Job Description
The Human Resources Generalist supports the full employee lifecycle with a focus on recruiting, employee relations, payroll coordination, and safety compliance for designated business units within the construction industry. This role ensures compliance with federal, state, and local employment regulations – including OSHA and prevailing wage requirements – while helping to cultivate a positive and productive workplace culture.
Essential Functions
HR Operations & Recordkeeping
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date HR files, employee documentation and records in accordance with company policy and retention requirements.
- Performs periodic audits of HR files and records to ensure that all required documents are collected and filed appropriately.
- Support benefit enrollment and maintenance, and respond to employee questions regarding health, retirement, and leave programs.
- Assists with planning and execution of special events including organization-wide meetings, holiday parties, and retirement celebrations.
Talent Acquisition & Onboarding
- Lead recruitment for open positions, including sourcing, screening, interviewing and coordinating offers with business leadership.
- Build and maintain a talent pipeline for skilled trades through relationships with local trade schools.
- Coordinate pre-employment screening and maintain new hire compliance requirements.
- Manage the onboarding process, ensuring new hires complete required documentation, safety training, and jobsite orientation.
Employee Relations & Engagement
- Serve as the first point of contact for employees regarding workplace concerns, policy questions, and conflict resolution.
- Support supervisors and managers with coaching conversations, corrective actions, and performance management.
- Promote positive employee relations and assist with recognition programs, retention initiatives, and culture-building activities.
Workplace Compliance & Safety
- Maintains compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommends best practices; reviews policies and practices to maintain compliance.
- Partner with operational leaders to support OSHA compliance, workers compensation claims management, and incident reporting.
- Maintain accurate OSHA logs and coordinate required annual postings.
- Ensure all new hires complete safety orientations and refresher training as needed.
- Track and maintain required certifications (e.g., CPR/First Aid, equipment operation)
Payroll Administration
- Process weekly payroll data, ensuring accuracy for all employee pay groups.
- Administer prevailing wage reporting for public works project, ensuring correct fringe benefit and wage rates and maintain compliance with state prevailing wage laws.
- Support certified payroll submissions and maintain documentation for audits.
Required Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, or a related field.
- At least five years’ Human Resource experience, preferably in the construction or skilled trades industry.
- Experience with recruiting skilled trades, prevailing wage payroll, and OSHA safety compliance strongly preferred.
- PHR or SHRM-CP certification a plus
Additional Eligibility Requirements
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong note taking skills.
- Excellent organizational skills, accuracy and attention to detail, ability to prioritize effectively.
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
- Proven track record of reliability and confidentiality.
- Ability to multitask, adapt and work efficiently in a rapidly changing dynamic environment with deadline pressures.
- Thorough knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Work Environment & Physical Demands:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard.
- Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
- Light to moderate lifting may be required.
- Ability to sit at a computer for an extended period of time.
Job Tags
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