Senior Employee Relations Specialist

<div class="content-intro"><p>Divergent is a technology company that has architected, invented, built, and commercialized an end-to-end factory system called the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS) that comprehensively uses machine learning to optimally engineer, additively manufacture, and flexibly assemble complex integrated vehicle structures and subsystems. Products created using DAPS are superior in performance, lower in cost, rapidly customizable to meet mission and customer-specific requirements, faster to market, and scalable on demand to high volume production. Divergent is a qualified Tier 1 supplier to global automotive OEMs, and Divergent is now expanding to support mission critical needs in the Aerospace and Defense sector. Join us to be a part of this transformative journey, where your impact will shape the future of technology and production.</p></div><h2>Purpose</h2> <p>The Senior Employee Relations Specialist helps protect the organization from people-related risk while fostering a high-performance culture. This role ensures workplace issues are managed fairly and consistently, managers are equipped to navigate complex employee matters, and the policies, processes, and operational infrastructure needed to scale the organization remain compliant, effective, and trusted.</p> <h2>The Role</h2> <ul> <li>Employee Relations &amp; Workplace Support <ul> <li>Serve as a primary point of contact for managers and employees regarding employee relations concerns, workplace issues, policy interpretation, and employee experience matters.</li> <li>Conduct Tier 1 and Tier 2 employee relations intake, investigations, fact-finding, documentation, and resolution recommendations.</li> <li>Partner with managers to address employee concerns, performance-related matters, workplace conflicts, and policy-related questions in a consistent and compliant manner.</li> <li>Collaborate with People leadership and Legal on complex, sensitive, or high-risk employee relations matters.</li> <li>Maintain accurate and organized employee relations documentation, investigation records, and case files.</li> <li>Identify employee relations trends and recommend proactive solutions that improve employee experience and reduce organizational risk.</li> <li>Support consistent application of company policies, procedures, and workplace practices across the organization.</li> <li>Design, implement, and continuously improve employee relations systems, workflows, documentation standards, intake processes, and escalation frameworks that improve consistency, visibility, and operational effectiveness.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Leave, Accommodations &amp; Workplace Compliance <ul> <li>Administer Leave of Absence programs, including employee communications, document