Hess Services Inc is hiring: HR Director in Hays

Description:

Job Purpose: The Human Resources Director is responsible for the supervision of the administration of all Human Resource functions and serves as a strategic partner for business leadership.

Essential Functions include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Prepares and maintains employee handbook and personal policies and procedures manual, administers various human resources plan and procedures for all company personnel.
2. Assists Recruiter in handling employee relations counseling, and participates in developing department goals, objectives and systems as needed.
3. Oversees and audits the payroll system. Ensure all payroll processes are fully documented. Verifies that all personnel forms and reports are completed and distributed to the appropriate party(s) by all required deadlines.
4. Oversees Recruiting staff and activities to ensure that all business needs are being met.
5. Work with EHS Manager to ensure that the Worker’s Compensation claims process is being performed in a timely manner.
6. Supervises Human Resources, IT, and EHS personnel, reviews labor reports for HR personnel. Assist Logistics Manager with oversite of the Logistics department personnel
7. Assists EHS Manager with administering the Return-to-Work Program.
8. Provides direction and oversite of Recruiter.
9. Works to maintain knowledge of industry trends and employment legislation to ensure company compliance with Federal and State Regulations.
10. Reviews all personnel evaluations to prepare for compensation reviews.
11. Reviews department processes and identifies opportunities for efficiency and accuracy improvements. Analyze the opportunities, scopes and prioritizes projects, work with team members to implement solution/improvements, and define measurables/KPIs to determine that the desired results were achieved.
12. Completes Unemployment Insurance Notices with the assistance of HR team as needed. Submits to KDOL and conducts hearings relative to these claims
13. Maintains company organization charts and employee directory; develops and maintains affirmative action program and filing annual EEO-1 report.
14. Audits the company’s HR processes, manages and directs all disciplinary action procedures, and performs employment terminations.
15. Implements, updates and administers compensation program, rewrites job descriptions as necessary, monitor’s performance evaluation program and revises as necessary.
16. Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy and applicable legal standards; preparing the appropriate documents as well as the Performance Improvement Plans (PIP). Enter completed/signed documents into HRMS and file in personnel filing. Give documents for terminated employees to HR Generalist for processing.
17. Coordinate new-hire orientation schedule with EHS Manager, ensures that the HR portion of the new-hire orientation training for onboarding process.
18. Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations.
19. Maintains confidentiality

Additional Responsibilities

1. Consults with legal counsel as appropriate.
2. Attends necessary educational seminars/training.

Requirements:

Qualifications and Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Human Resources or Business Management plus minimum of 5 years experience in relative field OR 10+ years Human Resource Management experience.
2. PHR or SPHR certification preferred.
3. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly communicate detailed information to customers, coworkers and management with the ability to provide public speaking and customer presentations as needed.
4. Ability to work in a high-stress, fast-paced work environment.
5. Ability to read and interpret documents such as invoices, procedure manuals and job instructions with basic problem solving skills.
6. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions and percentages.
7. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
8. Ability to manage time effectively and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines.
9. Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
10. Ability to operate computer and computer software, to include Microsoft Office products.
11. Ability to use department equipment.
12. Ability to maintain confidentiality required.

Physical Demands and Work Environment: The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. 1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit, stand and walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds for men or 30 pounds for women. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
2. 2. The work environment is usually an indoor setting with frequent exposure to outside elements. The noise level in the work environment is frequently high.
3. 3. Must abide by PPE requirements and safety policies and procedures.