HR Specialist / Reception

Gentherm; Racine (WI); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Paid vacation

Health, dental, vision, life insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Modine is seeking an HR Specialist / Reception to provide day-to-day HR administrative support and serve as a professional first point of contact for employees, visitors, candidates, vendors, and callers in Racine, Wisconsin. You will help manage employee data, onboarding, and HR programs while upholding confidentiality and accuracy.

The role requires an Associate degree in HR (or related field preferred) and strong proficiency with Microsoft Office and HR systems.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in HR or related field preferred; high school diploma required.
• Prior HR administrative, reception, or office-support experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of HR administrative practices, employee records, and confidential information handling.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams; ability to learn HR information systems.
• Strong business writing, data-entry, filing, scheduling, and document-management skills.
• Professional telephone, reception, visitor-service, and general office-support skills.
• Ability to organize competing priorities, follow established processes, and produce accurate work.

Responsibilities

• Provide responsive administrative support to the Human Resources team and employees.
• Maintain accurate employee records, forms, files, tracking logs, and routine HR documentation.
• Support onboarding, orientation, employee changes, offboarding, and other lifecycle activities.
• Handle employee and candidate information with appropriate confidentiality and discretion.
• Greet visitors, employees, candidates, vendors, and other guests in a professional manner.
• Answer, screen, and route incoming calls and general inquiries to the appropriate person or department.
• Coordinate visitor sign-in, badges, notifications, and site-access requirements per local procedures.
• Maintain an organized reception area and support mail, deliveries, meeting rooms, and office supplies.

Skills

HR administrative practices

Data entry

Filing

Scheduling

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Teams

HR information systems

Education

Associate degree in Human Resources

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Teams

Job description

For more than 100 years, Modine has solved the toughest thermal management challenges for mission‑critical applications. Our purpose of Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World means we are always evolving our portfolio of technologies to provide the latest heating, cooling, and ventilation solutions. Through the hard work of more than 11,000 employees worldwide, our Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments advance our purpose with systems that improve air quality, reduce energy and water consumption, lower harmful emissions, enable cleaner running vehicles, and use environmentally friendly refrigerants. Modine is a global company headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin (U.S.), with operations in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. For more information about Modine, visit modine.com.

HR SPECIALIST / RECEPTION

The HR Specialist / Reception position provides day-to-day human resources administrative support while serving as a professional and welcoming first point of contact for employees, visitors, candidates, vendors, and callers. The role supports employee data and records, onboarding, HR programs, communications, and general office coordination, while maintaining confidentiality, accuracy, responsiveness, and a high level of customer service.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Human Resources Support

• Provide responsive administrative support to the Human Resources team and employees.
• Maintain accurate employee records, forms, files, tracking logs, and routine HR documentation.
• Support onboarding, orientation, employee changes, offboarding, and other employee lifecycle activities.
• Handle employee and candidate information with appropriate confidentiality and discretion.

Reception and Office Support

• Greet visitors, employees, candidates, vendors, and other guests in a professional and welcoming manner.
• Answer, screen, and route incoming calls and general inquiries to the appropriate person or department.
• Coordinate visitor sign-in, badges, notifications, and site‑access requirements in accordance with local procedures.
• Maintain an organized reception area and support mail, deliveries, meeting rooms, office supplies, and general office needs.

REQUIRED EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field preferred; high school diploma or equivalent required.
• Prior HR administrative, reception, or office‑support experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of HR administrative practices, employee records, and confidential information handling.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams; ability to learn HR information systems.
• Strong business writing, data‑entry, filing, scheduling, and document‑management skills.
• Professional telephone, reception, visitor-service, and general office‑support skills.
• Ability to organize competing priorities, follow established processes, and produce accurate work.

Modine is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Modine provides a competitive benefit package, which could include paid vacation, short term disability, 401(k), health, dental, vision, life insurance, flex spending benefits, tuition reimbursement, Health Savings Account and much more. Human Resources will provide more detail upon your hiring.

This position is not eligible for any form of sponsorship (e.g. OPT or H1B visa status) now or in the future. Only individuals authorized to work in the United States now and for the foreseeable future will be considered for this position.

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