HR Generalist

Air Distribution Technologies Careers•Tarboro, NC

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About The Position

The HR Generalist provides hands-on human resources support for the Tarboro plant and serves as a trusted, visible resource for employees and supervisors on the production floor. The role owns day-to-day employee relations, recruiting, onboarding, HR compliance, and HR administration, while supporting the site’s proactive and lawful labor relations approach in partnership with the HR Manager, corporate labor relations, and outside legal counsel. Experience supporting labor relations or a union organizing campaign is strongly preferred. The HR Generalist is the first point of contact for HR questions, workplace concerns, and policy interpretation across shifts. The role supports employee engagement, supervisor coaching and training, investigations, labor relations readiness, full-cycle recruiting, onboarding, performance and compensation processes, leave and benefits administration, compliance, HRIS data, reporting, and coordination with Safety and Operations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
6 years of progressive HR generalist experience, including at least 2 years in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
Demonstrated experience conducting employee relations investigations and coaching supervisors.
Working knowledge of the NLRA and lawful employer conduct.
Solid knowledge of federal and North Carolina employment law.
Experience with HRIS and applicant tracking systems.
Excellent communication, organization, and judgment.
Ability to build credibility with hourly employees and leadership alike.
Ability to support multiple shifts as needed.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience supporting a union organizing campaign or labor relations activity is strongly preferred.
Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.
PHR or SHRM-CP certification is preferred; SPHR or SHRM-SCP is a plus.

Responsibilities

Serve as the first point of contact for employees and supervisors on HR questions, workplace concerns, and policy interpretation across all shifts.
Coordinate listening sessions, stay interviews, engagement surveys, and town halls; summarize themes for the HR Manager and plant leadership.
Maintain open-door practices and suggestion systems, ensuring employees receive timely and credible responses to concerns.
Coach frontline supervisors on consistent, fair, and respectful management practices and help deliver supervisor training programs.
Conduct employee relations investigations into complaints, disciplinary matters, and policy violations; document findings and outcomes consistently and escalate sensitive matters to the HR Manager.
Support the HR Manager on labor relations and organizing-readiness matters under the direction of corporate labor relations and legal counsel.
Help ensure supervisor conduct and site communications comply with NLRA requirements and the TIPS framework.
Help prepare and deliver supervisor training on lawful conduct before, during, and after organizing activity.
Monitor workplace climate and promptly flag emerging employee concerns or early indicators of organizing activity to the HR Manager.
Assist with logistics and documentation for legally compliant employer communications and any representation election process.
Manage full-cycle recruiting for hourly and salaried positions, including postings, screening, interviews, offers, and coordination with hiring managers and staffing partners.
Lead new-hire onboarding and orientation, and support training and development programs.
Administer performance management, compensation, leave, and benefits processes; assist employees with enrollment and questions.
Ensure HR compliance with federal, North Carolina, and local employment law, including I-9/E-Verify, wage and hour requirements, postings, and recordkeeping.
Maintain accurate HRIS data and personnel files and prepare HR metrics for the HR Manager and plant leadership.
Partner with Safety and Operations on workers’ compensation, return-to-work, and attendance programs.