Title:  HR Generalist II

What You Will Do

• Lead employment and compliance-based investigations.
• Act as Company’s sole representative during legal and binding arbitration, appeal’s board and open-door processes to settle disputes with employees.
• Collaborate with site HR and Operations leadership to provide advice on HR and labor regulatory issues; this may include acting as a coach for new HR team members.
• Collaborates with leadership in effective performance management (ensures alignment with policies and procedures) and coaches on developing effective pipeline and succession plans.
• Implement cost effective and practical HR solutions while ensuring the ability to attract and retain required skills.
• Implement projects as directed by site 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).
• Guides leaders and employees regarding Company policies, values, HR programs and monitors for compliance with Federal, State, and local laws.
• Analyzes and uses 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

• Master’s degree and one (1) year professional human resources experience; OR
• Master’s degree and two (2) years related industrial or manufacturing employee relations experience; OR
• Bachelor’s degree and two (2) years professional human resources experience; OR
• Bachelor’s degree and three (3) years related industrial or manufacturing employee relations experience; OR
• High School Diploma/GED and six (6) years professional human resources experience
• Understand the business operations from both a strategic and tactical perspective.
• Understanding of and experience with most or all of 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 high level of integrity and absolute confidentiality.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in Human Resources Management, Business or related discipline
• PHR/SPHR Certification
• Mining or Industrial Setting Experience