Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate employee new hire orientation, benefits eligibility, open enrollment, terminations and payments.
• Conduct investigations into employee complaints/concerns and issue disciplinary actions as needed, including documentation and filing of such actions.
• Assist foreman/supervisor evaluate, approve, and process employee termination and disciplinary actions, including documentation and filing of such actions.
• Preparation of a variety of reports and documents of a confidential and non-confidential nature.
• Ensure compliance with Federal/State regulation concerning company employment practices.
• Post employee job openings (internal/external) and assist all departments in the recruiting process.
• Manage the administration of FMLA, unemployment claims, and PTO tracking.
• Assist the Safety Department on tracking and closing out employee Workman’s Comp claims.
• Coordinate with EHS Department with administered Drug Screen testing (pre-employment, random, etc).
• Proactive employee engagement/interaction at all employee’s assigned workstation on a regular basis.
• Provide written/verbal verification of employment to various organizations.
• Answer employee questions/concerns about company policies and procedures and enforce company policies and procedures.
• Maintain confidentiality at all times on matters pertaining to employees and company.
• Maintain employee personnel and medical files in compliance with HIPAA.
• Translation of forms, memos, posting, and correspondence from English to Spanish and Spanish to English.
• Responsible to post/update Labor Law posters, inform employees of new policies and update employee handbook.
• Establishing an employee development/retention program, work with, and follow up with supervisors and managers on how to successfully implement, document and track.
• Develop, track and maintain updates of a job tier wages for all positions at the site based on employee performance metrics and assigned responsibilities.
• Maintain effective communication with the Corporate Human Resources team as well as participate off-site meetings with the team.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree  in Business, or equivalent in Human Resources
• 2 – 5 years of progressive experience in Human Resources position.
• Bilingual in Spanish a must.
• Certified Professional in Human Resources (SHRM or PHR) preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of ADP e-Time (preferred)

Required Skills / Experience:

• Excellent communication skills, including written and verbal. Comfortable giving presentations to large and small groups.
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.