HR Generalist

C&J Catering; Middletown Township (PA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

C&J Catering in Corporate HQ seeks a Human Resources Generalist to support daily HR operations, including benefits, payroll, recruitment, and compliance across locations. The role collaborates with the Senior HR Business Partner and emphasizes confidentiality and professionalism.

Expect to travel to various C&J locations as needed; the position requires a 3-year HR background and strong Paylocity experience to ensure accurate HRIS/payroll processing and timely employee support.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in human resources post Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience with Paylocity payroll/HRIS systems.
• Strong confidentiality and professional communication skills.
• Valid driver’s license with a clean 5-year driving record.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot HR tech issues by phone, email, and virtual.
• Process payroll submissions and maintenance in Paylocity.
• Execute recruiting, onboarding and offboarding in Paylocity.
• Administer benefits and maintain HR records.
• Manage workers' compensation claims and OSHA tracking.
• Handle unemployment claims including hearings.
• Maintain HRIS changes and HR trackers; run reports.

Skills

HRIS knowledge

Payroll systems

Recruiting

Onboarding

Benefits admin

Unemployment claims

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR

Job description

Summary

The Human Resources Generalist is responsible for completing a variety of tasks to support the daily operations of the HR Department. The Human Resources Generalist will interact with many external HR systems including Workman’s compensation, Unemployment, and Payroll in addition to C&J Catering’s internal HR systems created and maintained by the Senior Human Resources Business Partner while adhering to all C&J Policies and regulations. The Human Resources Generalist will be professional, hold confidentiality, work quickly yet effectively while maintaining a personable demeanor with all employees.

Description

Job Title: Human Resources Generalist

Department: Human Resources

Location: Corporate

Summary

The Human Resources Generalist is responsible for completing a variety of tasks to support the daily operations of the HR Department. The Human Resources Generalist will interact with many external HR systems including Workman’s compensation, Unemployment, and Payroll in addition to C&J Catering’s internal HR systems created and maintained by the Senior Human Resources Business Partner while adhering to all C&J Policies and regulations. The Human Resources Generalist will be professional, hold confidentiality, work quickly yet effectively while maintaining a personable demeanor with all employees.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for professionally communicating with employees to troubleshoot all HR tech issues by phone, email, and virtually.
• Responsible for executing all tasks to complete payroll submission and maintenance in Paylocity
• Responsible for executing all tasks for recruiting, onboarding and offboarding procedures via Paylocity
• Responsible for executing all tasks for benefits administration and maintenance
• Responsible for executing all tasks for injuries, Workman’s compensation claims and OSHA 300 tracking
• Responsible for executing all tasks for Unemployment claims including attending hearings
• Responsible for coding all HRIS changes in Paylocity
• Responsible for daily communication and task completion for all internal HR tickets
• Responsible for all HR portions of the Safety Committee including Co-Chairing
• Responsible for managing the I9 system
• Responsible for managing the temp agency processes
• Responsible for managing HR trackers
• Responsible for running HR reports and audits
• Responsible for assigned HR projects
• Assist with Progressive Discipline compliance
• Assist with Incident investigations
• Assist with Performance reviews via Paylocity
• Assist with updating the Employee Handbook
• Assist with C&J wide training functions
• Professionally and timely communication of concerns, issues or updates directly to the Senior HR Business Partner
• Have a clean 5-year driving background to travel to various C&J locations as needed
• All other job duties as assigned

Reporting Relationships

• Reports directly to: Senior Human Resources Business Partner
• Liaise with: CFO, Business Office Manager, IT and employees
• Directly supervises: N/A

Requirements

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to act with compassion while balancing job responsibilities in a quick yet effective manner.
• Ability to follow instruction at a fast pace for daily/weekly assignments.
• Ability to take responsibility and ownership for work assigned through completion and communicate it as such in a professional and timely fashion.
• Detail-oriented, ability to multi-task and effectively prioritize tasks in a fast-paced, changing environment including thorough and quick documentation skills.
• Ability to pivot as needed and remain calm in stressful situations.
• Great interpersonal and communication abilities including strong confidentiality skills.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills where all tasks are accomplished as expected.
• Willingness to work hours needed for deadline completion.
• Exceptional ability to follow policies and procedures that captures the heart of our standards without rigidity.
• Ability to analyze employee information received to accurately enter info into our HRIS/Payroll system.
• Ability to switch from complex to repetitious tasks as needed involving shredding, copying, printing, scanning and organizing digital records.
• Ability to travel to any C&J Catering location as needed using personal vehicle.

Requirements

• EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: 3 years’ experience in the human resources field post Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent). Experience with HRIS, Time and Labor, Payroll, ACA, and Performance review functions of Paylocity. Other experience to include Workman’s compensation, Benefits Administration, Progressive Discipline compliance, Incident investigations, Unemployment, Safety committee, life cycle management of all employees, proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Excel spreadsheets and Outlook email/calendar.
• CERTIFICATE/LICENSE: Valid Driver’s License and a clean 5-year driving record.
• LANGUAGE: Complete written and oral knowledge of the English language is required.
• SECURITY/CONFIDENTIALITY: All materials and information obtained through working with our company may not be given or transferred outside of the company. Violation of confidentiality is grounds for termination.
• TRAINING: Any training held is mandatory.
• PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: Must be willing to adjust to last minute changes, engage and assist fellow employees where needed.
• WORKING CONDITIONS/ENVIRONMENT: The industry is a fast-paced environment which may require frequent walking, frequent sitting, long hours, and the ability to quickly support the work of the leadership team in its expansion efforts, in both breadth and depth.
• ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS: Maintain a regular standard office schedule from Monday-Friday with some flexibility to meet with needs of the company as they arise in the evenings or weekends.