HR Generalist

Primary Purpose: The Human Resources Generalist helps support the day-to-day human resources needs of a fast-paced manufacturing facility. This position partners with employees and leaders across production, quality, maintenance, warehouse, sanitation, and administrative functions to promote a safe, respectful, compliant, and productive workplace. The Generalist provides hands-on support in recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, benefits, leave administration, training, performance management, HR systems, and policy administration.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as an accessible, trusted HR resource for employees, supervisors, and managers across assigned shifts.
• Coordinate full-cycle recruitment for hourly and salaried positions, including job postings, applicant screening, interviews, offers, pre-employment requirements, and new-hire orientation.
• Coordinate with staffing agencies to monitor and direct plant temporary employee workforce.
• Support onboarding and employee integration by ensuring required documentation, training, system access, and policy acknowledgments are completed accurately and on time.
• Provide guidance on workplace policies, attendance, performance expectations, corrective action, and consistent application of company practices.
• Receive and address employee concerns; assist HR manager with investigations and documentation.
• Administer employee changes and records in the HR information system, including hires, transfers, promotions, compensation changes, leaves, and separations.
• Assist employees with payroll or timekeeping questions, and other HR programs; coordinate with internal specialists and external vendors as needed.
• Support performance management, training coordination, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Help maintain compliance with applicable federal, state, and local employment requirements, record-retention rules, and company policies.
• Prepare reports, employee communications, and HR metrics while maintaining accurate and confidential records.
• Provide HR coverage across shifts and adjust work hours occasionally to support employees and business needs.
• Assist with compliance verifications on the production floor, working with managers and supervisors to support employee compliance requirements.
• Assist with social compliance audit preparation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.