HR Manager

JMS Technical Solutions • Buffalo, NY

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The HR Manager is responsible for recruiting and new-hire onboarding, investigating employee complaints, facilitating employee relations, administering benefits, and training employees on company policies, procedures, and programs. The role also provides management support as requested.

This position supports hourly and salaried recruitment, union matters, employee safety, onboarding, benefits enrollment, personnel records, vacation and absentee policies, performance management, regulatory reporting, and workplace investigations. The HR Manager is also the company safety lead and heads the employee safety committee. The position is onsite in Buffalo, New York, and is a full-time, direct-hire role. Salary is based on experience, up to $120,000.

Requirements

• 5–10 years of relevant HR experience, including some experience in a manufacturing enterprise.
• Experience in a union shop environment and familiarity with CBA matters.
• Associate degree required.
• Extremely high level of professionalism and emotional intelligence.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to handle confidential material sensitively and maturely.
• Proficiency in the MS Office Suite.
• Familiarity with federal and state employment laws, including HIPAA.
• Business savvy.
• Strong writing and speaking skills.
• Strong desire to make a difference and help grow a collaborative culture.
• Initiative taker.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct recruitment for hourly employees and collaborate with managers on salaried recruitment.
• Work with temporary associate agencies to supplement the hourly workforce as needed, and maintain lists of current and terminated associates with termination reasons.
• Extend offers to hourly candidates and initiate background checks, pre-employment physicals, and drug screening.
• Handle union grievances and employee write-up and termination procedures in accordance with the CBA.
• Assist with union negotiation planning and processes, and job postings.
• Lead and maintain the Human Resources A3 Board.
• Serve as company safety lead and lead the employee safety committee.
• Prepare onboarding materials and initiate electronic onboarding through the Human Resource Information System.
• Conduct new-hire orientation and initial safety training.
• Assist employees with benefits enrollment and changes, annual open enrollment, and questions about employee software.
• Maintain confidential personnel records accurately and thoroughly in accordance with company policy and government guidelines.
• Administer vacation and absentee policies in accordance with corporate and division guidelines.
• Establish and maintain the Employee Information Handbook.
• Assist in preparing position profiles and job descriptions.
• Collaborate with managers on performance reviews, succession planning, and disciplinary procedures and processes.
• Conduct an annual review of company policies and procedures with employees and retain receipts of those policies.
• Prepare regulatory reports required by federal and state guidelines.
• Assist with investigations of violations of company work rules and policies.
• Prepare periodic management reports and assist division leadership with additional tasks or special projects as requested.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree