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Armstrong Fluid Technology

Builds pumps and controls for building systems

Human Resources Business Partner

Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's
North Tonawanda, NY, USA
In Person
People & HRHR Generalist & Employee Relations

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 5 years of progressive human resources experience with strong strategic human resources business partner expertise.
  • A bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field is required; equivalent experience may substitute.
  • Proven ability to advise senior leaders and translate business priorities into people and organizational strategies.
  • Experience supporting salaried and operational or manufacturing populations.
  • Expertise in workforce planning, organizational design, talent management, succession, leadership development, and change management.
  • Experience in growth or evolving organizations and developing scalable human resources frameworks and processes.
  • Strong commercial acumen and ability to connect operational and financial drivers to workforce decisions.
  • Ability to use people data and insights to diagnose issues, influence decisions, and measure impact.
  • Strong executive presence, stakeholder management, and ability to challenge and influence senior leaders.
  • Independent, accountable, adaptable, and pragmatic approach, with sound judgment and ability to navigate ambiguity while maintaining business focus.
Responsibilities
  • Serve as a strategic advisor, contributing to business planning, organizational priorities, and key people decisions.
  • Translate business strategy into a clear people and organizational capability agenda.
  • Provide thoughtful challenge, coaching, and data-driven insights to strengthen leadership decisions and organizational performance.
  • Shape organizational structures, role clarity, governance, and operating models to support business growth and effectiveness.
  • Partner with leadership on organizational transformation, restructuring, integration, and change-management initiatives.
  • Identify organizational risks and capability gaps and develop practical, forward-looking solutions.
  • Drive talent reviews, succession planning, critical-role identification, and leadership pipeline development.
  • Build differentiated development strategies for high-potential employees, emerging leaders, and critical talent.
  • Strengthen the quality of talent decisions through consistent assessment, calibration, and development planning.
  • Coach and advise leaders on leadership effectiveness, team dynamics, employee engagement, and organizational health.
  • Build leadership and managerial capability, with particular emphasis on accountability, performance, collaboration, and change leadership.
  • Champion Armstrong’s values and support the evolution of a high-performance, inclusive, and employee-focused culture.
  • Strengthen the effectiveness of performance management by improving goal quality, feedback, differentiation, and accountability.
  • Develop and monitor people metrics that provide insight into workforce health, talent risks, productivity, and organizational effectiveness.
  • Ensure enterprise human resources programs are adapted and implemented in a manner that supports regional business priorities.
  • Provide strategic oversight and guidance on sensitive employee relations matters, balancing business requirements, employee experience, and risk.
  • Ensure alignment with applicable employment legislation, internal policies, and organizational governance standards.
  • Leverage plant human resources, employee relations, and industrial relations knowledge to anticipate and manage workforce risks.
Desired Qualifications
  • Manufacturing, industrial, engineering, or related experience is preferred.

About the company

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Armstrong Fluid Technology

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Armstrong Fluid Technology designs and manufactures pumps and fluid-control equipment for building owners, engineers and contractors. Its equipment moves water through heating and cooling systems and supports plumbing and fire protection, while integrated controls help operators manage system performance. The business combines manufactured equipment with engineering advice and lifecycle support, earning revenue from product sales, replacement parts and services for installed systems. It also builds packaged systems that bring related components together, allowing customers to select and install equipment as a coordinated solution. Founded in 1934, the privately held company is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Toronto, Canada

Founded

1934

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What believers are saying

  • Remote engineering is available: one Armstrong application-specialist listing labels the position remote.
  • Engineers collaborate across disciplines: Armstrong's Toronto controls-lead posting joins electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and embedded-software specialists.
  • Production reaches multiple regions: Armstrong operates manufacturing facilities on four continents.

What critics are saying

  • Efficiency depends on installation quality: Armstrong identifies poor commissioning as a source of lost system performance.
  • Remote work includes site visits: Armstrong's application-engineer posting requires customer meetings and field walk-throughs.
  • Repeatability shapes controls work: Armstrong's Canadian lead-engineer role requires versioned software baselines and formal change control.

What makes Armstrong Fluid Technology unique

  • Pump control works without remote sensors: Armstrong embeds Sensorless speed control in its Design Envelope range.
  • Customer selection starts in software: Armstrong supplies free ADEPT tools for sizing equipment and preparing project documentation.
  • Monitoring continues after installation: Armstrong sells Pump Manager as a cloud-based performance tracking service.

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