HR Generalist

cfindustries; Northbrook (IL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

CF Industries in Northbrook, IL, seeks an HR Generalist to partner with leaders across the organization, handling employee relations, investigations, policy interpretation, and the full employee lifecycle.

The role requires proactive, confidential, compliant work with 5+ years in HR Generalist roles and a BS/BA. Workday experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Education: BS/BA in a related field
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive Human Resources Generalist experience
• Strong knowledge of employment laws and HR best practices
• Self-starter ability to work independently while collaborating across teams

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted HR advisor to leaders and employees on complex employee relations matters, ensuring issues are assessed promptly and resolved per policy and law.
• Conduct thorough workplace investigations with documentation and findings to address conduct and policy concerns.
• Partner with managers to address performance issues with clear expectations, coaching, and corrective action.
• Interpret and apply company policies and employment laws to guide decisions across employee relations, leave, accommodation, and performance management.
• Provide direct HR support across multiple business segments, responding to questions and escalating risks as needed.

Skills

Employee relations

Investigations

Performance management

Policy interpretation

Leave administration

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Education

BS/BA in a related field

Tools

Workday

Job description

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you'll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You'll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world's transition to clean energy.

Function:

Human Resources

Job Summary:

The HR Generalist is a key member of the Human Resources team, providing day-to-day HR support and serving as a trusted advisor to employees and leaders across the organization. This role partners with a broad range of HR functions to support the full employee lifecycle including employee relations, leave of absence administration, performance management, policy interpretation, and investigations. The ideal candidate is proactive, self-motivated HR professional who is comfortable navigating complex employee situations while exercising sound judgement, maintaining confidentiality, and ensuring compliance with company policies and employment laws.

Job Description:

• Serve as a trusted HR advisor to leaders and employees on complex employee relations matters, ensuring issues are assessed promptly, handled consistently, and resolved in alignment with company policy, employment law, and business needs.
• Conduct thorough and objective workplace investigations, including intake, fact-finding, documentation, credibility assessment, findings, and recommended actions to address conduct, policy, and workplace concerns.
• Partner with managers to address performance issues through clear expectations, coaching, documentation, corrective action, performance improvement plans, and follow-through on required next steps.
• Exercise strong judgment and discretion when evaluating sensitive employee matters, balancing employee experience, risk mitigation, business impact, confidentiality, and legal/policy compliance.
• Interpret and apply company policies, practices, and applicable federal, state, and local employment laws to guide leaders through employee relations, disciplinary, leave, accommodation, and performance management decisions.
• Provide direct HR support to employees and managers across multiple business segments, responding to questions, escalating risks, and ensuring consistent application of HR processes and standards.
• Prepare accurate, well-documented employee relations records, investigation summaries, corrective action documentation, and related communications that support defensible decision-making.
• Manage aspects of employee leaves of absence, including Short Term and Long-Term Disability, FMLA, state and local leave programs, military leave, parental leave, and personal leaves, while ensuring appropriate coordination and compliance.
• Collaborate with HR functional partners, internal and external legal compliance, and business stakeholders as needed to resolve employee matters, align on recommendations, and execute appropriate actions.
• Identify opportunities to improve HR processes, documentation, and manager tools, leveraging technology, data, and best practices to strengthen consistency, efficiency, and compliance.
• Engage stakeholders across the business on key HR initiatives, change impacts, and employee matters requiring sound judgment, timely action, and clear communication.

Incumbent Attributes:

• Education : BS/BA in a related field
• Years of experience : Minimum of 5 years of progressive Human Resources Generalist experience
• Other unique job relevant attributes: Strong working knowledge of human resource practices, procedures, principles and strategies
• Experience supporting a broad range of HR functions though employee lifecycle
• Strong knowledge of employment laws and HR best practices
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a continuous improvement mind set
• Technical knowledge of Workday (preferred) or similar system, and ability to effectively use the data to provide analytic interpretation
• Experience with leave of absence administration process

Estimated base pay for the position is typically between $94,700 and $124,900 .

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