act as an extension of Shinkei + Seremoni culture on the floor.
• Reinforce a culture where people take pride in doing quality work and caring for the product we process.

Own Core People Operations

• Manage plant-level timecards, attendance tracking, and payroll inputs for hourly employees.
• Implement time keeping systems for day-to-day operations
• Ensure workforce records, onboarding, offboarding, and day-to-day people processes are accurate and well-run.
• Partner with Finance / Payroll to resolve issues quickly and keep systems clean and reliable.

Lead Hiring & Workforce Support

• Support high-volume hiring for plant and production roles.
• Manage relationships with staffing agencies and labor vendors.
• Partner with plant leadership on staffing needs, onboarding, and workforce planning.
• Help ensure new hires are set up for success and aligned with our standards and culture.

Support Employee Relations & Leadership

• Be a go-to partner for employee questions, concerns, and day-to-day support.
• Help managers navigate employee relations, attendance, performance conversations, and documentation with consistency and care.
• Coach frontline leaders on communication, accountability, and building strong teams.

Partner on Safety & Compliance

• Help reinforce a strong culture of safety first across the plant.
• Partner with leadership on OSHA awareness, safe work practices, training, and follow-through.
• Support consistent adherence to workplace policies, documentation standards, and hourly workforce compliance.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in HR, people operations, employee relations, or workforce support in a manufacturing, plant, warehouse, food production, or similar operational environment.
• Experience supporting a high-volume hourly workforce.
• Strong experience with:
  • timecards / payroll support
  • attendance and workforce administration
  • high-volume recruiting
  • staffing agency management
  • employee relations
  • onboarding and training support
• Comfortable working in a highly visible, floor-based role.
• Familiarity with OSHA / plant safety fundamentals.
• Food manufacturing or seafood processing experience is a plus.
• Spanish/English bilingual is a plus.

Who You Are

• You care deeply about building a people-first culture without lowering the bar.
• You build trust through consistency, fairness, and follow-through.
• You are kind, practical, and steady under pressure.
• You believe strong teams are built through both care and accountability.
• You bring structure to fast-moving environments and help people do their best work safely and well.

Why This Role Matters

This role helps define what the plant feels like.

You’ll help create an environment where people feel supported, expectations are clear, safety is a priority, and the team takes pride in doing good work and upholding the quality of every product we touch.

Working Conditions

• Full-time, on-site in Tacoma, WA
• Regular presence on the processing floor
• Comfortable working in and around a fast-paced seafood processing environment, including cold, wet, refrigerated, and industrial conditions as needed

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