Human Resources Associate

Brakebush Chicken; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Brakebush Chicken in Irving, TX seeks an HR Associate, 1st Shift to support the HR team with payroll, onboarding, vendor setup, and record maintenance. This role partners with plant operations to keep HR processes accurate and compliant.

Responsibilities include assisting with recruitment backups, new hire orientation, processing unemployment, maintaining training records, and handling routine inquiries with tact and discretion.

Qualifications

• Associate degree OR 1+ years in an administrative support role.
• Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Organize and coordinate work within schedules and emergent needs.
• Proficient in English and Spanish.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Experience in food processing/manufacturing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support hourly payroll processes with accuracy and timeliness.
• Create and maintain PO’s for the plant.
• Assist with setting up new vendors in the system.
• Serve as a backup for recruitment.
• Assist with new hire orientation.
• Handle facility calls and visitor directions as needed.
• Maintain HR files and assist with other HR duties.

Skills

Bilingual English/Spanish

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Customer service

Education

Associate Degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Title: Human Resources Associate, 1st Shift Req ID: 10232

City, State: Irving, TX

Reports to: Human Resources Manager

Classification: Nonexempt

Job Description

Summary: Under the direction of the Human Resources (HR) Manager, the HR Associate performs the necessary functions to support the HR team. Such functions include hourly payroll and accounts payable administration, onboarding, processing unemployment, maintaining company training and personnel files, assists with recruiting and assisting with other HR office functions as needed. The position requires frequent contact with personnel inside and outside the company, requiring reasonable tact, discretion, interpersonal skills, and working knowledge of HR policies and procedures.

Essential Functions

• Partners with corporate to maintain plantwide hourly payroll processes by ensuring team members time is accurate and submitted in a timely manner. Also assists with troubleshooting questions.
• Creates and maintains PO’s for the plant
• Assists with setting up new vendors in the system
• Serves as a backup for recruitment
• Assist with new hire orientation as needed
• Serves as a backup for routing facility calls and directs visitors arriving at the Irving facility. Serves as a backup contact for visitors and vendors entering the facility
• All other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Associate Degree OR 1+ years in a administrative support role or supporting internal or external customers
• Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to organize and coordinate work within schedule constraints and handle emergent requirements in a timely manner
• Proficient in both English & Spanish
• Competent in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook/other e-mail software

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in food processing/manufacturing
• Prior HR or administrative experience

Supervisory Responsibility: None

Work Environment: The work environment is an office environment with standard temperatures and normal office noise levels.

Physical Demands: This position would be primarily sitting with little to no lifting or other physical demands. Subject to extended periods of sitting, working on PC and talking on telephone.

Travel: None

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test and background check are required.

Brakebush provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Applicants must have the legal authorization to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to provide or assume work sponsorship of employment visas.

Brakebush is committed to adhering to compliance and applicable pay transparency laws in all states where we operate and any other states where we have a legal obligation.