Human Resources Coordinator

Human Resources Coordinator

Job Locations


US-VA-Alexandria

Job ID


2026-1494

Category


Non-Engineer

Overview

The Human Resources Coordinator is a key member of MPR's Human Resources team and will serve as a primary point of contact for employees who need general support. We are a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment. This individual will have the opportunity to work across the organization to provide support and grow their expertise in several functional areas: recruiting and onboarding, training and development, benefits administration, employee engagement, HRIS administration, and HR operations.

In this role, you will help keep HR processes organized, accurate, compliant, and employee focused. You will work closely with external and internal teams to support a smooth employee experience from offer acceptance through the full employee lifecycle. This position is a strong fit for someone who enjoys organization, technology, customer service, process improvement, and learning how human resources operates in a professional services and federal contractor environment.

This position is a great opportunity for an individual that wants to experience all areas of human resources and develop into a generalist. The ideal candidate will have a high degree of confidentiality, accuracy, independent judgment, and initiative.

Duties/Responsibilities

Recruiting: Assist with developing job descriptions, scheduling interviews and compiling interview packages, supporting the campus recruiting program, as well as coordinating candidate travel.
• Onboarding: Support all aspects of onboarding for all employees, including documentation processing, orientation planning, and coordination of arrival logistics with exceptional attention to detail.
• Training and Development: Coordinate training and maintain records in the learning management system.
• Benefits: Support and assist with the administration of benefit programs.
• Employee Engagement: Partner with the team to plan and execute employee morale events and other corporate-sponsored activities throughout the year.
• Policies/Compliance: Assist in maintaining policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with applicable laws, regulations, and standards.
• HR Operations: Provide general administrative support, including assisting with the maintenance of files, updating information in systems, maintaining spreadsheets, and updating forms and departmental lists.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, or related field preferred. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Two (2) to four (4) years of human resources and/or administrative experience with an interest in a career in human resources preferred.

Skills

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience with a Human Resources Information System or Applicant Tracking System preferred.
• Experience with a Learning Management System is a plus.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities accurately, and efficiently.
• Ability to deliver exceptional service to employees through timely, empathetic, and accurate resolution of inquiries.
• Persistent, questioning attitude and the ability to accept that in others.
• Ability to multi-task across teams of engineers and managers on various projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across functional teams.
• Ability to accept and grow from constructive feedback.
• Motivated to expand skills and knowledge, as well as tackle new problems and take on new responsibilities.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Solution-oriented with a goal of enabling our client's success.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.

Location: Alexandria VA (HQ)

Position Type: Full-time, non-exempt

Compensation: The salary range for this position is $55,000 to $70,000 annually. Actual compensation is based on several factors, including but not limited to experience, internal parity, education, and skills. We offer comprehensive healthcare benefits (medical, dental, vision), flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts, a 401(k) and profit sharing, as well as paid time off.

About MPR

MPR Associates is a thriving multi-discipline, specialty engineering services and consulting firm founded in 1964. Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia with additional offices in East Lyme, Connecticut; Burlington, Massachusetts; and Salt Lake City, Utah. MPR serves a wide and continually growing client base across the power and energy industries, federal services (DOE, DOD, and DHS), and the health and life sciences sector throughout the United States and internationally. For more than 60 years, MPR has built a reputation as the organization to which clients turn to for specialty engineering solutions developed with integrity and technical excellence.

We make challenging projects successful by delivering reliable technical solutions throughout our client's entire project or product life-cycle to benefit both our clients and society as a whole. We are an adaptive technical organization that identifies and responds to client needs, helping frame complex problems into workable technical and managerial solutions. We provide top-tier engineering services by focusing on first principles and relying on our multi-disciplined teams to bring energy, passion, and natural curiosity to solve unique and challenging first of a kind problems.

Our value lies in our people -- highly skilled and motivated professionals who value interesting, challenging technical work and have a desire for continuous learning. We hire the best and brightest, fostering a high-performance culture built on trust and respect that makes MPR an exceptional place to work. The combination of our talented people working together as a team with clients and our dedication to technical rigor enables us to develop innovative solutions that create lasting value for clients and society.

MPR Associates, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, who participates in EVerify. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any other classification as required by applicable laws. MPR is a certified Virginia Values Veterans (V3) employer.

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