Bilingual HR Generalist

Roles & Responsibilities

• Maintains knowledge of legal requirements and government reporting regulations affecting human resources functions and ensures policies, procedures, and reporting are in compliance.
• Partner with training department or identify and recommend external resources to arrange training needs for employee and manager development.
• Coaches and assists managers with employee relations issues, ensuring alignment with SBM and CBA policies and procedures.
• Drive people engagement through training of site management team on engagement strategies, regular site visits, and use of the mobile app (where available).
• Ensure quarterly ESAT action plans are communicated and assigned.
• Draft, execute, review, and maintain records of personnel transactions such as hires, promotions, transfers, performance reviews, and terminations, and employee statistics for government reporting.
• Provide regular departmental reporting.
• Champion talent review processes; help embed these processes year-round and not only when formal reviews are performed.
• Prepare employee separation notices, RIF actions and related supporting documentation assessing risk.
• Conduct exit interviews to determine reasons behind separations when voluntary.
• Train managers how to handle separations and serve as a witness when necessary.
• Ensure all necessary investigations, reviews, and approvals are obtained before action is taken.
• Consult with managers and finance on all pay activities; support annual wage reviews and pay changes when needed; ensure that pay changes are within established pay ranges.
• Provide guidance and coaching to management around performance management (Discipline, PIPs and CAPs).
• Completes special projects by clarifying project objectives; setting timetables and schedules; conducting research; developing and organizing information; fulfilling transactions.
• Manages expectations by communicating project status and issues; resolving concerns; analyzing time and cost issues; preparing reports.
• Investigates Employee Relations issues and grievances; participate in personnel-related hearings.
• Establishes strong relationships with operations team as an HR consultant and maintains constant communication with sites and managers.

Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, or a related field from a four-year college or university with 2-4 years of experience as an HR Generalist; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Bilingual in English/Spanish.