Human Resources Generalist II

Duration: Full time / Permanent

Salary Range: $69,000-$94,000

Job Description:

Performs highly complex Human Resources related duties at the professional level and carries out responsibilities in some or all the following functional areas: employee relations, labor relations, recruitment, training, compliance, and recognition. Administers HR policies and procedures. Collects and analyzes HR data, assists the HR Manager with tasks as assigned and makes recommendations to Management. Coach and support new HR team members.

• Lead employment and compliance based investigations.
• Act as Company’s sole representative during legal and binding arbitration, appeal’s board and open door processes to settle disputes with employees.
• Collaborate with site HR and Operations leadership to provide advice on HR and labor regulatory issues; this may include acting as a coach for new HR team members.
• Collaborates with leadership in effective performance management (ensures alignment with policies and procedures) and coaches on developing effective pipeline and succession plans.
• Implement cost effective and practical HR solutions while ensuring the ability to attract and retain required skills.
• Implement projects as directed by site leadership, facilitating change management, engagement, coaching and advising of stakeholders.
• Responsible for protecting and maintaining privacy of employee personnel records, including compensation information
• Implement HR goals, processes, practices and systems to build organizational and individual capability (i.e., staffing, performance management, training & development, employee relations).
• Guides leaders and employees regarding Company policies, values, HR programs and monitors for compliance with Federal, State, and local laws.
• Analyzes and uses HR metrics, such as turnover, time system data and overtime reports, to determine appropriate action. Including supporting workforce planning and forecasting initiatives.
• Perform other duties as requested.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree and one (1) year professional human resources experience; OR
• Master’s degree and two (2) years related industrial or manufacturing employee relations experience, OR
• Bachelor’s degree and two (2) years professional human resources experience; OR
• Bachelor’s degree and three (3) years related industrial or manufacturing employee relations experience, OR
• High School Diploma/GED and six (6) years professional human resources experience
• Understand the business operations from both a strategic and tactical perspective.
• Understanding of and experience with most or all of the core aspects of Human Resources Management (staffing, employee relations, labor relations, performance management, leadership development, training, etc…).
• Experience working within a dispute resolution process.
• Experience in independently leading an investigation process.
• Experience in addressing complex employee relations issues autonomously.
• Experience in independently handling routine and complex scenarios utilizing various resources.
• Experience leading a project to completion.
• Ability to address and resolve workplace conflicts
• Courage to make tough decisions and deliver difficult messages with professionalism, poise and diplomacy skills. Standing by decisions.
• Ability to coach and influence leadership at all levels of the organization
• Must possess consultative/collaborative style and approach with proven ability to develop credible relationships with business partners.
• Must be a confident communicator, including written and verbal skills, effective at all levels of the organization.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and ambiguous business conditions.
• Demonstrates high level of integrity and absolute confidentiality.

Preferred

• Prior experience providing generalist support in a fast-paced industrial environment
• Experience with the alternate dispute resolution process
• Experience working in SuccessFactors and SAP
• Versed in all Microsoft applications

Criteria/Conditions

• Willingness to work flexible hours as necessary and able to travel up to 10% of the time
• Ability to understand and apply verbal and written work and safety-related instructions and procedures given in English
• Ability to communicate in English with respect to job assignments, job procedures, and applicable safety standards
• Must be able to work in a potentially stressful environment
• Work will be performed in a mine, outdoor or manufacturing plant setting, which may include exposure to extremes in temperature and humidity, moving mechanical parts, risk of electrical shock, toxic chemicals, explosives, fumes or airborne particles
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, demonstrate manual dexterity, climb stairs, talk, hear and see
• Occasionally may be required to lift moderately heavy objects up to twenty-five (25) pounds during the course of the workday
• Personal protective equipment is required when performing work in a mine, outdoor, manufacturing or plant environment, including hart hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, and as needed, respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves and any other protective equipment as required
• Company promotes a drug/alcohol-free work environment through the use of mandatory pre-employment drug testing and on-going random drug testing as allowed by applicable state laws

Shift: Day