Human Resources Generalist - Focus

Location:

Boise, Idaho

Schedule:

Full-time, onsite

Pay: $25.00–$30.00 per hour, depending on experience

Western Trailers is seeking an organized, approachable, and proactive Human Resources Generalist with a strong focus on recruiting. This position will manage recruiting for a variety of manufacturing, skilled-trade, driving, technical, and administrative positions while helping create a positive, responsive candidate experience.

In addition to recruiting, the HR Generalist will support new-hire orientation, temporary staffing, benefits enrollment, supervisor training, HRIS, employee records, and other HR projects. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys recruiting but also wants exposure to a broad range of HR responsibilities and the opportunity to help improve the company’s HR processes and systems.

• Partner with hiring managers to understand staffing needs, job requirements, schedules, and candidate qualifications
• Create and maintain job descriptions and job postings across Indeed, Linked In, social media, and other recruiting sources
• Review applications, conduct initial phone screens, schedule interviews, and maintain timely communication with candidates and hiring managers
• Coordinate offers, background checks, drug screens, motor vehicle reports, and other pre-employment requirements
• Maintain accurate recruiting records and provide regular updates regarding candidates, openings, offers, and upcoming start dates
• Identify and recommend new recruiting sources and strategies
• Represent Western Trailers at job fairs, hiring events, schools, and other community recruiting opportunities
• Support a professional, organized, and welcoming candidate experience throughout the hiring process

• Serve as a primary contact for staffing agencies and communicate current hiring needs and candidate feedback
• Coordinate new temporary employees with staffing agencies, managers, HR, payroll, and safety
• Maintain temporary-employee records and track assignments, start dates, and rollover eligibility
• Coordinate temp-to-hire rollovers, including approvals, pre-employment requirements, documentation, and system updates
• Schedule and conduct new-hire orientations and ensure required paperwork and onboarding steps are completed

• Assist employees with benefits enrollment, eligibility, qualifying life events, Employee Navigator access, and routine benefit questions
• Maintain accurate employee, benefit, and employment information in HRIS and other HR records
• Help improve the company’s use of HRIS and transition appropriate manual processes into the system
• Prepare employee communications, benefit reminders, training notices, and other HR correspondence
• Assist with quarterly supervisor training and maintain attendance and completion records
• Prepare and route payroll status-change forms for new hires, terminations, pay changes, transfers, and other employment actions
• Maintain organized personnel files, employee records, rosters, and HR tracking documents
• Answer routine employee questions and route sensitive employee-relations, compliance, leave, or policy matters to the Human Resources Manager
• Assist with additional HR projects and department priorities as needed

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
• At least three years of professional recruiting, human resources, staffing, or related experience
• Experience managing multiple job openings and coordinating candidates through the hiring process
• Strong written, verbal, telephone, and interpersonal communication skills
• Excellent organization, attention to detail, follow-through, and time management
• Ab…