HR Generalist - Urgent Role

Milestone Contractors is a fully integrated highway, heavy construction, asphalt paving, concrete paving, and site-development general contractor providing construction services throughout the state of Indiana and beyond. We are currently looking to add an HR Generalist. If you are interested in the role please apply today!

Position Summary:

The Human Resource Generalist will perform the daily functions of the Human Resource (HR) department including onboarding and offboarding staff, administering pay, benefits, and leave, and enforcing company policies and practices for craft workers in their assigned area.

Essential Functions:

• Drives Company Culture Integration
  • Conducts New Employee Welcome sessions
  • Collects, enters and processes all relevant data to ensure employee is entered into HRIS systems and paid properly
  • Recruits, interviews, and facilitates the hiring of qualified job applicants for open positions; collaborates with departmental managers to understand skills and competencies required for openings.
  • Conducts or acquires background checks and employee eligibility verifications.
• Manages Employee Relations
  • Handles employment-related inquiries from applicants, employees, and supervisors, referring complex and/or sensitive matters to the appropriate staff; turns transactions into opportunities for relationship building
  • Attends and participates in employee disciplinary meetings, terminations, and investigations.
• Develops and hones functional HR knowledge
  • Maintains compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; reviews policies and practices to maintain compliance.
  • Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law.
• Provides training
  • Ensures required training is conducted
  • Reviews, tracks, and documents compliance with mandatory and non-mandatory training, continuing education, and work assessments. This may include safety training, anti-harassment training, professional licensure, and aptitude exams and certifications.
  • Assist in development of training curriculum
• Maintains records
  • Develops and maintains confidential HR records
  • Performs routine tasks required to administer and execute human resource programs including but not limited to compensation, benefits, and leave; disciplinary matters; disputes and investigations; performance and talent management; productivity, recognition, and morale; occupational health and safety; and training and development.
• Communicates with internal/external customers.
  • Answers inquiries via phone, email or in-person.
  • Develops effective relationships with employees, peers and managers.
  • Provides highest levels of service.
• Promotes and maintains safe work environment.
  • Exhibits safe work behaviors
  • Wears all prescribed PPE

Reporting Relationships:

Supervision Received: Works under the general direction of an HR Area Partner

Supervision Given: None

Competencies

• Accountability
• Communication
• Decision Making/Decision Quality
• Ethics/Integrity
• Instills Trust
• Drives Results
• Resourcefulness

Work Environment The work environment described here is representative of those that experienced by an employee performing the essential functions of this job.

• Clerical office environment
• Indoor lab conditions that include standard office equipment such as computers, photocopier, phone, filing cabinets, fax machines, cubicles

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Sits at a desk 8 hours a day
• Looks at a computer screen 8 hours a day
• Performs data entry, alpha and 10-key numeric, on a keyboard
• Uses copy/fax to scan documents

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work This is a full-time position, at least 40 hours per week. Days and hours of work are normally Monday through Friday, during normal business hours; but business needs may dictate evening and weekend work.

Travel Overnight travel is not expected on a regular basis; job site or satellite office visits is required 20-40% of the time.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business or related field; or equivalent work experience
• 1-3 years' previous experience in a human resources generalist position; or equivalent work experience
• SHRM or HRCI Certification preferred
• Union experience preferred

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Comprehensive understanding of HR body of knowledge, including employment law, talent acquisition, employee and labor relations, total rewards, EEO/AA
• Ability to maintain confidences and exercise discretion
• Ability to apply critical thinking and exercise judgment in decision making
• Ability to build trusting relationships with stakeholders

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• Must pass a pre-employment drug screen
• Must adhere to drug free workplace requirements, including random testing requirements
• If required to drive a company vehicle, must have or be able to obtain valid, state driver's license and meet company driver requirements

Work Authorization/Security Clearance (if applicable) Must be authorized to work in the United States, as verified through E-Verify. Some job sites may require additional criminal background testing.

Other Duties This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EOE/M/W/Vet/Disabled/PDA

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