Human Resources Manager

Human Resources Manager

Reports To: VP-Director of Administration

Work Hours: Full Time

FLSA Status: Exempt

Branch(s): Meriden, CT 06450

Position Purpose:

Effectively oversee and manage the Human Resources function of the company ensuring legally sound decisions, policies and best practices. Responsible for recruitment, developing and retaining a high performance and diverse workforce while fostering a safe and productive work environment.

Essential Functions:

• Manage all aspects of Human Resources for the company.
• Maintain and ensure confidentiality of all personnel information.
• Responsible for Human Resources practices, policies and procedures; ensuring compliance with applicable state and federal laws.
• Be a resource for staff with HR policy/law interpretation and guidance. Work with managers and staff to resolve day-to-day issues. Create, implement and update HR policies and employee handbook as needed.
• Serve as a point of vendor contact for HR, payroll, benefits, drug testing and background checks.
• Manage recruitment and hiring to ensure sourcing best qualified applicants. Post jobs internally and externally. Guide interview process, selection and hiring of candidates. Approve offer letters, perform pre-employment background checks and drug tests, and coordinate new hire training.
• Handle all HR government required filings; monthly and annually.
• Create and update internal HR reports as required/requested.
• Effective new-hire onboarding and employee offboarding experiences.
• Continuous HR process improvement. Ensure accuracy in maintaining HR files, records and employee database. Utilizing HRIS to their full capabilities.
• Annual salary administration; perform market analysis to ensure appropriate and competitive pay ranges and grades are in place.
• Administer benefit plan design and annual open enrollment process.
• Create and maintain employee performance reviews and disciplinary actions, PIPS, offering guidance as needed. Promote coaching approach for managers as they handle issues that arise.
• Coach, develop and supervise the HR team.
• Oversee the payroll function, ensuring accurate and timely processing and recordkeeping. Accurately process payroll as needed.
• Oversee employee benefits for new hires, terminations, and changes. Audit and approve monthly invoices to ensure accuracy.
• May visit branch locations as needed.
• Assist Safety Manager with safety sensitive designation and drug testing, workers comp claims/cases and leave coordination.
• Maintain a clean, safe and professional work environment
• Additional duties as requested

Experience, Education & Skills:

• Five to seven years HR management experience required.
• Experience using current hardware and software including Microsoft Office and Paycom.
• HR certification or degree required.
• Excellent conflict resolution, and verbal/written communication skills required.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to, stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
• Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects. Involves sitting most of the time, with walking and standing occasionally.

Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.