Field HR Generalist – Advisor to Operations

Avolta (old); Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

HMSHost in the Pittsburgh area is seeking an experienced Field HR Generalist to support HR policies and procedures across branches. This exempt role partners with operations management, provides counseling, and ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations while managing onboarding and new hire orientation.

You will analyze HR metrics, support recruitment, and collaborate with regional HR staff to source candidates nationally and locally. Occasional travel is required.

Qualifications

• Requires 4 year college degree or equivalent work experience.
• Requires 3-5 years of HR Recruiting or related HR Generalist experience.
• SHRM certification will provide a foundation for successful performance in this role.
• Requires the ability to speak, read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence and policy documents, as well as interact comfortably with associates.
• Requires leadership skills and ability to be part of a team with minimal day-to-day supervision.
• Requires working knowledge of HR technical subjects.
• Requires proficiency with HR and business software/systems and experience with preparing documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
• Requires national, regional, and area travel.

Responsibilities

• Establishes and maintains a position of trusted adviser to all operations managers.
• Partners with the HR Manager to establish and maintain a positive and visible HR presence in the branch among associates at all levels.
• Identifies trends and regularly communicates branch level issues with the HR Manager
• Collaborates with and provides daily advice to operations managers on employee discipline, performance management, retention, engagement, rewards, and recognition.
• Maintains in depth technical knowledge of HR best practices, federal/state/local regulations and statutes, and company HR policies and procedures.
• Gathers, analyzes, understands, and monitors operational data and useful HR metrics such as turnover rates, wage rates, staffing levels, diversity, and sales data to help forecast and plan for staffing needs.
• Collaborates with regional HR staff to proactively source, recruit, screen, interview, offer, hire, and orient candidates/new hires.
• Develops and maintains relationships with community based organizations to enhance applicant pool.
• Develops and delivers new hire orientation, required policy training and corporate developed trainings.
• Understands airport/landlord policies and procedures and partners with operations to ensure compliance.
• Responds to associate inquiries and questions related to compensation, leave, scheduling, assignments, complaints, policies and procedures, and the full-cycle on-boarding process.
• Performs general HR functions including but not limited to employee file maintenance, preparation of logs, and PeopleSoft systems data entry and maintenance

Skills

Leadership skills

Strategic partnering

HR knowledge

Communication skills

Data analysis

PeopleSoft experience

Education

4 year college degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

PeopleSoft

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

HMSHost in the Pittsburgh area is seeking an experienced Field HR Generalist to support HR policies and procedures across branches. This exempt role partners with operations management, provides counseling, and ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations while managing onboarding and new hire orientation.

You will analyze HR metrics, support recruitment, and collaborate with regional HR staff to source candidates nationally and locally. Occasional travel is required.