About the Role
The ideal candidate will have a passion for supporting our employee owners, managing complex HR operations and partnering with leaders to understand and develop solutions for their specific needs and challenges.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted resource to employees and managers, ensuring timely and accurate responses, escalating issues as appropriate.
- Offer guidance to employees and leaders (coaching, counseling, disciplinary actions, investigations).
- Provide policies, procedures and laws interpretation to employees and leaders.
- Identify and develop policies and programs to enhance Wenthe culture.
- Partner with hiring managers on job descriptions, interviewing practices, selection, and offer process; ensure a consistent candidate experience.
- Manage relationship with temporary agencies.
- Assist employees with benefit and leave questions; coordinate with vendors and payroll; support administration of ADA/interactive process and FMLA/leave workflows (as applicable).
- In conjunction with HR Director, work with employees and leadership to improve work relationships, build morale and increase safety awareness and employee retention.
- Maintain accurate HRIS records; produce routine and ad hoc reports/metrics; support data integrity and process improvements.
- Support engagement initiatives, recognition programs, and internal communications; help reinforce company values.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and efficiency within the HR function and implement initiatives to enhance the overall effectiveness of the HR team.
- Create standard and ad hoc reports.
- Help identify trends and potential issues based on HR metrics.
- Analyze data and make recommendations.
- Lead or support HR projects, such as process redesign, policy rollouts, compensation/benchmarking support, or implementation of HR tools.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field.
- HR certification (SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP, PHR/SPHR) or progress toward certification preferred.
- Five years of progressive HR generalist experience.
- Manufacturing or distribution center environment experience preferred.
- Working knowledge of employment laws and HR compliance requirements.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
- Sound judgment and high integrity; maintains confidentiality.
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with colleagues at various levels of the organization.
- Ability to maintain composure in stressful or challenging situations.
- Strong consulting and coaching approach; able to influence without authority.
- Commitment to equitable, consistent, and respectful workplace practices.
- Ability to collect, organize, analyze, and report data in an accurate, timely and meaningful manner.
- Basic project management skills, including monitoring completion of tasks against a project plan and communicating project status updates.
- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Written communication
- Oral communication
- Judgment
- Integrity
- Confidentiality
- Relationship building
- Composure
- Consulting
- Coaching
- Influence
- Data analysis
- Project management
- Problem-solving
- Decision-making
Experience Level
- Five years of progressive HR generalist experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field
- HR certification (SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP, PHR/SPHR) or progress toward certification preferred
About the Company
- At Wenthe-Davidson, we’ve been leaders in custom tubular metal fabrication for over 80 years.
- As a 100% employee-owned company with more than 200 dedicated team members, every person here has a direct stake in our success.
- Our commitment to continuous improvement, investment in state-of-the-art equipment, and long-term growth has fueled the recent expansion of our 109,000 sq. ft. facility with a new 27,000 sq. ft. addition.
