HR Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Summary

The Human Resources Manager serves as the primary HR leader for our family of companies, acting as a vital bridge between local operational needs and Silver Bay Seafoods corporate standards. This role functions as both a strategic partner to leadership and a champion for a diverse workforce across multiple entities. The HR Manager provides essential on-site coordination, 'boots on the ground' support, and compliance oversight, including multi-state regulatory management to ensure a productive and legal work environment across all sites. A successful manager will serve as a regulatory expert, ensuring that corporate initiatives are implemented with local relevance and legal compliance and that HR records are always audit-ready. The HR Manager must possess high integrity to navigate sensitive investigations and employee relations issues with neutrality and professional composure.

Essential Functions/Qualifications

The responsibilities of the position include the following:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for managers and employees on all workplace matters, fostering a culture of open communication.
• Conduct thorough workplace investigations and provide guidance on corrective actions and terminations in alignment with company policy.
• Support performance review processes and coach managers on performance management techniques and proper documentation.
• Promote employee engagement initiatives and ensure the consistent application of company policies.
• Maintain personnel files, employment verifications, and strict I-9 compliance.
• Communicate and implement HR policies and procedures in accordance with the corporate office.
• Ensure site compliance with all federal, state, and local employment laws.
• Support internal and external audits, reporting, and continuous process improvement initiatives.
• Manage local benefits enrollment, qualifying life events, and open enrollment processes.
• Administer and monitor leave programs, including FMLA, state leave laws, ADA accommodations, and workers' compensation coordination.
• Respond to employee benefit inquiries and coordinate with benefits vendors/corporate teams as needed.
• Support payroll processing in coordination with the Corporate Payroll team. Review and ensure accuracy of timecards, missed punches, and time-off entries.
• Monitor wage and hour compliance (overtime and state regs).
• Support site safety programs in partnership with operations and Corporate Compliance leadership. Help coordinate safety training, incident reporting, and support return-to-work or modified duty programs.
• Work in tandem with the Corporate TA Manager to execute localized recruitment strategies that align with broader Silver Bay Seafoods branding and goals.
• Lead on-site interviewing and selection processes, partner with the TA Manager on high-volume seasonal hiring surges or specialized technical roles.
• Oversee the local onboarding experience across our family of companies, ensuring new hires are seamlessly integrated into their respective site cultures while completing all corporate-required compliance training and documentation.
• Other duties to help support teams and entire organization.

Work Environment and Schedule

This is a full-time, on-site position headquarters at the Orca Bay Foods facility in West Seattle, WA. To effectively lead on-site HR initiatives and provide high-touch support to our operational teams, a consistent presence is required Monday through Friday. While primarily based in West Seattle, this role supports our broader family of companies, and the HR Manager may be required to report to or visit other locations as needed to meet business demands.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Mental Activities

The employee is frequently required to use interpersonal and teamwork skills. The employee needs to be able to discern details on timesheets and reconcile appropriate calculations. The employee needs to regularly demonstrate attention to detail. The employee is occasionally required to use creativity, independent judgment, discretion, and problem analysis.

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following functional and interpersonal competencies:

Functional

• Collaborative Mindset : Ability to work effectively within a matrixed organization, supporting corporate-led functions like Payroll and Safety.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Deep understanding of employment laws and HR administration.
• Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
• Analytical Thinking : Ability to interpret HR data and workforce trends to provide actionable insights to leadership.

Interpersonal

• Passionate - You love what you do, and you have a positive attitude. You care about your teammates and the results of your work while demonstrating humility.
• High Standards - Quality orientation. Follow through on commitments. A Doer who gets things done.
• Efficient - Producing significant output with minimal wasted effort, organized planning, and prioritization.
• Proactive - Initiative-taker who appropriately tackles problems and gets stuff done without the need for constant oversight. Continually seeks additional responsibilities while asking for, and acting on, feedback.
• Communicator- Speaks and writes clearly and articulately and likes to build strong relationships. Openly listens to learn and shows appreciation for other points of view.
• Judgment - Strong business acumen, professional ethics and excellent logic and reasoning skills, Ability to exercise great judgment while working independently in a demanding environment.
• Emotional Intelligence - high degree of self-awareness. Oversees interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically. Exercises good judgement while under pressure.

Education and Experience

• 5+ years of progressive HR experience, with at least 2 years in an HR Management or Generalist leadership role.
• Experience in a manufacturing or food processing environment; experience in a 'satellite' location reporting to a corporate headquarters.
• Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
• Knowledge of Washington, California, and Alaska employment laws preferred.
• Certification: PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP required.