HR Generalist II

Parker Hannifin Corporation; Washington (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Parker Hannifin is seeking an HR Generalist II to lead end-to-end HR support across the employee lifecycle. You will manage recruitment, onboarding, performance management, engagement and development, retention, and separation procedures.

Reporting to the Division HR Leader or HR Manager, this role collaborates with multiple teams to advance HR initiatives, apply governance, and drive talent actions with analytics and reporting for management decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business Administration, or related field.
• 2+ years of progressive HR experience.
• Exposure to manufacturing environments and/or union/labor relations beneficial.
• Strong analytical and technology skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with varied audiences; build relationships.
• HR certification in progress or completed beneficial (e.g., SHRM-CP, PHR).

Responsibilities

• Oversee recruitment by creating requisitions, screening applicants, and managing the recruitment process; ensure compliance.
• Conduct job evaluations and wage/benefit review development; analyze pay data.
• Educate managers on feedback, documentation, and development; support learning pathways and succession planning.
• Lead talent reviews and performance assessments; deploy talent management best practices.
• Administer engagement surveys; analyze feedback and initiate action plans for improvement.
• Conduct timely investigations and provide recommendations for resolution of employee relations issues.
• Counsel management on conflict resolution and negotiation.
• Lead organizational training on HR policies, development, and compliance.
• Utilize analytics to evaluate talent data and present management with insights and recommendations.
• Coordinate benefits enrollment and team member engagement activities; support change management.
• Model collaboration and agility within High-Performance Teams.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Relationship building

Organizational skills

Leadership experience

Technology skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or related field

Job description

Position Summary

The Human Resources Generalist II is responsible for leading end-to-end HR support across the entire team member life cycle while collaborating with applicable teams to advance HR initiatives. In this role, the HR Generalist II applies practical knowledge obtained through advanced education and work experience while managing talent acquisition, onboarding, performance management, employee engagement and development, retention strategies, and separation procedures.

Scope/ Supervision and Interaction

This position generally reports to the Division HR Leader or HR Manager and does not have direct reports.

Essential Functions

• Oversee recruitment by creating requisitions, screening applicants, and managing recruitment process. Create offer packages and conduct background checks. Stay apprised of EEO, state and government regulations to ensure compliance during all talent acquisition activities.
• Participate in job evaluations and job description development. Examine local pay surveys and analyze pay data for wage and benefit review development or other compensation related programs and processes.
• Partner with and educate managers on appropriate feedback, documentation, and development of Parker team members. Support utilization of learning pathways and succession planning.
• Guide talent-related projects and processes such as talent reviews and performance assessments while deploying talent management best practices.
• Administer the Parker global engagement survey at division locations. Promote survey, provide methods of access for all team members to ensure inclusion and utilize feedback from Learning and Organizational Effectiveness to initiate engagement action plans and take advantage of areas for improvement.
• Conduct timely investigations, including fact-finding, witness interviews, and development of recommendations for appropriate and equitable resolution of employee relations issues.
• Act as an ethical agent and counsel management on complex matters related to conflict resolution and negotiation.
• Lead organizational training efforts relative to Human Resources policies and practices, organizational development, and compliance.
• Employ analytics tools and dashboards to evaluate talent data, conduct detailed analysis and extract insights that drive strategic decision-making. Utilize findings to prepare and present comprehensive reports to management with recommendations for key talent actions and improvement.
• Facilitate communication and documentation during labor relations discussions and processes, if applicable.
• Coordinate annual benefit program enrollment, team member engagement activities and community service endeavors.
• Model collaboration, clear communication, and agility while leading others within High-Performance Teams or during change management initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
• 2+ years of progressive HR experience.
• Demonstrated leadership experience preferred.
• Exposure to manufacturing environments and/or familiarity with union/labor relations beneficial.
• Comprehensive knowledge of various Human Resources functions and ability to navigate and influence within the organizational infrastructure.
• Ability to effectively communicate through verbal, written, and presentations with varied audiences.
• Able to build strong relationships at all levels throughout the organization.
• Strong analytical and technology skills.
• Action oriented and organized.
• HR certification in progress or completed beneficial (e.g., SHRM-CP, PHR).

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we've enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose - Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow - comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Parker is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Aff… (Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / VEVRAA Federal Contractor)

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