Agility Recruiting is searching on behalf of their client, a stable and growing construction company in Oakland, for a SHRM certified HR Generalist.
With more than 75 years of continuous service, our client is passionate about providing employees with opportunities for career advancement and a great place to work. They are family-orientated and highly value the expertise and experience of their team.
They offer:
\- Career growth potential
\- Outstanding company culture: work/life balance, friendly team environment, and employee recognition programs
\- Opportunity to participate in community outreach programs and other charitable endeavors
\- Competitive salary
Position Summary:
Supervised by HR/Payroll Manager; The HR Generalist is responsible for completing a variety of tasks related to the daily operations of the HR department and backup payroll.
Responsibilities:
Working on all issues related to employee relations.
\- Investigate and document all types of employee relations issues ranging from performance management to harassment, to bullying and present findings and make recommendations to managers.
\- Create and/or manage and edit specialized job evaluations tailored to each position in the company and schedule and oversee job evaluations.
\- Generate and process final/offboarding paperwork with terminating employees
Manage all recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and termination of employees.
\- Create and update job descriptions and post to job boards
\- Review applicants from professional networking sites, Company website, job boards and in person applications.
\- Schedule best candidates for interviews with hiring managers.
\- Participate in on site interviews, give input to hiring managers.
\- Generate Offer letters, send onboarding documents, and communicate with IT to ensure that necessary equipment is ready for new hire's first day
\- Onboarding: process new hire document distribution and processing including but not limited to: I9, Notice to Employee, providing state required notices and company handbook.
Additional responsibilities:
\- Monitoring and updating HR policies and company guidelines, ensuring compliance with government standards.
\- Update the employee handbook with new policies and procedures as needed
\- Generating internal documents such as offer letters and warning letters.
\- Administer Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requests.
\- Draft, review, and update HR policies and employment contracts.
\- Coordinate Benefit open enrollment, informing upper management, and employees about the process.
\- Handle ongoing employees' requests related to benefit policies and procedures.
\- Reply to government agencies' forms/requests regarding employees, including garnishment, levy, etc.
\- Answer any benefit related questions that employees may have throughout the year.
\- Maintain physical and digital files for employees and their documents, benefits records.
\- Track anniversaries to purchase and distribute related awards and gifts.
\- In-house communications including but not limited to: Policy changes, company updates, and event announcements.
\- Payroll (Backup as needed)
\- Process new hire paperwork
\- Process payroll checks
\- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
\- SHRM certification required
\- Experience as HR Generalist
\- Solid knowledge of California Labor Law and Regulations
\- Experience in the Construction industry (desirable)
\- 3 years of experience in the Human Resource field with at least 1 year of experience at a Generalist level or higher
\- Bachelor's degree in human resource management or a related field
\- Must thrive in a fast-paced environment and be comfortable wearing many hats and effectively manage competing priorities
\- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint