HR Business Partner at PIONEER METAL FINISHING, LLC in Union City, California

Job Description:

Position Summary
The role serves as a location-based human capital leader, who may also be responsible for providing project leadership for organization-wide initiatives. The human resource business partner is responsible for managing the core business functions including, talent acquisition and development, employee relations, benefits communication and interpretation, compensation administration and compliance, and employment policy interpretation and application. The individual will work directly with site leadership to ensure that all human resource responsibilities help develop the culture and promote the Pioneer Fundamentals.

Essential Job Duties/Responsibilities

Collaborates with the location leadership to understand business strengths and opportunities related to people systems. Works with site and corporate leadership to develop plans and actions that will help the location achieve its performance objectives.
Understands the business trends and patters to help support labor planning requirements to maintain productivity and to ensure labor costs and labor rates are within the guidelines set forth by the Production Manager.
Recruits, interviews and facilitates the hiring process and decisions for all hourly roles for the division(s). Provides recruitment support for salary positions. Supports the development, implementation and administration of learning systems to ensure all employees have the necessary skills and knowledge to perform the essential functions of their work successfully and effectively.

Uses current recruitment tools and social media with a post to attract approach to selling the Pioneer value proposition.
Administers the full-cycle recruitment process in the human resource information system for posting and hiring.

Oversees the performance management process including formal and informal coaching, feedback, documentation and employment decision-making.

Models accountability in performance by taking personal ownership of setting goals, meeting expectations, and achieving results.
Helps develop the skills of all leaders in coaching staff, providing feedback and establishing a culture that promotes high performance behaviors.

Responsible for investigating formal employment complaints and issues to ensure conflicts are resolved constructively, investigations are conducted compliantly and the company policies and procedures are upheld. Responsible for legal compliance and partners with department leaders on all applicable labor laws.

Implements and maintains policies and procedures to ensure consistency across all divisions.

Works with the Office Administrator to coordinate and instruct new employee orientation, onboarding and training.
Administer drug testing for all new hires, reasonable suspicion and post-accident situations.
Drive employee engagement through administration of recognition programs and organization of events with the help of the Office Administrator(s) (i.e. summer picnics and holiday parties).
Responsible for the reporting of daily labor to each division and providing data analysis on items such as: overtime, attendance, benefit enrollment, etc.
Manage temporary agency relationships to ensure pricing is competitive and service level agreements are upheld and to review performance on a regular basis using metrics such as temp productivity and attendance.
Works with the Operations Managers and Safety Coordinator to maintain and improve the workers compensation and safety programs.
Works directly with Safety Coordinator and Office Administrators to ensure training programs are in place and that ISO, OSHA and company requirements are being met. Delegates training responsibilities to proper personnel.

Education/Qualifications

4-year college degree in Business, Human Resources or related field; or equivalent work experience.
Proficient in Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS)
PHR/SPHR certification preferred but not required.
Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is required.

Personal Attributes

Must be approachable and highly motivated with a very high aptitude for problem solving and leading by example.
Strong analytical skills.
Must be creative, innovative, flexible, adaptable and highly organized.
Confidentiality is a must.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.