Title:  Senior Human Resources Generalist

What You Will Do

• Act as Company’s sole representative during legal and binding arbitration, appeal’s board, and open-door processes to settle disputes with employees. 
• Lead employment and compliance-based investigations. 
• Collaborate with site HR and Operations leadership to provide advice on HR and labor regulatory issues; this may include acting as a mentor or supervisor for other HR team members. 
• Collaborate with leadership in effective performance management (ensures alignment with policies and procedures) and coaches on developing effective pipeline and succession plans. 
• Implement projects and HR improvements as directed by leadership; facilitating change management, engagement, coaching and advising of stakeholders. 
• Responsible for protecting and maintaining privacy of employee personnel records, including compensation information. 
• Implement HR goals, processes, practices, and systems to build organizational and individual capability (i.e., staffing, performance management, training & development, employee relations). 
• Guide leaders and employees regarding Company policies, values, HR programs and monitors for compliance with Federal, State, and local laws. 
• Analyze and use HR metrics, such as turnover, time system data and overtime reports, to determine appropriate action. Including supporting workforce planning and forecasting initiatives. 
• Perform other duties as requested. 

What You Bring To Freeport

• High School Diploma/GED AND ten (10) years related industrial or manufacturing employee relations experience with a minimum of three (3) years Generalist experience. 
• Bachelor’s degree AND five (5) years Professional Human Resources experience, with a minimum of two (2) years Generalist experience; OR 
• Bachelor’s degree and six (6) years related industrial or manufacturing employee relations experience with a minimum of three (3) years Generalist experience; OR 
• Master’s degree AND three (3) years Professional Human Resources experience, with a minimum of two (2) years Generalist experience; OR 
• Master’s degree and four (4) years related industrial or manufacturing employee relations experience with a minimum of three (3) years Generalist experience. 
• Understand the business operations from both a strategic and tactical perspective. 
• Understanding of and experience with most or all the core aspects of Human Resources Management (staffing, employee relations, labor relations, performance management, leadership development, training, etc.). 
• Experience working within a dispute resolution process. 
• Experience in independently leading an investigation process. 
• Experience in addressing complex employee relations issues autonomously. 
• Experience in independently handling routine and complex scenarios utilizing various resources. 
• Experience leading a project to completion. 
• Ability to address and resolve workplace conflicts. 
• Courage to make tough decisions and deliver difficult messages with professionalism, poise, and diplomacy skills. Standing by decisions. 
• Ability to coach and influence leadership at all levels of the organization. 
• Must possess consultative/collaborative style and approach with proven ability to develop credible relationships with business partners. 
• Must be a confident communicator, including written and verbal skills, effective at all levels of the organization. 
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and ambiguous business conditions. 
• Demonstrates a high level of integrity and absolute confidentiality. 
• Demonstrated leadership qualities that encompass amongst other things, a positive disposition, high level of accountability, motivating others, adapting to change, expressing confidence, encouraging & developing others to succeed, inspiring ideas, cultivates a positive team culture that creates a caring and inclusive environment, and seeking out ways to serve others. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in Human Resources Management, Business, or related discipline 
• PHR/SPHR Certification 
• Mining or Industrial setting experience 
• Experience leading a dispute resolution process (leading arbitrations, etc.).