Senior Human Resource Generalist

Chart Industries, Inc.; Canton (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Chart Industries, located in Canton, GA, seeks an on-site HR Manager to lead recruiting, employee relations, and workforce development for our Ball Ground manufacturing site. You will coach supervisory teams, handle workplace investigations, and drive recognition programs while ensuring policy compliance across the site.

The role requires a Bachelor's in HRM or related field and 5+ years of progressive HR management experience in manufacturing, with SHRM preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with focus in Human Resources Management, Business Administration or comparable field.
• 5+ years of progressive human resources management experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• SHRM certification is preferred.
• Experience managing complex employee relations issues with confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Manage recruiting efforts for the location, including sourcing, screening, hiring, and onboarding/orientation.
• Provide guidance and coaching to supervisory teams on performance conversations, real-time feedback, and corrective actions; explore root causes to mitigate repeat issues.
• Build personal brand among shop floor employees reflecting HR competence and mutual respect.
• Handle employee relations complaints and conduct investigations per federal and state labour laws.
• Champion monthly recognition initiatives, plan events, manage budget, and solicit employee feedback on programs.
• Maintain competitiveness of hourly pay program; perform annual compensation analysis for merit cycle.
• Interpret policies to ensure consistent application across site; participate in audits and assist in training.

Skills

Employee relations

HR leadership

Change management

Organization & planning

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in HRM or related field

Tools

HRIS systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Location: Canton, GA, United States, 30107

Company: Chart Industries

Ensuring Chart’s Success…

Cooler By Design”– Chart’s core business is centered around the design and fabrication of cryogenic equipment. The Ball Ground, Georgia site is seeking a hands‑on individual to actively engage with our site employees to drive strategies, such as key employee retention and development, high performance and a safety‑first mindset.

What Will You Do?

• Manage recruiting efforts for the location, including sourcing, screening, hiring, and onboarding/orientation. Partner with leaders to evaluate workforce needs, create a strategy to build pipelines for key roles and collaborate with local community high schools and trade schools to meet future staffing needs.


• Provide guidance and coaching to our supervisory teams on how to deliver difficult performance conversations, real time feedback, execute corrective actions and explore root cause to mitigate repeat issues.


• Build your personal brand among our shop floor employees that reflects HR competence, trustworthiness and one of mutual respect for those you serve.


• Handle employee relations complaints and concerns and conduct investigations using your knowledge of federal and state labour laws and risk‑mitigation to produce a positive outcome for all parties.


• Champion monthly recognition initiatives, such as providing event planning oversight, managing associated budget, and soliciting employee feedback to measure effectiveness of programs.


• Maintain a pulse on the competitiveness of our hourly pay program to ensure the company can attract and retain top talent. This includes annual compensation analysis and review of our hourly job classifications in preparation of the annual merit cycle.


• Interpret company policies and procedures to ensure consistent application across site; participate in internal/external audits, conduct annual ethics training. Consult with other HR team members on non‑routine inquiries to ensure alignment across US region.

Your Physical Work Environment Will Require…

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms and talk and hear, operate office equipment (computer, copier, scanner, phone, etc.) and repetitive motion.

Your Experience Should Be...

• Bachelor's degree with a focus in Human Resources Management, Business Administration or comparable field.


• 5+ years of progressive human resources management experience, preferably with some HR in a manufacturing environment. SHRM certification is preferred.


• Proven experience managing complex employee relations issues while demonstrating maturity, professionalism and exercising confidentiality.


• Knowledge and understanding of Georgia labour law, EEO, and compensation analysis.


• Experience working with large HRIS systems and Microsoft Office software.


• Change management skills with ability to influence, drive or support organizational change.


• Highly organized self-starter who is comfortable and capable of operating with a sense of urgency while managing competing initiatives.

Chart Industries is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicants because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, military status, marital status, genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law. Additionally, it is and shall continue to be our policy to provide promotion and advancement opportunities in a non‑discriminatory fashion.

Chart complies with applicable local, state, and federal statutes governing “equal employment opportunity” and nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leave of absence, compensation and training.