HR Generalist

About the role

The HR Generalist is a hands-on operational partner responsible for delivering day-to-day people processes across recruiting, onboarding, employee relations, payroll and benefits support, performance management, training, records administration, and employment-law compliance. The role works closely with leadership and field/manufacturing teams to create consistent, compliant, and practical HR practices in a fast-paced construction, manufacturing, and technology environment. Core HR-generalist functions commonly include hiring, payroll and benefits administration, leave, policy enforcement, and employee-relations support.

Talent Acquisition and Onboarding

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for hourly, salaried, field, manufacturing, technical, and administrative positions.
• Draft and post job descriptions; source, screen, interview, and coordinate candidate selection with hiring managers.
• Prepare offer letters, pre-employment documentation, background-check coordination, and new-hire files.
• Conduct new-hire orientation and coordinate onboarding plans, equipment access, system setup, required training, and 30/60/90-day check-ins.
• Maintain applicant, hiring, and onboarding documentation in accordance with retention and confidentiality requirements.
• Support workforce planning, staffing forecasts, succession planning, and use of temporary or contract labor as directed.

Employee Relations and Performance

• Serve as an initial HR contact for employee questions involving policies, payroll, benefits, workplace concerns, attendance, conduct, and career development.
• Coach managers on documentation, feedback, performance expectations, corrective action, performance-improvement plans, and separations.
• Conduct or support prompt, impartial, and well-documented workplace investigations, escalating sensitive matters to executive leadership as appropriate.
• Coordinate the performance-review process, including forms, deadlines, manager guidance, completion reporting, and documentation.
• Support employee-engagement, recognition, retention, communication, and culture-building initiatives.
• Conduct exit interviews and identify trends or operational improvements from employee feedback.
• Employee-relations support, manager coaching, investigations, performance management, and accurate case documentation are common responsibilities for HR Generalists.

Payroll, Benefits, and Leave Support

• Partner with finance, payroll providers, and managers to maintain accurate employee data, timekeeping, pay changes, deductions, commissions, reimbursements, and terminations.
• Review time and attendance records for completeness and escalate potential overtime, meal/rest-break, or wage-and-hour issues.
• Administer employee benefit enrollments, qualifying-life-event changes, open enrollment, employee communications, and vendor coordination.
• Coordinate leave administration, including protected leave, personal leave, accommodation-related leave, workers’ compensation, and return-to-work processes.
• Maintain confidential leave, benefit, payroll, and personnel records.
• Support payroll and benefit audits, invoice review, reconciliations, and required reporting.

Compliance, Policies, and Records

• Maintain current knowledge of employment laws and implement practical compliance processes across company operations.
• Administer required employment documentation, including I-9s, personnel files, wage notices, required postings, training records, and separation documentation.
• Maintain and update the employee handbook, HR policies, job descriptions, standard forms, and manager toolkits.
• Monitor compliance with wage-and-hour rules, employee classification, overtime practices, meal/rest periods, workplace safety-related HR requirements, and required employment training.
• Prepare or support required regulatory reports, audits, claims responses, and requests for personnel documentation.
• Maintain secure personnel, benefits, and compliance records; develop recurring HR reports and dashboards for leadership.
• Coordinate with external employment counsel, brokers, payroll providers, workers’ compensation carriers, and other HR vendors when needed.

Safety and Operations Partnership

• Partner with operations, manufacturing, construction, and safety leaders to support incident reporting, workers’ compensation administration, return-to-work programs, and required training records.
• Assist in coordinating safety, harassment prevention, supervisor, workplace conduct, and other mandatory training.
• Help standardize people processes across office, factory, construction-site, and remote workforces.
• Support initiatives related to workforce productivity, staffing levels, employee retention, and organizational growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources is preferred, Business Administration, Finance, Management, or related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• 3–5 years of progressive HR generalist experience across multiple functional areas.
• Working knowledge of recruiting, onboarding, employee relations, performance management, payroll/benefits support, and HR compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential information with sound judgment, discretion, and professionalism.
• Strong written communication skills, including ability to prepare policies, offer letters, corrective-action documentation, and employee communications.
• Strong organizational and project-management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365, Excel, payroll platforms such as ADP and Gusto, and document-management systems.

Preferred

• HR experience in construction, manufacturing, modular housing, field operations, technology, or other multi-location environments.
• Experience supporting both exempt and non-exempt workforces.
• Knowledge of California employment law, including wage-and-hour, meal/rest-period, leave, accommodation, workers’ compensation, and personnel-file practices, where applicable. California-oriented HR Generalist roles commonly include oversight of ADA accommodations, CFRA/FMLA-related leave, workers’ compensation, wage-and-hour requirements, and compliant personnel-file administration.
• Bilingual English/Spanish capability.

Benefits

Full benefits package. PTO, full medical, employee discount on primary residence (tenure required), profit share (tenure required).