HR Generalist
Salary Range: 70-75K
Onsite Location: 855 Woodruff Ln, Elizabeth, NJ 07201
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Disability insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid time off
Responsible for serving as a business partner to supervisors, department managers and the General Manager for the flight kitchen.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Partners with various levels of management to understand business objectives and identify corresponding human resource needs; implements strategies to support various business objectives and improve programs to support employee retention
- Helps drive division-wide human resources strategy, programs and processes into the unit
- Partners with operations and training functions to identify training needs and provide input on training approaches and content
- Partners with operations to identify and understand workforce needs; may be responsible for recruiting union hourly employees and for assisting with recruitment for exempt and non-exempt positions
- May serve as the primary employee and labor relations point of contact to mediate and resolve employee disputes and union grievances
- Provides counseling/training for unit management in the areas of labor/employee relations, EEO, affirmative action and discrimination
- Provides policy interpretation and ensures accurate and consistent application of all company policies and procedures, and related local, state and federal laws, and applicable collective bargaining agreement(s)
- May be responsible for delivering orientation and other training programs as needed
- Ensures that weekly, monthly and ad-hoc reports are completed accurately and in a timely manner
- Receives and responds to employment-related claims from various government or public agencies; recommends settlement or defense based on actual investigation of facts
- Accomplishes human resources and organization mission by completing related results as needed
Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree is required
Work Experience:
- At least 2 years of experience in human resources generalist role is required
- Experience working in transportation, hospitality, manufacturing or food service environment highly desirable
Technical Skills: (Certification, Licenses and Registration)
- Must have strong computer skills using Microsoft Office products including Excel
- Ability to work in a fast paced, deadline driven environment
- Must have strong and effective leadership skills, and the ability to successfully manage a large staff
- Current or previous labor relations experience
- Strong organizational, analytical and leadership skills required
- Multi-lingual skills preferred
- Demonstrated knowledge of state and federal employment law
- Effective relationship building and business partnering
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Talent acquisition
- Analysis
- Prioritizing multiple projects/tasks
- Working independently
- Candidate must have strong interpersonal skills, and be highly organized, action oriented and collaborative
- Must also have proficiency in all areas of EEO/Tile VII compliance including expertise in investigating and formally responding to Title VII charges
- Must be innovative in making changes to the operation as needed to further improve the work environment and unit performance
- PHR is a plus
Language / Communication Skills:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Bilingual (English / Spanish) is a major plus.
Work Environment / Requirements of the Job:
- Regularly, stands, bends, lifts, and moves intermittently during shifts of 10+ hours
- In a normal production kitchen facility there may be physical discomfort due to temperature and noise
- Must be able to lift, push, pull and move product, equipment, supplies, etc., in excess of twenty-five (25) pounds
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $70,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Education:
Experience:
- Labor Relations and Employee Relations: 3 years (Required)
- Orientation and Onboarding: 4 years (Required)
- Human resources: 4 years (Required)
- I9 Documentation: 5 years (Required)
Language:
License/Certification:
- Professional In Human Resources (Preferred)
Work Location: In person