ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Recruiting
- Manage assigned job requisitions from opening through accepted offer.
- Partner with hiring managers and HR leadership to understand staffing needs, position requirements, qualifications, and hiring priorities.
- Draft, review, and post job openings across appropriate recruiting platforms and career sites.
- Maintain accurate and current job postings and recruiting records.
- Review incoming applications and resumes to identify candidates who meet position requirements.
- Conduct initial phone and/or virtual candidate screens to assess qualifications, experience, compensation expectations, availability, and overall alignment with position requirements.
- Present qualified candidates to hiring managers with clear screening notes and recommendations for next steps.
- Coordinate and schedule candidate interviews with hiring managers, interview teams, and leadership.
- Maintain timely communication with candidates throughout the recruiting process.
- Assist with sourcing candidates for difficult-to-fill or specialized positions.
- Support preparation and coordination of employment offers.
- Conduct appropriate candidate follow-up and disposition candidates within the applicant tracking system.
- Maintain organized recruiting documentation in accordance with company practices and applicable recordkeeping requirements.
- Support recruiting activities for salaried, hourly, technical, engineering, manufacturing, and corporate positions as assigned.
- Participate in recruiting events, career fairs, university recruiting, and other talent attraction activities as needed.
- Maintain accurate recruiting data and provide regular reporting on the effectiveness and efficiency of the recruiting function.
Onboarding & New Hire Support
- Partner with HR to ensure a smooth transition from candidate to new employee
- Coordinate pre-employment activities and required new hire documentation
- Assist with new hire onboarding preparation and communication
- Support new employee orientation and onboarding sessions
- Ensure required employee information and documentation is collected and properly maintained
- Coordinate with managers and internal departments to help ensure employees are prepared for their first day
- Follow up with new employees and managers during the introductory period as requested
- Identify opportunities to continuously improve the candidate and new hire experience
Benefits & HR Administration
- Assist employees with routine benefits questions and direct more complex matters to the appropriate HR or benefits resource
- Support employee benefit enrollments, qualifying life event changes, and annual open enrollment activities
- Assist with maintaining accurate employee benefit records and documentation
- Support reconciliation and review of benefit enrollment information as needed
- Assist with employee communications related to health and welfare benefits, 401(k), leave programs, and other company-sponsored programs
- Support HRIS data entry, employee record maintenance, and personnel file administration
- Assist with employment verification, employee documentation, and other HR administrative activities
- Maintain confidentiality of employee, candidate, compensation, benefit, and company information
- Provide support for HR projects, audits, employee programs, training, and other initiatives as assigned
Process Improvement & HR Support
- Identify opportunities to improve recruiting workflows, candidate communication, onboarding, and HR administrative processes
- Develop and maintain recruiting templates, interview materials, trackers, checklists, and standard operating procedures
- Partner with HR leadership to maintain consistent hiring and onboarding practices across the organization
- Support HR compliance activities and accurate recordkeeping
- Provide responsive customer service to employees, candidates, hiring managers, and external partners
- Provide HR support onsite in the Van Buren plant
- Perform other Human Resources duties and special projects as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
- 2+ years of recruiting, talent acquisition, HR coordination, or HR generalist experience
- Experience reviewing resumes, screening candidates, and coordinating interviews
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple open positions and competing priorities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated attention to detail and follow-through
- Ability to work with confidential and sensitive employee information
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Experience working with an applicant tracking system and/or HRIS
Preferred
- Experience recruiting within manufacturing, engineering, automotive, battery, energy storage, technology, or another technical environment.
- Experience recruiting both hourly manufacturing and salaried professional/technical positions
- Experience with UKG
- Experience supporting employee benefits administration and onboarding
- Familiarity with federal and state employment laws and recruiting compliance requirements
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS AND EEO
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
An individual must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.
Our Next Energy Inc. (ONE) is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to disability or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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