Job Summary:

Responsible for leading, directing, and providing overall support of the organization’s Human Resources initiatives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides support and guidance to employees and management in the resolution of employee relations issues.
• Manages the talent acquisition process, which includes employee recruitment, interviewing, and hiring of qualified job applicants.
• Ensures planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee performance appraisal program by training managers on employee assessment and development methods and ensure reviews are completed timely.
• Maintains knowledge of benefit programs to inform and answer employee questions as needed.
• Analyzes local trends in compensation and pay practices to ensure the organization attracts and retains top talent. Conducts periodic compensation study; monitoring and scheduling individual pay actions; and recommending, planning, and implementing pay structure revisions.
• Creates learning and development programs and initiatives that provide internal and external training opportunities for all employees.
• Maintains compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; reviews policies and practices to maintain compliance.
• Retains accurate current and historical human resource records according to company, local, and federal policy.
• Conforms with and abides by all regulations, policies, work procedures, instruction, and all safety requirements.
• Provides a “Customer Service” attitude when interacting with internal and external customers while accomplishing work, production, and achieving quality standards.
• Enforces all safety, health, environmental and food/feed safety policies and procedures.
• Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe workstation/environment at all times.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education and Experience:

• Education: Bachelor’s in human resources, or a 4-year degree in related discipline, preferred.
• Experience: 1-3 years in progressively responsible human resource roles, preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of the human resources processes preferred.
• PHR/SPHR certification preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• In-depth knowledge of HR principles, practices, and procedures
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and HR Systems.
• Organizational and multitasking skills, with the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with employees at all levels.
• Ability to advise and influence business leaders on how human resource actions can impact business performance.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to handle confidential information with integrity and discretion.
• Ability to maintain good attendance habits.
• Exhibit a professional manner in dealing with other department managers, working to maintain constructive working relationships under all circumstances.
• Abide by all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description.
• Abide by the company’s safety, quality, environmental, and HR policies at all times.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Ability to stand, bend, kneel to lift objects of 50 pounds or more.
• Ability to use stairs and ladders.
• Ability to be confined to a designated work area and stand for a long period of time.
• Ability to carry out tasks in a fast-paced environment, handling multiple tasks at once.
• Frequently required to walk, stand, sit.
• Occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds or more.
• Operate in an office and production environment. Production environment could include frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme heat or cold; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the production environment is usually very loud.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is usually in an office environment. The noise level in the office environment is usually quiet.