Job Summary:

This position is responsible for the key accountabilities of:

• Retention

• Benefits

• Hiring/ Termination

• Compliance/ Policy Review

• Employee Advocacy

• Payroll

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following with potential for other duties assigned.

Compliance/ Policy Review

• Manage legal requirements affecting human resources functions and ensure policies, procedures, compliance with federal, state, and local employment and benefits laws and regulations.

• Manage current HR software.

• Collect, maintain, and secure confidential personnel files.

• Prepare and maintain the Employee Team Guide (Handbook), Safety Manual, and other required regulatory programs.

• Manage job descriptions.

• Maintain and update Labor Law posters when needed for job trailers.

• Maintain accurate drivers/D.O.T. files and notify employee(s) of any missing, needed, or updated items. i.e., driver’s license, work permits, D.O.T., physicals, etc.

• Develop and maintain employee training verification files and certificates.

• Manage workman’s comp injuries, reporting, and communication with insurance company, case nurse, etc.

Employee Retention/ Advocacy

• Communicate with new hires within 30 days of hire date for employee feedback, questions, concerns, and suggestions.

• Administer and schedule performance appraisals.

• Manage employee development, training, and improvement programs.

• Recommend and implement new approaches, policies, and procedures to continually employee retention and advocacy.

• Promote employee interests, create a work environment, and culture in which people choose to be motivated and happy.

Benefits

• Manage employee benefits.

• Reconcile monthly benefits invoices for accuracy and verify employee withholding totals with Controller.

• Randomly selects and schedules monthly drug/alcohol tests with employees.

• Conducts wage surveys within labor markets to determine competitive wage rates for current and future positions.

• Send toothbrushes.

Hiring/ Termination

• Recruit, screen, interview, and select employees to fill vacant positions.

• Manage the onboarding process.

• Prepares employee separation notices and related documentation, contacts corporate attorney when needed, and conducts exit interviews to determine reasons behind separations.

• Assist with new hire accommodations such as travel, hotel, and crew placement.

Payroll

• Entry and management of payroll process.

Travel

• Incident and accident investigation.

• Occasional job site visits.

• Trade show assistance as needed.

• Off-site training opportunities.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations, and Skills

Current Driver’s License

Bilingual required (Spanish)

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

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The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.