Human Resources Generalist

The HR Generalist will play a crucial role in supporting and optimizing our human resources functions including talent management, employee engagement, and recruiting. This position requires a proactive, detail-oriented professional who can balance employee support, process improvement, and project execution in a fast-paced, small team environment. The ideal candidate brings strong judgement, a strategic mindset, and the ability to prioritize and adapt while delivering results.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Partner with managers to enhance team effectiveness, performance, engagement, and culture
• Provide day-to-day employee support and respond to inquiries timely with sound judgement and confidentiality
• Support organizational change initiatives in partnership with HR leadership
• Assist with talent management programs, including employee development planning, cross-training opportunities, assessments, and 360 reviews
• Support full cycle talent acquisition as needed, including job descriptions, candidate sourcing and screening, scheduling interviews, offer preparations, and coordination with recruiting agencies and management
• Support HR programs such as internships, onboarding, and other people initiatives
• Help drive continuous improvement in process and employee experience
• Support the annual Employee Engagement Survey, including feedback analysis, recommendations, and action planning
• Maintain and optimize HR Information Systems to ensure data accuracy, integrity and compliance
• Use data analysis to identify trends and patterns and apply data-driven insights to support HR decision-making and strategy development
• Assist with the implementation and communication of company policies and ensure consistent and fair application
• Support and coordinate internal and external audits relating to HR functions.
• Coordinate with sister company Mitsui USA for payroll, benefits, and timekeeping processes as needed
• Other duties as assigned.

• Demonstrate problem-solving and critical thinking with the ability to connect HR actions to business outcomes, identify problems, and recommend solutions
• Strong initiative, accountability, and ownership mindset
• Demonstrate a high level of trust, confidentiality, and good judgment
• Must have superior oral and written communication skills and an ability to communicate with all levels of management and company personnel
• Ability to learn new systems and tools quickly
• Ability to be a collaborative, team player
• Ability to prioritize and organize work effectively and to accomplish job duties in an efficient and timely manner, consistently meeting deadlines
• Demonstrated eagerness and an aptitude to grow. Display a natural curiousity and seek to understand matters as they arise. Demonstrate the ability to apply learnings to future work product.

• High school diploma or bachelor’s degree with equivalent HR work experience is required. Degree in Human Resources, Psychology or other business-related discipline preferred
• Minimum of 3 years of professional Human Resources experience required, preferably in the energy industry
• Strong Microsoft Office knowledge required - MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook, Teams
• Familiarity with automation tools preferred - PowerBI/Power Automate/Copilot
• Experience leading or coordinating HR Initiatives is strongly preferred
• Experience with HRIS data management and reporting. Dayforce is preferred
• Experience in a multi-cultural environment, fast paced work environment General knowledge of local, state and federal employment laws and procedures as well as employee relations procedures and applicable law (ADA, FMLA, EEO, etc.)

• Fluent verbal and written skills in English.

• Professional of Human Resources (PHR) or SHRM – CP preferred

• This job operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets. Physical demands include: Prolonged periods of sitting and may need to routinely move around to communicate with different groups, periodic need to lift up to 10 lbs.