HR Generalist

Burkert USA Corporation; Huntersville (NC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Burkert USA Corporation is seeking an HR Generalist to support full-cycle recruitment, payroll, benefits enrollment, and HR reporting. This on-site role focuses on collaborating with managers, maintaining accurate ATS data, and ensuring compliant HR processes at our Huntersville, NC facility.

You will coordinate onboarding, assist with audits, and help align benefits across the team. A proactive, detail-oriented candidate will thrive in this environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required; some college preferred.
• 3+ years of Human Resources experience required.

Responsibilities

• Assist full-cycle recruitment (posting, screening, scheduling, offers) for permanent and temporary staff.
• Collaborate with hiring managers on staffing needs and timelines.
• Maintain applicant tracking and recruitment metrics.
• Assist with bi-weekly payroll and benefits coordination.

Skills

HR experience

Recruiting support

Benefits coordination

Payroll support

Education

High School Diploma

Some college

Tools

HRIS

Payroll software

Benefits systems

Job description

Where would you like to shape the success of your future career: At a worldwide leading manufacturer of process measuring and control technology? In a family- owned company that values its more than 3,700 employees in more than 30 countries and sees them all as individuals? In a team that breaks new ground with courage and passion? Did you answer „Yes“ three times? Then it is time for us to make your acquaintance.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist with full-cycle recruitment (posting, screening, scheduling, offers) for permanent and temporary staffing needs
• Collaborate with hiring managers on staffing needs and timelines
• Maintain applicant tracking and recruitment metrics
• Assist with bi-weekly payroll
• Assist with coordinating with Finance for compliance and reporting
• Determine training needs and required compliance training
• Assign, track, conduct and coordinate training
• Develop training schedule
• Ensure proper documentation of all training is received and saved
• Work with corporate training groups to align training across regions
• Coordinate benefits enrollment and employee communication
• Respond to benefits-related inquiries
• Support open enrollment and mid-year benefits changes
• Pull and submit benefits invoices for payment
• Assist with internal/external HR reports (EEO, ACA, etc.)
• Assist with audit preparation (payroll, benefits, HR data)
• Maintain data integrity in HRIS
• Partner with HR team as needed for cross-functional initiatives
• Build and maintain positive, professional relationships with employees and managers while providing responsive day-to-day HR support.
• Serve as a day-to-day HR resource for employees and managers regarding HR processes, policies, and routine employee matters, benefits, and payroll.
• Coordinate employee onboarding, including pre-employment screenings, Form I-9, E-Verify, HRIS setup, and initial benefit enrollment.
• Support internal and external audits involving payroll, benefits, employee records, workers’ compensation, and other HR-related areas
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

REQUIREMENTS:

• High School Diploma required, some college preferred.
• 3+ years of Human Resource experience is required.

In return, we offer you exciting and challenging responsibilities, diverse perspectives with a high degree of individual freedom and a corporate culture that encourages you to use it. Curious? Then we look forward to receiving your application. Our products and systems are invisible and indispensable at the same time. Without knowing it, we all encounter valves, sensors, controllers and customized systems made by Burkert every day: from beer, juice or dairy products to cosmetics and medicine products. Anyone who gives free flow to ideas and always thinks that little bit further than others, needs not only a great passion for innovation, but above all courage. This quality still characterizes our company today and makes our successes possible. Thanks to our financial independence, we can consistently pursue our strategic goals, even in uncertain times, and this creates a secure basis for the jobs in our company.