Full-Cycle HR Generalist: Onboarding, Payroll & Compliance

Modern Construction Services, LLC.; Charlotte, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual company performance bonus

Full benefits (medical, dental, vision

401(k) with 3% employer match

Job summary

Modern Construction Services, LLC. is seeking an HR Generalist to run day-to-day HR operations from onboarding through payroll support, ensuring the systems we built are followed and nothing is left unclear. The role supports both office staff and field crews as we grow nationwide from our Charlotte HQ.

You will manage onboarding, payroll, benefits, and compliance, while maintaining audit-ready records and delivering timely HR services across multiple states and sites.

Qualifications

• End-to-end onboarding and offboarding including background checks and I-9s.
• Maintain clean, audit-ready personnel files and compliance documents.
• Coordinate multi-state, multi-site payroll and benefits administration.
• Administer HRIS and learn new systems quickly.
• Support office and field teams with HR processes.
• Experience with recruiting administration and offers.
• Knowledge of ATS/assessment tools (Workable, Predictive Index) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle onboarding and offboarding: background checks, drug screening, I-9s, new hire paperwork, and the new hire announcement.
• Keep personnel files and compliance documentation clean, current, and audit-ready.
• Run 30/60/90-day check-ins for every new hire and keep performance evaluation cycles on schedule for every employee.
• Handle day-to-day benefits questions and run open enrollment logistics.
• Be the first, friendly point of contact for PTO, policy, and everyday employee questions, and know what genuinely needs to be escalated.
• Own recruiting admin: job postings, interview scheduling, extending offers, and keeping Predictive Index job targets current for every open role.
• Prepare bi-weekly, multi-state, multi-site payroll for Finance approval, and back up Finance on payroll when needed.
• Execute the programs leadership designs, like the career ladder and remote work policy, and carry our values into how you treat the office and the field.

Skills

Onboarding

Payroll administration

HRIS administration

Multi-state payroll

Benefits administration

Compliance

Employee relations

Recruiting coordination

Tools

Workable

Predictive Index

Job description

Modern Construction Services, LLC. is seeking an HR Generalist to run day-to-day HR operations from onboarding through payroll support, ensuring the systems we built are followed and nothing is left unclear. The role supports both office staff and field crews as we grow nationwide from our Charlotte HQ.

You will manage onboarding, payroll, benefits, and compliance, while maintaining audit-ready records and delivering timely HR services across multiple states and sites.