HR Business Partner

reliance•Fort Payne, AL

About The Position

The HR Business Partner serves as a trusted partner to team members and leadership, providing day-to-day human resources support to strengthen engagement, retention, and compliance. The role maintains HR programs and policies covering compensation, benefits, employee relations, and community partnerships. The position conducts regular floor walks across shifts and departments, checks in with team members, documents observations and trends, and shares recommendations with HR and operations leadership. It partners with managers on employee relations, coaching, and conflict resolution, and follows up on concerns. The role also supports benefits, new-hire administration and onboarding, leaves of absence, retention and engagement initiatives, compliance, and general HR administration.

Requirements

Knowledge of HR policies and labor laws.
Excellent computer skills.
Above-average knowledge and capability in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word.
Familiarity with Windows operating systems.
Team-oriented.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or a related field preferred.
3–5 years of HR experience preferred.
Experience with MIE Trak and Dayforce is a plus.

Responsibilities

Conduct regular, scheduled floor walks across all shifts and departments to build visibility, approachability, and trust with team members.
Hold frequent informal touchpoints and check-ins with team members to assess morale, engagement, workload, and workplace concerns.
Document floor-walk observations and feedback, identify trends, and share insights and recommendations with HR and operations leadership.
Partner with supervisors and managers to address employee relations concerns, coaching needs, and conflict resolution promptly and fairly.
Follow up with team members on concerns raised to close the loop and reinforce open communication.
Assist employees with benefits questions and enrollment.
Administer new-hire paperwork, onboarding, and orientation, including check-ins during new hires’ first 90 days.
Maintain FMLA and other leaves of absence.
Support retention and engagement initiatives, recognition programs, and team member events.
Ensure compliance with HR policies, labor laws, and company procedures, and advise management on policy interpretation.
Create Word documents, update Excel spreadsheets, and organize and maintain HR files.
Provide support to other office departments as requested.
Maintain a clean and orderly work area.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Recruiting & Engagement Manager.