HR Manager

About the role

The Human Resource Manager will lead and direct the routine functions of the Human Resources (HR) department including hiring and interviewing staff, administering pay, benefits, and leave, and enforcing company policies and practices. The role creates and maintains positive working relationships with internal customers including all hourly employees and members of management, participates in investigations, and troubleshoots basic employee issues.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates the recruiting process for hourly vacancies including job fairs, open houses, and job postings.
• Assists recruiters with scheduling screens and supervisor/manager interviews, and helps select candidates for various warehoused hourly positions.
• Conducts or coordinates new hire orientations and ensures all new hire paperwork is completed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Records employee information such as personal data, compensation, benefits, tax data, attendance, performance reviews or evaluations, and termination date and reason.
• Enrolls, makes changes to, and terminates employees' coverage in medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance benefits through timely maintenance of carrier websites.
• Researches and resolves employee benefits and payroll issues and other concerns as needed.
• Examines and updates employee files to document personnel actions and to provide information and answer inquiries for payroll and other authorized persons.
• Compiles data from personnel records and prepares reports.
• Computes wages and records data for use in payroll processing.
• Compiles and maintains records for use in employee benefits administration.
• Manages temporary staffing orders and acts as primary contact for employment agencies.
• Reconciles temporary agency invoices in a timely manner and resolves issues as necessary.
• Tracks attendance and recommends discipline as necessary.
• Maintains the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) logs.
• Works closely with the Risk Management Manager on safety, worker's compensation, and FMLA leaves.
• Participates in special projects as assigned by the Chief Human Resources Officer.
• Acts as primary backup in the absence of other HR Managers and/or CHRO.

Requirements

• High school graduate required.
• Bachelor's degree in business or related field with two or more years of experience in payroll and/or employee benefits preferred.

Competencies

• Previous experience navigating and entering data in ADP/Payroll system.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organizations.
• Basic math skills including add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Must practice discretion when handling sensitive and confidential information.
• Must possess intermediate computer skills including proficiency in Word and Excel.
• Ability to speak, read, and write Spanish is preferred but not required.

Supervisory Responsibility

• Provides support and guidance to HR Admin Clerk.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.