Human Resources Generalist

Job Summary:

The HR Generalist is responsible for supporting one or more business units with the administration of Human Resources processes as the front line Generalist to ensure workforce compliance with all company rules, local, state, and federal employment laws. The HR Generalist ensures accurate recordkeeping and documentation, including background checks, employment verifications, etc. The HR Generalist reports directly to the SR. HR Manager and completes essential duties in the HR department.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Conducts background checks and employment verifications in a timely manner.
• Communicates directly with new hires by sending welcome emails and providing new hire packets in a timely manner, answering requests and questions.
• Prepares and administers onboarding plan and new hire packets to ensure accurate information. Completes the creation and maintenance of new employee files.
• Prepares all employees' payroll action forms (PAF) for leave status, return-to-work, and other changes in a timely and confidential manner.
• Processes employee separations by preparing documents, coordinating with payroll their final paycheck and conducting the exit interview process.
• Stays knowledgeable on company personnel policies, benefits, and procedures to provide accurate and timely information to employees and new hires.
• Assists with benefits administration and open enrollment as required.
• Manages employee relations and resolves any workplace issues.

Other Functions:

• Establishes and maintains interpersonal relationships with other departments and employees.
• Performs administrative activities, data entry, and documentation as required.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This role supervises the following positions: None.

Travel:

This role is required to travel to up to 50%.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or related field.
• 2 years of experience in Human Resources required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
• Knowledge of principles and facts related to business administration and accounting, human and material resource management in organizations, sales and marketing, economics, and office information and organizing systems.
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
• Skill in understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Skill in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Skill in managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas in writing and speaking effectively and clearly.
• Ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
• Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous work experience in transportation preferred.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

• Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
• This role is expected to travel: N/A
• This role is expected to use the following machines, tools, and equipment: Computers, software tools, Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS), video conferencing systems, and others as assigned.
• This role may be exposed to the following physical conditions: N/A
• This role may be required to use PPE on hands, head, feet, face, or body: N/A

EEO Statement:

It is the policy of World Oil and its subsidiaries to provide equal opportunity for all applicants and employees. The Company does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, color, religion, sex/gender, gender identity/gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, military/veteran status, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, reproductive health decision making or any other status protected by state or federal law.