Etna Shared Services Looking for Human Resource Generalist at Grand Rapids, MI Full Time

Do you enjoy having a variety in your work? If you have a passion for HR, are familiar with Safety, Workers Comp, and Risk Management and looking to be a part of a dynamic HR team, this is the place to be. Your role as an HR Generalist will be far from one-dimensional. You’ll undertake a wide range of HR tasks as well as learning more HR responsibilities.

Etna offers annual bonuses, great benefits, 401k with company match, paid time off, hybrid work schedule and so much more!

Human Resource Generalist Job Summary:

Work as part of a Human Resources team for efficient, accurate, and effective performance of HR tasks and projects to support the company’s multiple locations and lines of business. Our team strives to maintain high associate morale, keep the Company profitable and legally compliant, and positively promote the Company within the community.

Human Resource Generalist Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

These include the following and others may be assigned.

• Meet or exceed the expectations of our customers by providing a positive customer experience.
• Administer, explain, and enforce company policies and procedures and actively participate in policy, procedure, and SOP creation and updates.
• Serve as a resource to and liaison between employees and management.
• Coordinate and perform efficient, accurate, and effective daily HR tasks and projects.
• Recruiting: Ensure open positions are filled with high quality candidates by coordinating job postings and the job bid process, interviewing candidates, running background checks and assessments, making job offers to applicants, attending recruiting events, finding new recruiting sources, onboarding associates, and other responsibilities related to recruiting.
• Benefits: Responsible for benefits administration, including but not limited to monitoring benefits eligibility, assisting employees with benefit issues and enrollments, coordinating benefits communication, promoting the Company’s excellent benefits offerings, and assisting with maintenance of benefit documents and reporting.
• Training: Participate with training administration and assist with the continuous development of associates to ensure high customer and employee satisfaction and benefit to the Company’s bottom line.
• Safety/Workers Compensation/DOT: Administer the Company safety and risk management programs, including but not limited to maintaining OSHA logs, overseeing safety committees, administering safety training, maintain consortium and administer DOT random testing, and ensuring compliance with OSHA and legal requirements.
• New Hires and Orientation: Participate in new hire orientation and conduct onboarding interviews to ensure the successful onboarding of new associates.
• Time and Attendance: Perform routine time and attendance activities, administer FMLA and leaves of absence, and ensure ADP/Attendance Counts data integrity.
• Payroll: Assist with daily payroll activity, serve as back up for payroll processing, and run and create related reports.
• Events and Recognition: Administer and coordinate all recognition and rewards programs, promote spot awards and recognition, and lead charity events.
• Discipline and Termination: Assist with exit interviews, investigations, discipline, and terminations as needed.
• Administration: Perform and assist with administrative activities as needed.
• Keep up-to-date on industry trends and employment laws.
• Create, share, and implement ideas for continuous improvement and cost savings.
• Attend and participate in meetings as required.
• Special projects.
• Regular and predictable attendance.
• Work safely.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of Human Resource concepts and federal, state, and local employment laws.
• Working knowledge of federal and state OSHA, DOT, and FMCSA regulations.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and ethics.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks, priorities, and deadlines and easily adapt to changing situations in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective interpersonal, communication, customer service, teamwork, judgment, adaptability, organization, prioritization, negotiation, stress management, accuracy, presentation, persuasion, listening, delegation, decision making, and problem solving skills.
• General business acumen and understanding of balancing the needs of associates with the needs of the company.
• Ability to effectively interact with all levels of associates and present information in an easy to understand manner.
• Maintain professional image as a representative of the company.
• Ability to travel occasionally.
• Ability to read and interpret documents, such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures manuals.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, with or without a calculator.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, ADP, and other HR-related software and systems.
• Ability to operate standard office equipment.

Certifications and/or Licenses:

• Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record.
• HRCI or SHRM certification preferred

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university; or
• Five years of HR experience; or
• Equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Experience in a multi-location, multi-state environment highly desired.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

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

• Frequently required to sit; talk and hear; and use fingers.
• Regularly required to walk and stand; reach, grasp, and handle.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Must be able to fulfill the essential job functions in a consistent state of alertness and a safe manner.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include clear vision at 20 inches or less and 20 feet or more and color vision.
• Work performed primarily inside.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Pass substance abuse screening.