HR Admin

City Beverages • Puyallup, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The HR Administrator provides administrative and operational support across recruiting, employee onboarding and offboarding, benefits administration, employee relations, training, performance management, HRIS administration, payroll support, and union administration. The role serves as an accessible resource for employees and managers, helping ensure HR processes are handled accurately, consistently, and in accordance with company policies, applicable laws, and collective bargaining agreements. The position is based at the Puyallup location; regular remote work from home is not available. The schedule is Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM, with occasional overtime potentially required. This full-time position offers benefits and broad, hands-on HR experience while working with employees, managers, and cross-functional partners.

Requirements

• High degree of personal integrity and confidentiality.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field preferred; equivalent education and/or experience may be considered.
• 1–3 years of HR, recruiting, administrative, operations, or related experience.
• Strong interest in developing a career in Human Resources.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
• Ability to express opinions confidently based on thoughtful data gathering and analysis.
• Ability to engage in healthy, constructive discussions to provide good service to the business and employees.
• Ability to define and manage priorities, handle multiple tasks and projects, meet deadlines, and follow through on assignments.
• Strong customer-service orientation and ability to interact professionally with employees at all levels.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook, Word, and Excel.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with an HRIS, payroll, recruiting, or benefits system.
• Experience with Paylocity.
• Previous experience in a unionized environment or familiarity with collective bargaining agreements.

Responsibilities

• Support recruiting, including job postings, interview coordination, candidate communications, pre-employment activities, and new-hire documentation.
• Coordinate onboarding and ensure new hires receive required information, documentation, training, and system access.
• Process employee changes, transfers, promotions, and other personnel transactions.
• Coordinate offboarding, including exit documentation, system access termination, benefits information, and coordination with relevant departments.
• Maintain accurate and confidential employee records and administer pre-employment and random drug testing.
• Respond to routine employee HR questions and escalate matters as appropriate.
• Assist with employee relations matters, including documentation, investigations, policy questions, and routine workplace concerns.
• Support managers with performance and workplace issues, escalating complex or sensitive matters to HR leadership.
• Assist with collective bargaining agreement administration and union-related processes; maintain union employee, seniority, classification, contract, and labor-related records; and support union communications and meetings.
• Assist with health, dental, vision, retirement, and other benefits administration, including new-hire enrollment, qualifying life events, open enrollment, status changes, employee questions, provider coordination, and resolving enrollment or deduction discrepancies.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential employee information in the HRIS and process status, compensation, job, and other HR changes.
• Process approved pay increases and ensure changes are accurately reflected in HR and payroll systems.
• Assist with payroll-related questions and research discrepancies with Accounting/Payroll.
• Generate HR reports and assist with audits and data analysis.
• Administer performance review timelines, communications, documentation, and system updates; support managers with process requirements and documentation of performance concerns.
• Coordinate training programs, including scheduling, communications, attendance, follow-up, and training and compliance records.
• Collaborate with IT on system access, onboarding and offboarding, HRIS issues, and technology needs.
• Partner with Accounting/Payroll on compensation changes, payroll questions, benefit deductions, and related processes.
• Work with managers, departments, external vendors, benefit providers, recruiting partners, and service providers on employee-related processes and HR issues.
• Participate in HR projects and process improvement initiatives.
• Maintain a professional, approachable, service-oriented demeanor and protect sensitive employee, compensation, benefits, performance, and labor relations information.

Benefits

• Company-sponsored life insurance and long-term disability insurance for full-time employees.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance enrollment available for employees and their families.
• 401(k) for non-union employees; union employees participate in a pension program.
• Eight paid holidays.
• Up to 40 hours of vacation after the first year, increasing to 80 hours after two years.
• Washington State Sick Leave accruals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level