Robert Maloney

**** ***** ****** ***, *********, New York 13090 · (315) 401 - 6024 · adcds7@r.postjobfree.com

Energetic human resource professional, with strong hands-on supervisory experience in manufacturing environments, human resource management in the highly regulated public health care sector and in the Utility sector.

Proven track record of creating positive employee relations focused on resolution of employment and business issues through communication, negotiation and collaboration.

Well-respected business partner with strong recruitment, compliance, training and coaching experience.

Passionate and effective communicator, presenter and trainer on HR, compliance, conflict resolution, change management, and business topics.

Professional Skills

Staff Recruitment & Retention · Training & Development · Labor-Management Relations

Compensation · Benefits · Continuous Improvement · Contract Negotiations

Employment Law: EEO, FMLA, MSPB, and ADA · Compliance · Health and Safety

Performance Management · Counseling & Advising · Team Building & Leading

Problem Solving · Benefits Administration · Program & Project Management

Areas of Training

Leadership and Quality Skills · Human Resources Management · Legal & Ethical Management · OSHA and EHS · Performance Evaluation · Recruitment/Selection · Diversity Training · Team Development · Change Management · Understanding Corporate Culture · Lean Manufacturing · Strategic Management · Software/ERP Implementations · SAP

Professional Experience

NATIONAL GRID, Syracuse, New York 12/14 - Present

Employee & Labor Relations Manager

•Provide leadership, direction and development by maintaining integrity and promoting excellence in all aspects of utility company.

•Evaluate, advise, provide leadership and strategic support with the Work Support, Warehouses, Fleet Management and Engineering departments in all of Upstate New York in accordance to the directives and policies of National Grid.

•Provide leadership and support to executives and management in areas of labor, recruiting, retention and training.

•Resolve labor and performance issues for the Executive Vice President's.

• Research federal legal and regulatory principals, EEO, FMLA, and ADA.

•Develop Job Specifications along with what the optimal levels.

•Assessing impact of precedents in proposed legislation on the effects of employee and labor relations.

•Clarify and respond to individual questions and concerns regarding conditions of employment.

•Responsible for labor contract negotiations, to include negotiating for management.

•Ensure agency obligations under applicable bargaining unit agreements are met, and that appropriate training and direction is provided to agency management in an effort to operate effectively in a union environment.

•Answer second and third step grievances and participate in arbitrations.

•Ensure compliance of all legal and organizational requirements, standards, policies and procedures and advise the Directors and VP's of needed action.

•Develop accountability through managing both IBEW contracts.

•Drive Supervisors performance to the next level by mentoring and coaching

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Syracuse VA Medical Center 11/08 – 12/14

Human Resource Specialist, Employee & Labor Relations

•Provide leadership, direction and development by maintaining integrity and promoting excellence in all aspects of the medical center.

•Directs, plans, establishes, implements and administers the employee and labor relations functions in accordance to the objectives of the VA Medical Center.

•Research federal legal and regulatory principals, EEO, FMLA, MSPB, and ADA.

•Assessing impact of precedents in proposed legislation on the effects of employee and labor relations.

•Interpret federal regulations, laws, policies and directives to ensure agency compliance.

•Evaluate and assist managers and executives in identifying, evaluating and resolving human relation and performance problems.

•Clarify and respond to individual questions and concerns regarding conditions of employment.

•Serve as a backup recruiter, on-boarding specialist and answer questions regarding position descriptions.

•Serve as an expert consultant concerning all employee and labor relation matters.

•Subject matter expert to senior leadership relating to the collective bargaining unions. (Service Employees International Local 200 United & RN Division).

•Serve as Chairman of the Labor/Management Forum. Establishing working relationships with union officials, working to resolve matters in the pre-grievance stages.

•Responsible for labor contract negotiations, to include negotiating for management.

•Ensure agency obligations under applicable bargaining unit agreements are met, and that appropriate training and direction is provided to agency management in an effort to operate effectively in a union environment.

•Serve as leave usage expert.

•Serve as a back-up advisor on Workers’ Compensation issues.

•Co -Chair of the Labor Management forum.

•Member of the Safety Accident Review Board.

•Member of the Workers’ Compensation Care line Board.

•Leader, Mentor and former graduate of the Syracuse VA Medical Center Leadership Development Program.

MAGNA POWERTRAIN (CHRYSLER), Syracuse, New York 2/2000 – 7/2008

Manufacturing Production Supervisor

•Provide department leadership, direction and development by maintaining integrity and promoting excellence in all aspects of the manufacturing business.

•Managed 125 United Auto Workers who provided daily production of machined parts to assembly lines.

•Forecasted daily and weekly production schedules.

•Managed a budget of $1.2 million; achieving financial objectives by maintaining the maintenance, tooling, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, studying cost initiatives and corrective actions.

•Experience in quality, safety initiatives brought on by implementing QS-9000, TS-16949, ISO-14001 and OSHA

•Served as subject-matter point person during SAP implementation at New Venture Gear.

DELCO PRODUCTS (GENERAL MOTORS), Rochester, New York 11/1993 - 2/2000

Manufacturing Production Supervisor

•Managed production teams in final assembly of windshield wiper motors for General Motors and Chrysler products.

•Managed 90 union employees providing daily production schedules to ensure on time delivery.

•Monitored labor costs and assigned overtime on a contractual basis.

•Lead a cross functional Saturn team to improve cell production, cell profitability, reduced health and OSHA recordable incidents.

•Implemented and lead employee training and communication workshops to improve morale across all three shifts.

HOLIDAY INN - AIRPORT, Rochester, New York 9/1986-11/1993

Assistant Controller

•Contributions to strategic planning with regards to staffing, operational targets, departmental budgets and monthly P & L statements.

•Audit each department to ensure adequate revenue has been collected and posted to the correct accounts daily.

•Instrumental in helping each department prepare budgets for the hotel.

•Reconcile daily ledger, processed credit applications for the hotel.

•Trained and developed Front Desk personnel and Restaurant / Bar cashiers.

Education

Master of Science in Business Administration, 2007

Columbia College, Syracuse, New York

Bachelor of Science in Arts and Science, 1999

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY

Associate of Science, Business Administration, 1994

Monroe Community College, Rochester NY

Associate in Applied Science, Hotel/Restaurant Management, 1984

State University of New York Agricultural and Technical College

Delhi, NY

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