HR Generalist - Tallageda, AL / Warrenton, GA

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Warrenton (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a hands-on Human Resources Business Partner to provide day-to-day HR support for our lumber mills in Talladega, AL, or Warrenton, GA. This on-site role will also support a second mill and collaborate with mill leaders, supervisors, and employees on relations, staffing, onboarding and performance management.

The successful candidate will travel 25% or more between sites, balancing HR priorities across two manufacturing locations and ensuring compliance and recording

Qualifications

• Two or more years of HRBP/HR generalist experience in a manufacturing setting.
• Experience supporting employee relations, performance management, and HR compliance.
• Proficiency with MS Word and Excel for organizing workforce data.
• Willingness to travel 25% or more and support two mills on-site.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day HR guidance to leaders, supervisors, and employees.
• Support hourly staffing activities, including recruiting coordination and onboarding.
• Assist with employee relations, attendance, performance management, and policy application.
• Maintain accurate employee records and ensure HR process compliance.
• Prepare workforce information and HR reports on staffing, turnover, and attendance.
• Coordinate with payroll, benefits, recruiting, and other partners to address needs.
• Support employee engagement, recognition, training, and site HR initiatives.

Skills

HR Business Partner experience

Manufacturing environment experience

Employee relations

Performance management

HR compliance

Ability to travel 25%+

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a hands‑on Human Resources Business Partner to provide day‑to‑day HR support for our lumber mill in Talladega, Alabama, or Warrenton, Georgia. This position will be based primarily at either the Talladega or Warrenton mill and will also provide regular on‑site support for at least one other mill. The role works closely with mill leaders, supervisors, and employees to support employee relations, staffing, onboarding, performance management, HR compliance, and other core HR processes that contribute to safe, reliable operations.

Travel between mills will be 25% or more, based on business needs. This is an on‑site role supporting two operating lumber mills. The position requires flexibility to respond to changing priorities and to engage with employees and leaders across shifts, as needed. The successful candidate will be approachable, organized, responsive, and comfortable balancing HR priorities across two manufacturing locations.

What You Will Do

• Provide day‑to‑day HR guidance to leaders, supervisors, and employees, including responding to questions and helping resolve workplace concerns in a timely, respectful, and consistent manner.
• Support hourly staffing activities, including recruiting coordination, candidate selection, pre‑employment processes, onboarding, and new‑hire follow‑up.
• Assist leaders with employee relations, attendance, performance management, corrective action, and consistent application of company policies and practices.
• Maintain accurate employee records and documentation and support compliance with employment requirements and internal HR processes.
• Prepare and review routine workforce information, including staffing, turnover, attendance, and other HR reports.
• Coordinate with HR capability teams, payroll, benefits, recruiting, and other partners to resolve employee and leader needs.
• Support employee engagement, recognition, training, and other site HR initiatives.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Two or more years of experience in an HR Business Partner, HR Generalist, HR Coordinator, or comparable human resource role.
• Human resources experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or operations environment.
• Experience supporting employee relations, performance management, HR compliance, or other core HR processes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel, including the ability to organize, review, and communicate workforce information.
• Ability to travel between Albany, Georgia, and Warrenton, Georgia, 25% or more and maintain an on‑site presence at both mills.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, or a related field.
• Experience supporting more than one manufacturing site or a geographically dispersed workforce.
• Experience with recruiting, HR systems, employee records, workforce reporting, or training coordination.
• Professional HR certification, such as PHR or SHRM‑CP.

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper‑based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia‑Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day – to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength – focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E‑Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E‑Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).