Mill Manager Jobs in Madison, WI (NOW HIRING)

Summary

Under the supervision of the Human Resource Manager, the Human Resource Generalist will build relationships within the HR department and throughout the operations departments to provide effective communication, administrative and strategic support, as well as guidance through an organized approach to rapidly changing priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

Recruiting:

• Recruiting candidates for open hourly positions through multiple sources
• Improve sourcing through research options within the geographical area
• Coordinate the Hourly Employment Process
• Screen applications and resumes to assess qualifications
• Phone screen applicants who meet minimum qualifications
• Coordinate and participate in the interview process
• Perform pre-employment screening process
• Follow compensation guidelines and/or consult with the appropriate person to ensure the correct compensation person specific to position, experience and abilities
• Generate written offers for hourly employees
• Correspond with candidates and applicants

Safety:

• Responsible for administration of all safety programs and safety committee meetings
• Review and communicate safety programs
• Monitor, schedule, and perform safety training to maintain OSHA compliance
• Coordinate and review safety hazard surveys
• Communicate with operations team to ensure SDS books are maintained
• Assist with completing incident reports and accident investigations
• Maintain first aid kits
• Create safety incident reporting folders and distribute to operations
• Communicate and enforce incident reporting regulations
• Complete incident reporting tracking regularly

Affirmative Action:

• Complete tracking of EEO information
• Enter administrative data for applicants by EEO classification using Applicant Tracking Spreadsheet
   

Employee On-Boarding:

• Conduct new hire orientations
• Ensure all new hires have supplies and resources necessary to perform their jobs effectively
• Complete all new hire processing and paperwork associated with processing
• Complete E-Verify process for each employee hired
  

Employee Relations:

• Assist Regional Human Resource Manager and management team with providing a positive employee relations experience
• Conduct on boarding follow-up reviews for hourly employees
• Along with the Regional Human Resource Manager, formulate expedient solutions to employee concerns
• Visit employees in an agriculture, mill and food processing environment to assist in understanding employee concerns as well as confirming corrective action and follow-up is complete

Payroll:

• Support payroll department with required communications to ensure all payroll information is submitted accurately each pay period
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications

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.

Education and/or Experience

• High School Diploma, or equivalent required
• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Communications, or related studies or equivalent experience required
• Recruiting – sourcing, screening, communicating, interviewing, organizing pre-employment screening
• On-boarding
• Safety administration
• Progressive discipline
• Policy interpretation
• Conflict resolution
• Employee relations
• Affirmative action and EEOC applicant tracking
• Completing 300 logs
• Understanding and communicating employee benefit and compensation programs
• Prior experience in the poultry industry preferred but not required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities                                           

• Ability to read, speak and write in both English and Spanish is preferred
• Knowledge of progressive sourcing and recruitment methods
• Knowledge of basic and behavioral interview methods
• Knowledge of the progressive discipline process
• Basic knowledge of industrial safety concepts
• Basic knowledge of payroll and HRIS
• Knowledge of employee benefit and compensation plans
• Working knowledge of compensation systems
• Working knowledge of basic concepts of office workflow
• Ability to operate a personal computer and other basic and complex office machinery
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• The ability to interact with individuals from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds
• Ability to rapidly learn and maintain a fast work pace
• Work independently
• Make sound decisions and exercise sound judgement based on experience and intuition
• Identify exceptions and operate independently to address them
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing work environment
• Collaborate cross-functionally to achieve objectives
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong customer service focus
• Maintain a professional attitude and appearance

Physical Demands

Sit, use keyboard, use fine manipulation with hands and fingers. Lift up to 10 pounds.

Work Environment

Clean, temperature controlled environment. Noise level is low. No personal protective equipment needed.