Onsite HR Generalist — Shape People & Culture (Houston)

Venturatalents; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan

Onsite role in Houston

Direct leadership visibility

Build HR processes from ground up

Job summary

Venturatalents is seeking an on-site HR Generalist for our Houston, TX team. You will own the full HR lifecycle for ~15 employees, partnering with our US Country Head and India HR.

This hands-on role requires coordinating hiring, onboarding, payroll, benefits, appraisals, compliance, and employee relations every day. You will run the annual performance cycle, support pay increases, and work with an outsourced HR/payroll provider to manage payroll and benefits.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of US HR generalist experience covering the full employee lifecycle.
• Working knowledge of US payroll and benefits: overtime, 401(k), Social Security, insurance administration.
• Experience as the only HR person, or on a small HR team, at a small or mid-size industrial, manufacturing or industrial services company.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate hiring with our recruiting team, including interviews, offers, background checks and medical checks.
• Run new-hire induction and onboarding.
• Manage exits, including retention conversations.
• Coordinate payroll, benefits and time‑and‑attendance with our PEO (outsourced HR/payroll provider).
• Enroll new hires in benefits.
• Review weekly and bi-weekly payroll before approval; answer employee questions on pay, benefits and leave.
• Run the annual performance cycle: goal setting, KPIs, periodic reviews and rating consolidation.
• Support pay increase process.
• Ensure compliance with US federal and Texas employment laws.
• Support service managers in sourcing and negotiating with staffing agencies for short-term technicians at project sites.
• Handle employee relations issues fairly, promptly and hands‑on.
• Prepare monthly HR reports.
• Support the rollout of a new HR system.
• Help build trust and strong working relationships across the team.

Skills

US HR generalist

Payroll & benefits

Employee relations

Houston-based

On-site 5 days

Independent leadership

Early-morning calls with India

Job description

Venturatalents is seeking an on-site HR Generalist for our Houston, TX team. You will own the full HR lifecycle for ~15 employees, partnering with our US Country Head and India HR.

This hands-on role requires coordinating hiring, onboarding, payroll, benefits, appraisals, compliance, and employee relations every day. You will run the annual performance cycle, support pay increases, and work with an outsourced HR/payroll provider to manage payroll and benefits.