HR Specialist

NGC Transmission Equipment•Fort Worth, TX

About The Position

The HR Specialist administers payroll, benefits, recruiting, onboarding, employee records, and other human resources processes. The role processes payroll through ADP Workforce Now and supports compliance, audit readiness, workforce planning, and HR programs in coordination with the HR Manager. It also assists with visa and immigration services and helps maintain effective HR policies and practices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, Organizational Behavior, or a related field.
3–5 years of HR-related experience, including payroll, benefits enrollment and administration, recruiting, employee relations, and performance management.
Problem-solving skills, including identifying and resolving problems in a timely manner and gathering and analyzing information skillfully.
Interpersonal skills, including maintaining confidentiality, openness to others’ ideas, and willingness to try new things.
Planning and organizing skills, including prioritizing and planning work, using time efficiently, and developing realistic action plans.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual English and Chinese skills for collaboration with headquarters.

Responsibilities

Administer and process payroll for scheduled pay periods using ADP Workforce Now, including monitoring timecard approvals and processing wage adjustments, paid time off balances, benefit deductions, job changes, garnishments, exemptions, and other paycheck matters.
Collect and compile HR metrics and data from HRIS and payroll outputs, surveys, exit interviews, employment records, and government labor statistics.
Manage full-cycle recruiting and hiring, including job postings, interview coordination, candidate screening, offer letters, and background verification and drug screens.
Conduct new-hire orientation and manage onboarding, ensuring timely and accurate completion of required processes and paperwork.
Manage payroll-cycle workflows and ensure transactions are processed and reconciled through time and attendance systems.
Process workers’ compensation reporting and 401(k) contributions on time and respond to internal and external audit inquiries as required.
Administer employee benefits enrollment and changes, and support oversight of benefit deductions and additions in ADP.
Maintain employee information by compiling and updating employment and status-change data in HRIS systems; administer and audit I-9 documentation and keep records current.
Assist the HR Manager with the annual manpower budget and forecasts of hiring needs.
Maintain and update personnel files and electronic files, ensuring they are audit-ready and compliant.
Assist the HR Manager with visa and immigration services and help ensure the process runs smoothly.
Assist the HR Manager in implementing programs and policies to enhance productivity and reduce liability through improved communications and HR practices, including handbooks, job descriptions, performance appraisal systems, compensation plans, hiring processes, terminations, and programs.