Human Resources Generalist

About the Role

The HR Generalist will handle employee relations, compliance, HR administration, data integrity, recruiting support, reporting, and occasional travel to sites, while maintaining alignment with HR leadership. • Serve as primary HR contact for assigned manufacturing sites, supporting employees and leaders with day‑to‑day HR needs. • Conduct workplace investigations and ensure due process per company policy and employment law. • Support corrective action processes, attendance management, and policy interpretation. • Ensure compliance with federal and state employment laws and company guidelines. • Maintain accurate employee records (personnel files, attendance, I‑9s, FMLA, OSHA logs, DOT files, etc.). • Keep employee data current in Dayforce or other HR systems, ensuring integrity and compliance. • Perform consistent, accurate data entry and auditing across HR systems. • Build, maintain, and improve HR trackers, reports, and documentation processes. • Support audits, reporting requests, and compliance reviews. • Assist with recruiting and hiring for hourly and salaried manufacturing roles. • Coordinate and facilitate new‑hire orientation and onboarding. • Partner with plant leadership to ensure smooth employee integration. • Gather and analyze HR data to support decision‑making. • Prepare reports, summaries, and presentations for HR, plant, and executive leadership. • Report on workforce trends, employee‑relations activity, compliance metrics, and operational needs. • Remain flexible to travel on short notice as business needs arise. • Work independently on‑site while staying aligned with HR leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸hr systems
• ▸data auditing
• ▸hr reporting
• ▸recruiting
• ▸onboarding
• ▸compliance

What You Bring

The company seeks a trustworthy, growth‑mindset HR Generalist to support multiple manufacturing locations in the Northeastern U.S., ideally based in Ohio or Indiana. The remote role demands strong administrative skills, sound judgment, and the ability to build trusted relationships with plant and HR leadership in a fast‑paced, multi‑site environment. Candidates must have at least two years of HR Generalist experience in manufacturing (or six years as an HR Administrator/Coordinator), knowledge of employment laws, high‑detail administrative abilities, and proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Suite; a bachelor’s degree is preferred. Preferred qualifications include experience with Dayforce or similar HRIS, supporting distributed workforces, and a background in manufacturing or operations‑heavy settings. Success depends on trustworthiness, a solution‑focused mindset, strong communication, and professionalism. • Travel up to 35–45 % to manufacturing locations across the Northeastern United States. • Minimum 2 years HR Generalist experience in manufacturing (or 6 + years as HR Administrator/Coordinator in a manufacturing setting). • Working knowledge of federal and state employment laws and HR compliance. • Excellent administrative skills with high attention to detail and accuracy. • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Suite. • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment. • Experience with Dayforce or comparable HRIS platform. • Comfort using HR systems for data management, reporting, audits, and compliance tracking. • Experience supporting multiple locations or a distributed workforce. • Background in manufacturing or operations‑heavy environments. • Trustworthiness and follow‑through on sensitive matters. • Positive, growth‑oriented, solution‑focused mindset. • Strong listening and communication skills; ability to take direction and execute. • Pleasant, professional demeanor approachable to employees and credible to leaders. • Comfort with administrative work and documentation as core to HR excellence.

Requirements

• ▸dayforce
• ▸hris
• ▸microsoft office
• ▸google suite
• ▸hr generalist
• ▸bachelor's degree

Benefits

Employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package—multiple medical plans, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, long‑term disability, employee assistance program, competitive pay, annual bonus, 401(k) match, paid vacation, holidays, stock purchase options, and career advancement opportunities. • Choice of three medical plans plus dental and vision coverage. • Life insurance, AD&D policies, and long‑term disability coverage. • Company‑paid employee assistance program. • Competitive compensation with annual bonus opportunity. • 401(k) plan with 150 % match on first 4 % deferred. • Two weeks paid vacation and nine holidays. • Career advancement opportunities and ability to purchase company stock.

Work Environment

Remote