People Operations Manager- SC

PEOPLE OPERATIONS MANAGER Plumbing Solutions LLC • Lexington, South Carolina • Full Time, Salaried The Company Plumbing Solutions is a residential new construction plumbing contractor operating four branches across South Carolina and Georgia. We build homes for the region's largest builders, and we are scaling from a founder-run company into a professionally managed one.

We are direct, we hold standards, and we measure what we say matters.

The Opportunity

This is not a maintenance seat. We are building the People Operations function, and the person in this role will own it end to end and build it to a standard that scales across branches and additional entities. You will be the single point of accountability for everything people related: recruiting, compliance, employee relations, benefits, policy, and retention.

You will have a coordinator reporting to you handling execution and records, and you will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer. If you want a seat where you architect the systems rather than inherit someone else's, this is that seat.

What You Will

Own

• The entire People Operations function as the single accountable owner.
• Recruiting results across a skilled trades workforce: source performance, time to fill, quality of hire, and 90-day retention.
• A recruiting funnel you tune monthly. You will own the numbers at every stage and make a measured change every cycle.
• Compliance across EEOC, FLSA, ADA, FMLA, OSHA, I-9, E-Verify, and workers' compensation.
• Employee relations, investigations, disciplinary process, and manager coaching.
• Benefits, leave, compensation administration within published thresholds, and the policy library.
• Retention: turnover analysis, stay and exit interviews, and the frameworks that keep good people.
• Building and documenting scalable systems and SOPs that outlast any one person.
• Direct leadership of the People Operations Coordinator.

What We Are Looking For

• Experience running a full HR function, not a specialty inside a large department. You have been the person who owns it.
• A track record of building or restructuring, not only maintaining. Tell us what you stood up and what it produced.
• Real compliance depth. You have handled investigations, claims, and audits, and you sleep fine.
• Recruiting judgment in a hard labor market, ideally trades, construction, manufacturing, or another skilled workforce.
• Comfort with numbers. You can look at a funnel, find the leak, and fix it.
• Direct communication. You bring problems forward early with options and a recommendation.
• HRIS and ATS fluency, and the discipline to keep systems clean.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP preferred.

What Makes This Different

• You report to the COO and have a direct line to the CEO. Decisions get made quickly.
• You will not fight for a seat at the table. People Operations is treated as a core function, not overhead.
• We measure everything, which means your wins are visible and you will not be judged on impressions.
• What you build here will run across multiple branches and, as we grow, multiple companies.

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience.
• Full benefits package including medical, dental, and vision.
• Retirement plan.
• Paid time off and holidays.

How to Apply

Submit your resume through the posting. Candidates who advance will complete a short recorded video screen before any live interview. Applicants must be available for work in Lexington SC.

You may send resumes to [email protected] and [email protected] also.

Plumbing Solutions LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.