HR Business Partner

At Gerdau, we empower our people to grow, thrive, and make a difference—together. With a culture built on trust and teamwork, we offer meaningful work, continuous development, and opportunities to shape your future. We invite you to come work with us, where your contributions are valued, your voice is heard, and your career is forged with purpose

About Gerdau:

Gerdau is a major steel manufacturing company, operating in 10 countries, and employing over 30,000 individuals. The North American business divisions (Gerdau Long Steel North America and Gerdau Specialty Steel North America) produce long and special steel products for the agriculture, energy, industrial, automotive, and manufacturing markets. We stimulate the economy through our network of recycling operations and mills, operating ten mills in the U.S. and three in Canada.

Gerdau is proud to be celebrating over 125 years of contributing to society. We are also embarking on a multi-year cultural & digital transformation. At Gerdau, we value teamwork, safety, and sustainability. We offer Global opportunities, competitive benefits, flexible work schedules, an inclusive work environment, opportunities for career development and more. Help us build the future at the Gerdau We Are Creating.

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About Our HR Team:

The HR Team supports our Tampa Corporate office employees (about 300 employees). Our team structure consists of three HR Business Partners (all reporting to the HR Manager). This role partners with our HR Centers of Excellence to help support our employees. The HR Business Partner’s role is to develop and guide our leaders in making the best decisions as it relates to our People. This role is essential in cultivating a winning culture at Gerdau.

The goal of our HR Team is to provide an excellent employee experience while improving our Culture through our principles.

This is your purpose:

We are looking for an HR Business Partner to assist in attraction, engagement, development, and retention of our most valuable asset, our People. Your purpose is to help ensure we are providing an excellent employee experience while continuously improving our Culture through our Principles.

You will be responsible for administering HR processes to include:

• Recruitment & Selection: Support recruitment efforts by interviewing finalists for open positions (from cultural fit, competency, behavior standpoints, etc.), and creating competitive offer letters.
• Onboarding & Orientation: Supporting new hires in their onboarding paperwork, first day questions and facilitating new hire orientation as needed.
• Engagement : Organizing and facilitating employee engagement activities as needed. Opportunity to participate in Employee Engagement team, Social Responsibility team, and the Well-Being team.
• Communications : Coordinate employee communication to promote employee understanding of programs, policies, and company objectives.
• Training and development: Assist in identifying training needs and work with corporate training team to implement programs and facilitate training sessions locally when applicable.
• Career & Succession: Facilitate and advise on Career and Succession meetings with leadership to help determine successors for Critical Positions and identify high-potential employees as well as retention.
• Compensation : Ensure uniform interpretation and application of wage and salary policy to provide internally equitable employee compensation; help maintain job descriptions and evaluations on an accurate and current basis. Communicate total compensation opportunities to employees and respond to employee questions related to applicable Compensation plans and programs.
• Benefits : Perform benefits administration and communicating benefits information to employees. Assist in resolving employee grievances related to Benefits where needed. Assist and coordinate with Benefits Team in employee leave of absence claims.
• Employee Services : Maintain accuracy and protect confidentiality of data for all employees, including but not limited to organizational structure, job and compensation details, and personal information. Assist in resolving employee concerns related to Payroll, Time & Attendance, HRIS, etc.
• Employee Relations : Counsel leaders on employee relations matters, including employee discipline, and resolution of employee grievances. Conduct investigations based on reported incidents. Conduct mediation between employees and leaders as needed.
• Performance Management : Coordinate performance reviews and performance improvement processes for all employees; ensure consistent application of corporate policies and procedures.
• HR Policies/Procedures: Administer human resources plans and procedures for employees; assist in development and implementation of personnel policies and procedures.
• Compliance : Maintain compliance with federal and state regulations concerning employment.
• Separation: Facilitate separation of employment as needed for both voluntary and involuntary separation reasons.
• Record Keeping : Establish and maintain adequate personnel records for past and present employees.

What you have:

• Bachelor’s Degree required in human resources, business administration, or related field
• 5-7 years of related experience
• Knowledge of principles and practices of HR administration
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office
• PHR/SPHR or SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP preferred

Employee Benefits:

• Parental Leave
• Retirement 401k Match
• Paid Volunteer Hours
• Competitive Salary
• Career Advancement Opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Short Term Incentive Bonus Plan
• Company Paid Vacation
• 9 Paid Holidays
• 2 Diversity & Inclusion Employee Designated Holidays

Gerdau is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.

Gerdau believes in equal employment opportunity related to all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of Gerdau that there will be no discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. All external applicants must be legally eligible to immediately work in the country of hire without current or future sponsorship.

If you are vision-impaired or have some other disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act / Accessible Canada Act or a similar law, and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at Gerdau, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at View phone number on aiapply.co or View email address on aiapply.co