Human Resources Manager

KenHome™; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401(k) with company match

PTO 20 days + holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

KenHome in Dallas is seeking an HR Manager to professionalize recruiting, onboarding, compensation, and compliance for a growing construction business. You will stay connected to field operations while shaping HR from the office, acting as a senior individual contributor today with a clear path to HR Director as the team expands.

This role covers recruiting, onboarding, compensation, PTO administration, HRIS data hygiene, and broad compliance responsibilities, including state and federal

Qualifications

• 7+ years of HR experience, with at least 3 years in a senior/lead role.
• Experience in construction/blue-collar-plus-white-collar environments preferred.
• Knowledge of federal labor law (FLSA, FMLA, ADA, Title VII) and Texas employment law.
• Experience with construction-specific compliance (Davis-Bacon, certified payroll, OSHA).
• Proficiency with at least one modern HRIS (Rippling, Gusto, BambooHR, Paylocity, ADP).
• Bachelor's degree; SHRM-CP/SCP or PHR/SPHR preferred.
• Discretion in handling sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Run full-cycle recruiting for non-executive roles, manage careers portal and candidate experience.
• Build and maintain employee handbook, onboarding program, and 30/60/90 review cadence.
• Administer compensation, benefits, and PTO; coordinate with renewal brokers.
• Maintain HRIS data hygiene; produce monthly people metrics for leadership.
• Lead compliance (EEOC, OFCCP where applicable, ACA, state-specific) including I-9, E-Verify, payroll components for federal work.
• Investigate and document employee relations issues; engage outside counsel when needed.
• Drive DEI in hiring practices with federal program alignment.
• Lead performance management and coach managers through difficult conversations.
• Collaborate with COO on organizational design as roles expand.

Skills

HR leadership

Recruiting

Onboarding

Employee relations

Compliance

DEI in hiring

Performance management

HRIS

Texas labor law

Payroll coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

SHRM-CP / SHRM-SCP or PHR / SPHR

Tools

Rippling

BambooHR

Paylocity

ADP Workforce Now

Job description

• Bilingual English / Spanish.

Build the HR function at KenHome — recruiting, onboarding, compliance, compensation, and the day-to-day people work — for a growing construction business.

The role

KenHome is the size where the absence of a dedicated HR function starts to show. We are hiring an HR Manager who can professionalize recruiting, onboarding, compensation, and compliance — while staying close enough to the business to be useful in the field, not just in the office.

This is a broad, senior-individual-contributor role today, with a clear path to HR Director as the team grows.

What you'll do

• Run full-cycle recruiting for non-executive roles in partnership with hiring managers; own our careers portal and candidate experience.
• Build and maintain the employee handbook, onboarding program, and 30/60/90 review cadence.
• Administer compensation, benefits, and PTO; partner with brokers at renewal.
• Own HRIS data hygiene; produce the monthly people metrics pack for the executive team.
• Lead EEOC, OFCCP (if/when applicable), ACA, and state-specific compliance — including I-9, E-Verify, and certified payroll HR components for federal work.
• Investigate and document employee relations issues; partner with outside counsel where appropriate.
• Drive DEI-in-hiring practices that are defensible on both merit and federal program grounds.
• Lead performance management; coach managers through difficult conversations.
• Partner with the COO on organizational design as new roles are added.

What we're looking for

• 7+ years of HR experience, with at least 3 years as an HR Generalist Lead or HR Manager.
• Construction, engineering, manufacturing, or other blue-collar-plus-white-collar industry background strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of federal labor law (FLSA, FMLA, ADA, Title VII), Texas employment law, and construction-specific compliance (Davis-Bacon, certified payroll coordination, OSHA recordkeeping partnership).
• Proficiency with at least one modern HRIS (Rippling, Gusto, BambooHR, Paylocity, ADP Workforce Now).
• Bachelor's degree; SHRM-CP / SHRM-SCP or PHR / SPHR strongly preferred.
• Discretion — this role sees everything.

Nice to have

• Experience scaling HR from ~50 employees to ~200+.
• Prior HR work with federal primes (DBE / HUB / SDVOSB compliance experience).
• Bilingual English / Spanish.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (employee premium 100% covered; dependents heavily subsidized)
• 401(k) with 4% company match, vested immediately
• 20 days PTO + 11 paid holidays; separate sick bank
• 12 weeks paid parental leave
• $3,000 annual continuing-education and certification stipend
• Life, AD&D, and short/long-term disability
• Relocation support for role-critical hires