HR Generalist

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead all onboarding activities for the Salt Lake City, UT plant, including pre-screening coordination, orientation facilitation, and serving as a key resource for both new and existing employees.
• Maintain and update job descriptions and position summaries to ensure accuracy and alignment with organizational needs.
• Manage employee relations matters, including investigations, disciplinary actions, and performance improvement plans, in collaboration with plant leadership and the HR team.
• Coordinate recruitment efforts for plant positions, partnering with hiring managers to attract and select top talent.
• Ensure timely and accurate completion, processing, and filing of all new hire documentation, including HRIS entry and payroll coordination for first paycheck accuracy.
• Administer the E-Verify program and ensure I-9 compliance in accordance with IRCA regulations.
• Oversee health and welfare benefits administration, including new hire orientations, employee inquiries, issue resolution, status changes, and open enrollment coordination with the insurance broker.
• Support company wellness initiatives and communicate deduction changes to payroll as needed.
• Maintain personnel files in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Process employee status changes promptly, ensuring proper approvals and payroll alignment.
• Develop and deliver training sessions on various HR-related topics.
• Administer and track all leave of absence requests, including FMLA, disability, and personal leaves, ensuring compliance and proper documentation.
• Serve as the UKG Pro (UltiPro) subject matter expert for managers and employees, providing guidance on system navigation, time management, and PTO tracking.
• Assist plant leadership with the annual performance review process, including competency assessments, goal setting, and development planning via UKG Pro.
• Monitor employee attendance and collaborate with supervisors to address attendance concerns promptly.
• Coordinate employee engagement events at the Salt Lake City site (e.g., holiday parties, company outings).
• Represent the company in unemployment claims related to plant employees.
• Collaborate with the HR team on workers’ compensation claims, including reporting, documentation, and injury/illness recordkeeping.
• Conduct exit interviews and ensure proper offboarding procedures, including documentation and return of company property.
• Participate in the review and update of company policies and procedures, escalating complex issues to appropriate leadership.
• Maintain strict confidentiality in all HR matters.
• Foster strong collaboration and communication with plant leadership.
• Model company values and leadership behaviors.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications & Competencies

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
• Demonstrated commitment to maintaining confidentiality and discretion.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships across departments and levels.
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently with minimal supervision.
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and HRIS systems (preferably UKG Pro).
• Solid understanding of HR principles, employment law, and best practices.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Resourceful, proactive, and solution-oriented mindset.
  
  

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of full-time experience in a Human Resources role, preferably in a manufacturing or plant operations environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred.
• Professional HR certification (e.g., PHR, SHRM-CP) strongly preferred.
  
  

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are the representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to ten pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to twenty pounds, and rarely lift and/or move more than twenty-five pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Verdesian Life Sciences is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex, and sexual orientation.