This position is under direct supervision of the General Manager. The Human Resources Manager is responsible for performing all HR-related duties on a professional level and works closely with the General Manager. The position implements responsibilities in the following functional areas: benefits administration, payroll, employee relations, policy implementation, training, recruitment, and performance management.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Coordinate employee new hire orientation, benefits eligibility, open enrollment, terminations and payments.
- Conduct investigations into employee complaints/concerns and issue disciplinary actions as needed, including documentation and filing of such actions.
- Assist foreman/supervisor evaluate, approve, and process employee termination and disciplinary actions, including documentation and filing of such actions.
- Preparation of a variety of reports and documents of a confidential and non-confidential nature.
- Ensure compliance with Federal/State regulation concerning company employment practices.
- Post employee job openings (internal/external) and assist all departments in the recruiting process.
- Manage the administration of FMLA, unemployment claims, and PTO tracking.
- Assist the Safety Department on tracking and closing out employee Workman’s Comp claims.
- Coordinate with EHS Department with administered Drug Screen testing (pre-employment, random, etc).
- Proactive employee engagement/interaction at all employee’s assigned workstation on a regular basis.
- Provide written/verbal verification of employment to various organizations.
- Answer employee questions/concerns about company policies and procedures and enforce company policies and procedures.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times on matters pertaining to employees and company.
- Maintain employee personnel and medical files in compliance with HIPAA.
- Translation of forms, memos, posting, and correspondence from English to Spanish and Spanish to English.
- Responsible to post/update Labor Law posters, inform employees of new policies and update employee handbook.
- Establishing an employee development/retention program, work with, and follow up with supervisors and managers on how to successfully implement, document and track.
- Develop, track and maintain updates of a job tier wages for all positions at the site based on employee performance metrics and assigned responsibilities.
- Maintain effective communication with the Corporate Human Resources team as well as participate off-site meetings with the team.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, or equivalent in Human Resources
- 2 – 5 years of progressive experience in Human Resources position.
- Bilingual in Spanish a must.
- Certified Professional in Human Resources (SHRM or PHR) preferred.
- Thorough knowledge of ADP e-Time (preferred)
Required Skills / Experience:
- Excellent communication skills, including written and verbal. Comfortable giving presentations to large and small groups.
- Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.