HR Specialist (Remote)

MMH Logistics is a dynamic and fast-paced logistics company that provides transportation services to shippers and manufacturers. You’ll be working alongside a motivated team of professionals that are committed to each other’s success. Every day will offer new opportunities and exciting change and growth.

We are seeking an experienced, detail-oriented, and professional HR Specialist to be a strategic partner and trusted advisor to HR leadership, strong HR team collaborator, and mentor to more junior staff. In this role, you’ll be responsible for a wide range of HR functions, including compliance, recruiting, benefit planning, payroll review, onboarding, employee development, employee relations, and employee engagement. The ideal candidate will have substantive experience in most, if not all of these areas. You’ll work closely with leadership and staff to ensure our HR strategies align with MMH’s mission and goals. This position reports to the Senior Director.

The HR Specialist is a flexible position. Daily job duties can be done from home. However, in-office attendance at MMH will be required for initial interviews and frequent meetings with Directors.

Key Responsibilities

• Compliance: Manage compliance updates and reporting in accordance with federal, state, and local employment laws, ERISA, and HIPAA requirements, while maintaining timely and accurate reporting and record-keeping. Regularly review and update HR policies to ensure compliance and consistency with MMH’s mission.
• Recruiting: Manage the recruitment process and support the growth of MMH by selecting top talent. Work with Senior Director to identify talent needs. Ensure a seamless candidate experience. Conduct initial interviews, identify candidates who will continue in the interview process, extend job offers, and guide new hires through pre-start procedures.
• Benefits: Monitor best practices and legislative updates to optimize benefits programs, including medical, dental, vision, retirement, and leave programs to recommend improvements and stay current on relevant laws and regulations. Oversee leave management (FMLA, STD, LTD, Parental Leave) and ensure clear, equitable policies are in place for all staff. Provide insights and recommendations for annual company benefit selections and work with HR team on new benefit selection and implementation processes.
• Payroll: Maintain and update employee payroll records, including personal information, tax withholding details, and salary changes. Ensure data accuracy and confidentiality and complies with data protection regulations. Oversee payroll processing, including coordinating updates and special calculations with third-party vendor, conducting thorough reviews of all payroll previews to ensure accurate and comprehensive changes and pay for all staff, and collaborating with accounting to approve payroll for processing.
• Onboarding: Oversee MMH’s onboarding program, including recommending strategic and procedural improvements, updating onboarding training materials, and conducting new hire trainings on organizational structure, core values and company mission, policies, benefits, and other important onboarding information. Collaborate with the HR team and hiring managers to plan position-specific orientation plans for each new hire. Coordinate with HR team to schedule and execute onboarding process and experience for incoming new staff.
• Employee Development: Support the Senior Director in designing, updating, and implementing employee performance processes, including biannual performance reviews, employee development plans, performance improvement, and employee training programs. Assist in performance management processes, providing guidance to managers on best practices for employee reviews and feedback.
• Employee Relations: Address employee relations issues, including receiving and responding to employee issues and complaints, resolving conflicts, and conducting workplace investigations when needed. Respond to employee questions quickly and accurately. Build relationships with staff members to foster a positive work environment and approachability of HR team.
• Additional Duties: Additional responsibilities, as assigned. Professional growth and development is encouraged and supported.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a relevant field.
• 2 years of HR experience, with a focus on compliance, recruiting, benefits, and employee engagement strongly preferred.

Skills

• Strong problem-solving, creative thinking, interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication and confidentiality skills.
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent time management, organization, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Experience with HRIS platforms and Microsoft Office, with Quickbooks experience being a plus.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. Please no third-party, agency responses, re-postings, calls or walk-ins. Relocation assistance is not provided. American Trucking Associations is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or other protected veteran status.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $19.00 - $25.00 per hour

Expected hours: No more than 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Experience:

• Human resources: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Jacksonville, FL 32246

Salary : $19 - $25