Human Resources Generalist
About The Position
At Lakes Gas, human resources (HR) is focused on understanding what people need and knowing how to provide it. If you’re a people-person looking to advance your career in the exciting world of HR, this is the best place to dive in. We’re in search of a qualified and resourceful HR generalist to support our HR department in ensuring smooth and efficient business operations. The HR generalist will have both administrative and strategic responsibilities, helping us to plan and administer important functions, such as staffing, training and development, payroll, compensation, and benefits. At Lakes Gas we understand that our business thrives when our personnel thrive, and that starts by hiring the right HR professionals.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in HR, business, or a related field
- Excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills, ethics, and cultural awareness
- Resourceful, problem-solving aptitude and thorough knowledge of HR procedures and policies
- Advanced knowledge of MS Office, HRIS systems, and comfortable learning new technical systems as needed
Nice To Haves
- Additional HR training or experience is a plus
- Proven experience working in an HR department
- Natural interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong detail-oriented and resourceful mindset
- Knowledge of Paylocity a plus
- Knowledge of HR federal laws and regulations
Responsibilities
- Assist in developing and executing personnel procedures and policies, providing guidance and interpretation for business operations of DOT regulated company
- Participate in development of HR objectives and systems, including metrics, queries, and standard reports for ongoing company requirements
- Processing payroll accurately and efficiently
- Recruiting talent for DOT regulated company
- Working with employees throughout life cycle from recruiting through end of employment
- Assist in administering benefits, compensation, leave and employee performance programs
- Suggest new procedures and policies to continually improve efficiency of the HR department and organization as a whole, and to improve employee experience
- Ensure legal compliance of HR state and federal regulations and applicable employment laws, and update policies and/or procedures as required
- Prepare paperwork, schedule, and facilitate smooth new hire onboarding process, coordinating with cross-functional departments to deliver an exceptional first-day experience
- Handle all administrative tasks for recruiting, onboarding, new hire orientation, and exit interviews, including entering data into HR information systems and auditing for accuracy and compliance
- Provide an effective and dedicated HR advisory service to employees in relation to absence and health issues, conduct and capability, grievance matters, organizational change, and all other employee-relations matters
- Ensure payroll processing, including: bi-weekly and semi-monthly updates to employee files, bonus/incentive pay, tracking vacation/sick pay, importing expense reimbursements, inputting exceptions, hourly employee validations, and benefit changes
- Assist in the communication, interpretation, and upkeep of employee handbook, employee directory, and organizational chart, and contributes to the development of policies
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
