Plant Manufacturing Administrator

What You Will Do

We're hiring a Plant Manufacturing Administrator to support the day-to-day administrative and workforce operations of our manufacturing facility. Reporting to the Plant HR Manager, this on-site role serves as a key partner to production leadership, employees, payroll, and HR by ensuring accurate payroll processing, attendance administration, employee record management, onboarding coordination, and workforce data integrity.

This position is critical to keeping plant operations running smoothly by providing the administrative foundation that supports hourly employees, supervisors, and plant leadership. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted resource for workforce administration, payroll accuracy, attendance compliance, employee records, and front-office operations, helping maintain an efficient, compliant, and employee-focused manufacturing environment.

What Does Success Look Like

• Ensure accurate and timely payroll administration by auditing employee timecards daily, resolving discrepancies, and partnering with supervisors and payroll teams to minimize payroll errors.
• Maintain accurate attendance tracking systems, attendance point administration, and corrective action documentation while ensuring compliance with company policies and labor agreement requirements.
• Manage employee records, personnel files, workforce rosters, seniority records, and employee status changes with a high level of accuracy, confidentiality, and audit readiness.
• Coordinate seamless onboarding activities for new employees, including employment documentation, system setup, facility access, badge administration, and personnel file creation.
• Serve as the primary front-office contact for employees, visitors, contractors, and vendors while providing exceptional customer service and administrative support to plant leadership.
• Maintain accurate HR system data within ADP Workforce Now, Workday, or similar platforms, generate workforce reports, support audits, and provide timely workforce analytics to support business decisions.

What We Look For

Required

• Associate degree or equivalent administrative experience.
• Minimum 3 years of administrative, payroll, HR, or workforce administration experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with ADP Workforce Now, Workday, or similar payroll and HRIS systems.
• Strong organizational skills with demonstrated experience managing confidential employee information, attendance records, payroll administration, and multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting payroll administration, attendance management, employee records, or HR operations for an hourly manufacturing workforce.

Preferred

• Experience working in a unionized manufacturing environment and supporting labor agreement administration.
• Advanced reporting, data analysis, and workforce administration experience using HRIS and payroll systems.

Fort Wayne - Distribution Center

• Our Fort Wayne, Indiana distribution center charges, packages and ships the batteries used in cars, boats, motorcycles, and heavy-duty trucks.
• We opened in 1999 and now employ 130 people and operate six days per week.
• We are actively involved in our local community and give back through The United Way.

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; Clarios will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visas for this opportunity.
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What you get

• Medical, dental and vision care coverage and a 401(k) savings plan with company matching - all starting on date of hire
• Tuition reimbursement, perks, and discounts
• Parental and caregiver leave programs
• All the usual benefits such as paid time off, flexible spending, short-and long-term disability, basic life insurance, business travel insurance, and Employee Assistance Program
• Global market strength and worldwide market share leadership
• HQ location earns LEED certification for sustainability plus a full-service cafeteria and workout facility
• Clarios has been recognized as one of 2026's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere. This prestigious recognition marks the fourth consecutive year Clarios has received this distinction.

Veterans/Military Spouses

We value the leadership, adaptability, and technical expertise developed through military service. At Clarios, those capabilities thrive in an environment built on grit, ingenuity, and passion-where you can grow your career while helping to power progress worldwide.