HR Generalist

Description

Job Summary

As a Human Resources Generalist, you will focus on people. The Human Resources Generalist will play an integral role in recruiting, retaining, and developing top talent for business growth.

Reports To: Director, Human Resources (Coker Group) and General Manager

Essential Functions

• Recruiting, hiring and onboarding- manage the recruitment and selection process from identifying hiring needs with generalists through fully onboarding regular and temporary employees across multiple locations and for remote employees.
• Employee relations- emphasize and enforce all safety policies and procedures; document accident reports; create a positive and productive work environment; drive culture and engagement committee to ensure employee satisfaction and retention; process and administer all leave of absence requests and disability paperwork.
• Leverage change management and organizational development tools to facilitate people initiatives, team integrations and new generalist assimilations.
• Analyze information and use logic to address work-related issues and problems.
• Develop and communicate policies/procedures.
• Knowledge of local, state, and federal employment/labor laws (including Tennessee, Michigan, Virginia, and California)
• Ensures implementation by staying abreast of compliance with any new legislation or guidelines.
• Working knowledge of HR systems and tools.
• Responds to routine inquiries from Federal and State regulatory agencies.
• Administer all benefit plans, including (but not limited to) answering staff questions and managing all enrollments.
• Maintains accurate and up-to-date human resource files, records, and documentation.
• Coordinate leave of absence and serve as primary contact for FMLA, Workers Compensation, etc.
• Aid the accounting team for bi-weekly payroll or serve as primary for bi-weekly payroll.
• Knowledge of compliance and a broad array of other HR practices.
• Assists with planning and execution of special events such as benefits enrollment, organization-wide meetings, employee recognition events, holiday parties, and retirement celebrations.
• Other tasks as assigned by the business.
  

Key skills and competencies of the position include, but are not limited to:

• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, and follow-up skills.
• Willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
• Maintain composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
• Acceptance of criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
  
  

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Contractors and Agencies as needed.
• Third party vendors.
  
  

Work Environment

• The position will be based onsite, but will travel to other business units.
• There will be business travel associated with this position. (Travel up to 25% )
• This job operates in both a professional office and warehouse/shop environment. The individual in this role will also perform some job duties outdoors. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.
• The individual in this position will spend several hours sitting and using office equipment and computers, which can cause muscle strain.
  
  

Requirements

The successful candidate’s qualifications will include:

The candidate will be a professional with significant experience in Human Resources, ideally onboarding, training, and benefits.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
• Fluency in digital tools and platforms.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Power Point)