Mission:
Achieving excellence through discipline, innovation, and the growth of our employee-owners, creating lasting value with our business partners.
Our Core Values:
- Safety -The principle that shapes our culture, values, and resolve.
- Vision - Driving excellence through innovation and employee growth.
- Transparency - We cultivate an environment of collaboration, accountability, and trust.
- Longevity - Lasting partnerships through consistent, exceptional, and tailored performance.
- Ownership - Our shared success reflects the commitment and discipline of our employee-owners.
Job Summary:
The Human Resources Assistant provides vital administrative and operational support to the HR department, contributing to the effective delivery of core human resources functions. This role is responsible for assisting with recruitment and onboarding activities, maintaining accurate employee records, supporting benefits administration, and ensuring compliance with internal policies and employment regulations. The HR Assistant also serves as a point of contact for general employee inquiries, helping to foster a well-organized, responsive, and confidential HR environment that supports both staff and organizational goals.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
Responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Support HR operations and programs across all employee levels.
- Assist with accurate and up-to-date employee records and ensure proper filing and confidentiality of HR documentation.
- Assist employees with general HR related inquiries regarding policies, benefits, and procedures in a timely and professional manner.
- Assist with benefits administration, including enrollments, changes, and terminations.
- Support company initiatives related to training, compliance, and employee engagement.
- Help coordinate employee events, communications, and recognition programs.
- Ensure confidentiality and security of employee information at all times.
Other Duties as Assigned:
Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. In addition, duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Required Education and Experience:
- One or more years of administrative or HR-related experience.
- Working knowledge of HRIS software (e.g., BambooHR, Oracle, Viewpoint Vista, etc.) and benefits platforms.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, etc.).
- Experience with Canva or similar design software.
- Ability to perform in a high-pressure environment within time constraints.
- Excellent attention to detail, organizational skills, and time management.
- Ability to effectively read, write, and communicate in English at a 12th-grade level.
Required Education and Experience:
- Associate degree preferred.
- Bilingual
Personal Attributes:
- Is in support of our Mission Statement and Core Values
- Is honest and has the highest integrity
- Sets the example for others and is above reproach
- Ability to cope with job pressures in a constantly changing environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Highly self-motivated
- Extremely detail-oriented
- Positive and professional demeanor
- Ability to work effectively and efficiently under time constraints and job responsibility pressure and stress
- Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
- Can handle and manage confidential information
Physical Demands & Work Environment:
- Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, or sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, keyboards, or office equipment, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, and hear.
- Frequently required to reach with hands and arms and adjust body position to bend, stoop, stand, walk, turn, pivot, kneel, crouch, excavate, lift, carry, climb, and stand for long periods.
- Requires the ability to wear steel-toe/composite/alloy work boots.
- The ability to read and interpret data on computer screens and printed documents is essential.
- Regular communication with colleagues, vendors, and other stakeholders requires the ability to exchange information effectively in both verbal and written form.
- Requires the ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as required by location.
- Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, the ability to adjust and focus, and good eye-hand-foot coordination.
- Light to moderate lifting is required.
- Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
Position Type, Expected Hours of Work, and Travel:
This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work vary but equate to 40 hours per week. May be requested to work overtime, nights, and weekends.
Travel is primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-area and overnight travel may be expected.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Tri-City provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
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