Human Resources Generalist

Position Summary

The Human Resources Generalist supports day-to-day HR operations in a unionized manufacturing environment and serves as a key HR resource for employees, supervisors, and management. This role is designed for an early-career HR professional who is ready to build hands-on experience in employee relations, labor relations support, recruiting, onboarding, benefits administration, leave administration, compliance, and HR systems.

Working closely with hourly employees, supervisors, and management, this position helps ensure HR practices are fair, consistent, legally compliant, and aligned with the collective bargaining agreements and company policies. The HR Generalist is expected to maintain a visible presence in the plant and support a safe, productive, and engaged workforce.

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Key Responsibilities

Employee Relations and Labor Relations Support

• Serve as a first point of contact for employee questions regarding HR policies, procedures, benefits, and general employment matters.
• Assist with employee relations matters, including attendance issues, disciplinary documentation, fact gathering, and workplace investigations.
• Prepare documentation and participate in employee meetings, investigatory meetings, and other HR-related discussions as assigned.
• Partners with supervisors and HR leadership to help ensure follow-up, documentation, and employee communication are timely, consistent, and aligned with company policy and the collective bargaining agreement.

Recruitment and Onboarding

• Assist with full-cycle recruiting for hourly and salaried positions in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, coordinating hiring activities including interview scheduling, background checks, drug testing and candidate communication.
• Support and deliver new hire orientation and onboarding in accordance with company practices and legal requirements.

HR Administration and Compliance

• Maintain organized records and documentation to support consistency, compliance, and effective HR operations ensuring all documentation stands up to state and federal requirements.
• Support compliance with applicable company policies and employment laws, including wage and hour requirements, leave laws, anti-discrimination laws, and workplace safety requirements.
• Partner with payroll to help ensure accurate processing of employee hours, deductions, shift premiums, and other pay-related changes.

Benefits, Leave, and Payroll Support

• Assist with benefits enrollment, changes, and employee questions.
• Support administration of FMLA, Massachusetts PFML, workers' compensation, and other employee leaves, tracking leave-related documentation and coordinating with employees, managers, payroll, and benefit providers as needed.

Safety and Manufacturing Support

• Maintain a regular presence on the production floor to support employee engagement, training coordination, and HR responsiveness.
• Maintain training and certification records for production employees.
• Support return-to-work coordination and other HR processes tied to plant safety and workforce readiness.