HR Operations Intern

Position Overview

The HR Operations Intern provides administrative, reporting, and program coordination support to the HR Business Partner at Alloy Engineering in Berea, Ohio.

Responsibilities

• HR Metrics, Reporting & Records Support: Run, review, and summarize weekly attendance reports, including exceptions, missing punches, trends, and department‑level follow‑up needs; track staffing levels, headcount, and hiring status; prepare monthly staffing summaries for leadership; maintain training documentation, onboarding checklists, and compliance logs; prepare data pulls and reports from Paylocity (attendance, turnover, headcount, benefits enrollment).
• Onboarding Administration: Prepare and maintain new hire packets, orientation materials, onboarding paperwork, and checklists; coordinate new hire orientation logistics; monitor completion of required onboarding steps; track benefits eligibility dates, enrollment documentation, and missing forms; maintain I‑9 compliance tracking and audit files.
• Employee Recognition & Communications: Support the Employee of the Month program (collect nominations, tally results, coordinate photos, prepare town hall slides); maintain recognition tracking logs for milestones, anniversaries, service awards, and core value recognition; create and maintain employee communications (newsletter content, recognition spotlights, board updates, event promotions, photos); maintain the employee event calendar and assist with planning logistics for appreciation events, town halls, and luncheons.
• Survey & Feedback Coordination: Build, maintain, and standardize surveys and templates across all AECO companies; schedule and send reminders for stay interviews, engagement surveys, exit surveys, and new hire feedback; track survey participation rates and compile raw data into summary reports for HR Business Partner review.
• Performance Review Tracking: Monitor review completion status through Paylocity and tracking tools (annual, quarterly, 360‑degree, self‑review, wage progression reviews); send reminders to supervisors and employees for overdue evaluations; escalate outstanding items to the HR Business Partner; generate completion reports for HR and leadership.

Requirements

• Junior or senior standing, or graduate student status in an HR or Organizational Development program.
• Interest in manufacturing HR and comfort working regularly on a shop floor rather than solely in a corporate office.
• Prior internship or work experience in an office, HR, or administrative capacity.

Work Environment

Manufacturing setting with regular shop floor presence. Closed‑toe shoes are required; PPE is provided when needed. Primarily on‑site at Alloy Engineering in Berea, Ohio, with occasional visits to Mach3 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Fast‑paced, employee‑owned company culture. Must successfully pass a pre‑employment drug screening (including marijuana) as a condition of employment; Alloy Engineering is a drug‑free workplace.