Human Resources Director

FOXTROT AVIATION SERVICES

Job Description — HR Director

The HR Director is the senior-most Human Resources leader for FoxTrot Aviation Services, a multi-location aviation and facility-detailing services company operating across multiple states in safety-sensitive environments. Reporting to executive leadership, the HR Director owns HR strategy, multi-state employment-law compliance, employment-risk management, benefits strategy, workforce planning, and leadership of the HR team. The role sets policy and direction, advises the executive team, and leads the company's highest-risk employment decisions.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

HR Strategy & Organizational Leadership

• Develop and execute the HR strategy in alignment with company growth goals and operational needs.

• Advise executive leadership on workforce planning, labor strategy, and organizational structure.

• Lead company-wide HR policy development and HR initiatives across all locations.

• Oversee HR systems, processes, and strategic reporting, and review HR metrics to guide decisions.

Multi-State Employment Law & Compliance Oversight

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws across all operating locations and states.

• Oversee policy updates as laws change (wage-and-hour, leave, pay transparency, and related requirements).

• Provide guidance on complex employment matters and legal risk, coordinating with outside employment counsel when necessary.

• Oversee compliance across FLSA wage-and-hour, OSHA workplace safety, FMLA and state leave, ADA accommodations, and EEOC / anti-discrimination law.

• Lead HR compliance reviews and audits and ensure required documentation is maintained.

Risk Management & Employment Liability

• Identify and mitigate employment-related risk and oversee the company's legal exposure.

• Oversee internal investigations into harassment, discrimination, and workplace misconduct, personally leading high-risk matters.

• Manage litigation risk and coordinate legal responses.

• Partner with insurance providers on employment practices liability (EPLI) coverage.

• Partner with operations leadership to strengthen the safety culture in a safety-sensitive aviation environment.

Benefits Strategy & Vendor Oversight

• Design and manage the overall benefits strategy and long-term benefits planning.

• Lead benefits renewals and broker negotiations and evaluate cost-control strategies for health plans.

• Oversee retirement plan strategy and governance.

• Ensure compliance with ACA reporting, ERISA, and COBRA requirements.

Workforce Planning & Talent Strategy

• Forecast staffing needs, labor costs, and expansion planning, and develop long-term recruitment and retention strategies.

• Analyze turnover, staffing levels, and labor-market trends to inform decisions.

• Establish recruiting strategy and employer branding and set onboarding standards and programs.

• Oversee leadership development, succession planning, and the leadership / compliance training strategy.

• Partner with operations leadership on workforce scalability across locations.

HR Team Leadership

• HR staff and establish HR performance standards and goals.

• Lead HR training initiatives for people managers across the company.

• Ensure consistent, compliant HR practices across all sites and states.

High-Level Employee Relations

• Provide guidance on complex employee-relations issues, disciplinary actions, and terminations.

• Review and approve high-risk terminations and other high-risk employment decisions.

• Oversee sensitive investigations and ensure fair, consistent, and legally sound outcomes