Sr HR Generalist - Construction

Position Summary

The Human Resources Manager is accountable for the design, enforcement, and ongoing effectiveness of the company’s people function. This role ensures the workforce is properly staffed, legally compliant, consistently managed, and aligned with the business's operational and financial needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Workforce Planning & Staffing Accountability: Maintain a stable, qualified workforce aligned with current and anticipated operational needs. This includes maintaining a continuous recruiting pipeline for various roles, anticipating staffing risks, ensuring clear job descriptions, and supporting leadership with staffing data.

• Employment Compliance & Documentation Accountability: Ensure all employment relationships are legally compliant, properly documented, and defensible. This includes employment eligibility and classification accuracy, complete and current employee files, and timely response to documentation requests.

• Performance Management & Accountability Support: Ensure performance management is consistent, documented, and enforceable across the organization. This includes enforcing performance review cadence, supporting supervisors with documentation standards, identifying underperformance, and providing actionable insights.

• Retention & Workforce Stability: Stabilize the workforce and reduce preventable turnover, particularly in critical roles. This includes tracking turnover, identifying systemic drivers, and supporting retention initiatives.

• Safety & Employment Risk Administration: Administer safety and risk management, ensuring the company is prepared to respond to incidents, claims, or audits. This includes employment-related safety documentation, workers' compensation reporting, and incident documentation.

• Human Resources Reporting & Leadership Visibility: Provide leadership with accurate, timely, and actionable people-related information. This includes workforce metrics, compliance gaps, and performance trends.

Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum 5 years of progressive Human Resources experience, preferably in construction, manufacturing, or skilled trades. A bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, management, or related field is preferred.

• Credentials: Professional Human Resources certifications such as PHR®, SPHR®, SHRM-CP®, or SHRM-SCP®.

• Knowledge: Fundamentals of Maryland and federal employment law, wage & hour compliance, and classification standards.

• Skills: Strong attention to detail, independent judgment, clear communication, and ability to enforce standards consistently.

Skills

• Attention to Detail

• Independent Judgment

• Clear Communication

• Enforcement Standards