Human Resources Generalist

We are looking for an experienced Human Resources Generalist to lead core HR activities for a diverse workforce in Ohio. This role serves as a key partner to employees and local leadership, supporting daily HR operations while helping maintain a consistent, compliant, and employee-focused workplace. The position offers broad exposure across recruiting, employee relations, benefits, leave administration, and HR record management in a hands-on manufacturing environment. This is a direct hire position with standard in office business hours; Monday-Friday from 8:00 AM-5:00 PM.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee daily human resources operations and act as the main point of contact for employees and managers on HR-related matters.

• Partner closely with the plant manager to support workforce initiatives, address organizational needs, and promote effective people practices.

• Manage the recruitment process from workforce planning through onboarding, including posting openings, sourcing candidates, screening applicants, coordinating interviews, and supporting selection decisions.

• Administer new employee onboarding and separation processes, ensuring employment documents, orientation steps, benefit elections, and offboarding materials are completed accurately and on time.

• Support benefit programs by handling enrollments, employee updates, qualifying life event changes, and annual open enrollment activities.

• Coordinate HR information that affects payroll for approximately 50 employees and additional part-time, contract, onsite, and remote team members, including status changes, deductions, and timekeeping-related items.

• Process and maintain documentation related to unemployment claims, workers’ compensation matters, leave requests, attendance tracking, and other employee support needs.

• Maintain organized, accurate, and confidential personnel records while helping ensure HR policies, procedures, and employee data remain current.

• Assist with employee relations matters such as policy interpretation, workplace concerns, disciplinary documentation, and corrective action follow-up.

• Build and maintain effective relationships with staffing partners, recruiting sources, and other external workforce contacts as needed.

Requirements:

• Previous experience in a broad HR Generalist role with responsibility across recruiting, employee relations, benefits, and HR administration.

• Ability to manage multiple employee groups, including onsite staff, part-time workers, contract employees, and remote team members.

• Working knowledge of unemployment claim handling, workers’ compensation processes, and employee leave administration.

• Experience supporting payroll-related HR changes such as new hires, terminations, pay updates, deductions, and attendance or timekeeping issues.

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to maintain accurate records and handle sensitive information with discretion.

• Comfortable working in a hands-on environment and collaborating directly with operational leadership.

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills for supporting employees, managers, and external partners.

• Proficiency in HR administration, onboarding activities, employee relations support, and benefit-related processes.

They do offer a full benefits package: medical/dental/vision, PTO, 401K with a match, paid holidays, life insurance, and more