Human Resources Generalist

at  Chase Plastics Services Inc

At Chase Plastics, we?re real people providing real solutions. As one of the Top 10 plastics distributors in the U.S., we strive every day to provide outrageous customer service to our valued customers throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Our customers are shaping the world by making life-changing - and in many cases, life-saving - products in the medical, automotive, aerospace and industrial markets (among many others). We help them take their products from resin to reality by providing more than 18,000 specialty, engineering and commodity thermoplastics from some of the world?s leading suppliers and getting the right product(s) to them, when and where they need it.
Chase Plastics is proud to be recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in the industry by Plastics News (2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022 respectively) as voted by our employees. Some of the benefits our employees enjoy include:
Competitive wages and bonus program
Generous healthcare benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability Insurance and Flexible Spending Accounts
401(k) match program
Paid time off, holidays and paid volunteer day
Training program to support new hires
Ongoing professional and leadership development opportunities
Work hard, play hard company mentality

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION

To properly portray Chase Plastic Services professional image (courteous, poised, professional and friendly) with internal (employees) and external customers and vendors, while maintaining the upmost level of confidentiality and integrity. Demonstrate strong interpersonal communication skills and effective decision-making capability when assisting employees, handling employee inquiries, or providing overall assistance to the Human Resources Department. Devote your full time to the business and affairs of Chase Plastic Services, Inc., and to use your best efforts to perform faithfully and efficiently the responsibilities assigned to you. Some travel and overtime is required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain the strictest of confidentiality regarding all employee issues and information whether processing and maintaining employee personnel files or verbal and written communications.
• Primary responsibility for the entire recruitment process, including:
• Sourcing candidates through active recruiting on LinkedIn and other recruiting sites
• Posting all open positions through PayChex, university websites, and veteran websites
• Correspondence with applicants, and timely disposition
• Resume review and initial phone screens
• Setting up candidates for interviews with the hiring manager, coordinating travel arrangements if necessary for out-of-town candidates
• Attending career fairs with HR Manager (may require occasional travel)
• Creation of offer letters
• Complete the pre-start date onboarding process for new employees, including administering employment applications, processing background investigations and drug screenings, assembling new hire orientation booklets to include benefits and payroll documentation and the setting up of new employee files.
• Assist HR Manager in the administration of the performance review process, tracking completion, and following up with managers on overdue reviews.
• Assist HR manager with training initiatives, including:
• Researching appropriate training opportunities and provide enrollment assistance including travel arrangement if needed for all internal and external training.
• Follow-up training initiatives by distributing, accumulating and logging employee training assessments.
• Ensure all new hire training matrix are tracked until completion for ISO compliance.
• Assist with the set-up of new commercial team members training matrix program and technical training matrix.
• Updating and distribution of the organizational charts.
• Work with the HR Manager and Sustainability Specialist to determine and draft any new human resource policies and/or tracking procedures to benefit our sustainability initiatives.
• Be a member of the PPC (Party Planning Committee) and assist the HR Manager with coordination of events.
• Train to become a back-up for bi-weekly input of company-wide payroll, Health Equity payments, 401k bi-weekly contributions, and Lincoln Financial payments.
• Assist HR Manager with distribution of FMLA paperwork, compliance, and time-off tracking.
• HR document scanning and employee file preservation.
• Assistance with any special projects as assigned by the HR Manager.
• Predictable and dependable attendance is required