Job Description
Job Title: Human Resources Generalist
Department: Human Resources
Reports to: Human Resources Manager
Location: Florence, AZ
Job Summary:
This role is at the center of Florence Copper's people operations. The HR Generalist is a go-to problem solver who helps make the employee experience smooth, accurate, and responsive from hire to exit. This role owns the details that keep HR running-HRIS administration, recruiting and onboarding coordination, benefits support, compliance documentation, employee records, and day-to-day employee support. The ideal candidate brings strong follow-through, sharp attention to detail, good judgment, and the ability to turn moving parts into organized, reliable HR service.
Key Responsibilities:
HR Operations, Systems & Compliance
- Keep Florence Copper's people data clean, current, and ready for action by maintaining HRIS information, employee records, compliance documentation, training records, and HR reports.
- Act as the HR-to-payroll connector by communicating approved employee changes, including compensation, deductions, status changes, and offer-letter terms, while payroll calculation and processing remain with the payroll team.
- Help keep HR compliant and audit-ready by supporting employment-law requirements, internal policies, record retention, HR calendars, and timely escalation of concerns.
Recruitment, Onboarding & Employee Support
- Help bring great people into the organization by coordinating job postings, candidate communications, interview scheduling, offer letters, onboarding checklists, employment eligibility documentation, and orientation logistics.
- Serve as a friendly, reliable first stop for routine employee and manager questions, policy guidance, and employee relations intake; document key facts and escalate complex or sensitive matters when needed.
- Create a smoother employee experience by coordinating routine HR requests, resolving basic issues, and connecting employees and managers with the right resources.
Benefits, Leave & HR Programs
- Support employees through benefits questions, enrollment activity, eligibility changes, routine updates, and vendor or plan escalations.
- Keep leave processes organized by coordinating routine leave-of-absence documentation, status tracking, and escalation of complex leave matters.
- Help power HR programs by supporting training logistics, engagement activities, HR initiatives, management reporting, and general department administration.
Minimum Qualifications & Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant HR experience.
- Minimum of three years of progressive HR experience in operations-focused HR work, including HR systems, employee records, recruiting or onboarding, benefits support, compliance activities, or similar functions.
- Comfortable working in HR technology, including HRIS or comparable platforms; ATS experience preferred.
- Highly organized, detail-driven, discreet, responsive, and able to juggle multiple priorities without losing the thread.
Preferred Qualifications:
- HR certification such as SHRM-CP or PHR preferred.
- Experience with HRIS implementation, reporting, audits, data management, or HR operations in an industrial, manufacturing, construction, or similarly regulated environment preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Strong working knowledge of HR operations, employee records, onboarding, benefits support, compliance basics, and HR systems.
- Ability to stay organized, spot details, protect confidentiality, and keep multiple priorities moving in a busy environment.
- Clear, approachable communication style with the judgment to support routine employee questions and escalate sensitive matters appropriately.
- Comfort using HR technology, reports, and data to keep work accurate, visible, and actionable.
Work Environment:
Work is performed in office and field settings within an operating industrial facility. The role may require travel throughout the SXEW Plant, Tankhouse, maintenance facilities, and operational areas; work outdoors in varying weather conditions; wear required PPE; navigate stairs, platforms, uneven terrain, and industrial work areas; and occasionally lift and carry materials consistent with normal operational and administrative duties.