Human Resource Manager

Job title: Human Resource Manager Responsible To: VP of Finance and Administration Location: 13516 County Road 8, Fort Lupton, CO 80621 Overall goal: Lead and administer the Company’s human resources function across its three Colorado locations. The HR Manager is responsible for compliant, consistent, and employee-focused HR operations; provides guidance to executives, supervisors, and employees; and directly supervises the HR Generalist and Corporate Trainer. The role owns employee relations, payroll and benefits administration, workers’ compensation, unemployment claims, recruiting oversight, training governance, performance management, records, workplace investigations, and required HR and safety reporting. Duties and responsibilities Leadership and HR Operations Lead HR operations across all three Colorado locations, ensuring consistent policies, practices, documentation, and internal controls. Supervise, coach, and develop the HR Generalist and Corporate Trainer; establish priorities and monitor work quality. Advise executives and supervisors on employee relations, staffing, policy interpretation, documentation, risk, and workforce planning. Maintain and improve HR procedures, forms, workflows, and policies while protecting confidential employee and business information. Employee Relations, Investigations, and Corrective Action Manage employee complaints and workplace concerns; conduct impartial investigations, interviews, evidence reviews, findings, and written summaries, coordinating with leadership or counsel as appropriate. Guide supervisors on coaching, attendance, conduct, performance issues, policy violations, and consistent corrective action. Prepare and administer disciplinary documentation, including writeups, PIPs and final warnings, and participate in disciplinary meetings. Coordinate reasonable suspicion matters, including testing, transportation/safety planning, supervisor guidance, and confidential records. Manage voluntary and involuntary terminations, including documentation, final pay, benefits, property, access removal, exit communications, and personnel file completion. Workers’ Compensation and Workplace Injury Administration Manage workers’ compensation claims from initial injury through closure, including notices, carrier/provider coordination, documentation, employee communication, and claim followup. Coordinate return to work and modified duty programs, document restrictions, and monitor accommodations and progress. Maintain injury and claim records, identify trends, and support prevention, corrective action, and required OSHA recordkeeping/reporting. Unemployment Claims Manage unemployment claims, protests, documentation, deadlines, hearings, appeals, and agency/thirdparty administrator communications. Prepare Company representatives for hearings, monitor outcomes, and recommend improvements to separation documentation and practices. Payroll and Benefits Administration - Paychex Process and review payroll in Paychex, including compensation changes, earnings/deductions, timekeeping exceptions, leave, garnishments, benefit deductions, and final pay. Audit and reconcile payroll, resolve discrepancies, maintain documentation, and coordinate funding and approvals under established controls. Administer benefits, eligibility changes, qualifying events, terminations, employee questions, carrier issues, open enrollment, and applicable leave requirements. Serve as the primary Company contact for Paychex HR, payroll, benefits, performance management, and learning systems. Training and Performance Management Oversee the Paychex training platform through the Corporate Trainer, including assignments, compliance training, completion monitoring, reporting, content, and overdue training escalation. Identify skill gaps and develop annual and rolebased training plans with supervisors and the Corporate Trainer. Provide supervisor training on documentation, employee relations, performance management, anti harassment, reasonable suspicion, interviewing, attendance, injury response, and HR escalation. Administer annual and 90day performance review cycles, monitor deadlines, review documentation, assist managers, and report completion status. Recruiting, Hiring, and Onboarding Oversight Oversee recruiting performed by the HR Generalist, including requisitions, job descriptions, postings, screening, interviews, offers, pre-employment requirements, and hiring metrics. Ensure equitable, consistent, and documented recruiting and selection practices. Oversee onboarding and orientation, including required documents, policies, system access requests, training, benefits information, and followup. Records, Document Control, and Compliance Manage HR records and employee files, including personnel, payroll, benefits, training, investigation, medical, and injury records, with appropriate confidentiality and access controls. Maintain accurate employee information in Paychex and approved systems; conduct periodic file/data audits and correct deficiencies. Maintain retention schedules, postings, acknowledgments, policy records, and documentation needed for audits, insurance, and legal requests. Coordinate HR compliance and reporting under applicable federal, Colorado, and local requirements, consulting specialists when necessary. 401(k) Plan Administration Coordinate 401(k) administration, employee communications, enrollment, payroll contributions, census data, audits, reporting, and documentation with Paychex, plan professionals, advisors, and auditors. Monitor eligibility, contributions, deadlines, required notices, testing, filings, and fiduciary documentation; promptly elevate potential compliance issues. Employee Engagement and Company Events Coordinate quarterly employee lunches and two annual Company events, including budgets, vendors, locations, communications, and followup. Partner with site leadership on employee communication, recognition, morale, retention, and consistent employee experience; use feedback and workplace trends to recommend improvements. Executive Reporting and Continuous Improvement Report regularly to executives on headcount, turnover, recruiting, payroll/benefits, training, performance reviews, employee relations, workers’ compensation, unemployment, compliance, and significant HR risks. Promptly elevate significant employee, safety, legal, claim, and compliance matters with clear documentation and recommended actions. Establish HR metrics, identify trends, implement improvements, and maintain confidentiality. Perform other duties assigned by senior management for which the employee is qualified. Environmental, Health & Safety Wear required Personal Protective Equipment [PPE] Participate in company sponsored safety training Follow safe work practices Report unsafe/hazardous conditions Comply with the company’s Health, Safety, Environmental, and Quality [HSEQ] Policy, E002 General Work on continuous improvement of all facets under your responsibility and document results Selfdevelopment Any other duties for which you are deemed capable of by senior management Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and progressively responsible HR experience. At least four years of broad human resources experience, including employee relations, investigations, payroll, benefits, workers’ compensation, unemployment claims, recruiting, and compliance; prior supervisory experience strongly preferred. Working knowledge of federal and Colorado employment requirements and the ability to recognize when legal, benefits, safety, or payroll specialists should be consulted. Experience with Paychex Flex or a comparable HRIS/payroll/benefits platform; strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, and PowerPoint. Demonstrated ability to conduct objective investigations, prepare clear documentation, manage competing deadlines, and handle confidential information. Strong written, verbal, presentation, coaching, conflict resolution, and executive communication skills. Ability to travel regularly among the Company’s three Colorado locations and respond to timesensitive employee matters. #J-18808-Ljbffr Sphere Renewables, LLC