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Aston Carter Sr. Human Resources Generalist in Wixom, Michigan
Job Title: Sr. Human Resources Generalist
Job Description
The Senior Human Resource Generalist is responsible for a range of functions including employee relations, labor relations, training, employment, affirmative action and performance management, compensation, benefits management, and payroll functions. This role is crucial for maintaining and improving talent sourcing and selection processes, ensuring regulatory compliance, and managing employee relations and benefits. The successful candidate will be highly perceptive and capable of relating to all organizational levels, sensitive to both organizational and employee needs.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Talent Sourcing and Selection
Lead the hourly recruiting for site and support professional-level recruitment.
Maintain internal position posting and selection processes
Ensure proper external position postings, handling of applicant flow, including employee referrals
Identify and maintain strong relationships with government and private sources for referral of manufacturing candidates
Administration of skill assessments, effective interviewing, participation in selection, development and presentation of offers, managing acceptance and start process for all position assigned to recruit.
Employee Relations, Talent Retention, Conflict Avoidance and Resolution
Maintain a work environment where employees understand, are comfortable with and proactively accessing appropriate internal support for their interests and concerns.
Support supervisors and associates with communications, training and coaching on how to interpret and apply HR policies and procedures especially in core areas of interest such as time and attendance, performance management, conflict resolution, investigate complaints, disciplinary action, pay and benefits.
Address and maintain data on areas of concern to enable systemic problem identification and resolution. This will include participation in onboarding new and transferring associates, “management by walking around” all shifts, and exit interviews.
HR Data Entry, Accuracy and Reporting
Encourage and support associate and manager self-service, where available. Where not available, ensure accurate and timely entry of HR data (hires, data changes, terminations).
Back up to Payroll-Timecard management.
Work with managers to avoid timecard discrepancies such as time–off balances and leaves of absence.
Ensure alignment to time-keeping policies.
Maintain and keep track of Time & Attendance all hourly non-exempt employees to ensure compliance with all work rules.
Assemble and ensure data quality for internal reports such as monthly headcount and turnover.
Benefits/Leave Management
Reports, maintains and monitors all workers' compensation case files; follows-up on open cases.
Monitors employee eligibility for benefits plans.
Reviews benefits with employees and assists employees with enrollment and life events.
Organizes and manages annual open enrollment communications and election process for site.
Processes and administers all leave-of-absence requests and disability paperwork: medical, personal, disability and FMLA.
Effectively interprets FMLA and ADA implications as they relate to leaves of absences/disabilities.
Regulatory and Compliance
Maintains compliance with federal, state and local employment and benefits laws and regulations.
Ensures compliance with USCIS Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification; periodically audits Forms I-9.
Maintains and processes all Unemployment Notices of Entitlement and potential charges in a timely, efficient manner
Must Haves
Five years of experience in HR doing employee and labor relations
Talent sourcing and recruitment experience
HR data entry and reporting proficiency
Benefits and leave management experience
Additional Skills
Strong communication
Perceptiveness
Problem-solving
Ability to maintain confidentiality
Effective interpersonal skills
Work Environment
The position is onsite, Monday through Friday, in a business casual office attached to a manufacturing site. Exposure to the leadership team is frequent, and the role reports to the HR VP based in Connecticut. The local team includes this role and an HR Coordinator. This position does not have any direct reports.
About Aston Carter:
Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® double diamond winner for both client and talent service.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
At Aston Carter, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:
Hiring diverse talent
Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
Ensuring growth opportunities for our people
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com (%20astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com) for other accommodation options.