Human Resources Assistant

Position & Office Overview

As a Human Resources Assistant, you bring values in a way that is critical to the success of the organization. You are extremely tech-savvy and are comfortable using computers and other office equipment to complete administrative tasks. Versatile, organized, and dependable are all key characteristics that your peers would use to describe you. You get the “big” picture and want to contribute accordingly – and that’s why you’ll have all the opportunity for career growth within our company you’ll want.

• Assisting in managing human resources duties with an emphasis on confidentiality, accuracy, and timeliness
• Tasks will be related to personnel actions and providing information for payroll and other uses
• Describing, maintaining, and enforcing company policies and procedures
• Process new hires, offer letters, transfer/promotion letters, job changes, and assist with other employment activities, including answering inquiries
• Recording information such as personal data, compensation, benefits, performance reviews, and terminations in the human resources information system (HRIS)
• Assist with warning reports, leave of absences, and short-term disability claims
• Preparing and filing reports of accidents and injuries, including maintaining worker’s compensation files
• Assisting with pre-hire testing and providing oversight and follow-up of random drug screening
• Perform data entry, filing, scanning, copying, and disposing of purged files by following the established data retention schedule and legal requirements
• Other duties and projects as assigned

• High school diploma or GED, BA/BS in Business, Communications, Marketing, or similar preferred
• 2+ years of experience with principles and practices of human resources or related experience
• Experience with UKG/Paylocity HRIS system would go a long way

ECS Group of Companies (ECS) was founded in 1988 with the goal to raise the standards of professional engineering consulting. Today, we are a leader in geotechnical, construction materials, environmental and facilities consulting services. We are employee-owned with more than 3,000 employees in 100+ offices and testing facilities coast to coast. ECS is currently ranked #66 in Engineering News-Record’s Top 500 Design Firms (April 2025), #148 in Engineering News-Record’s Top 200 Environmental Firms (October 2025) and #50 in Zweig Group’s Hot Firm List (May 2025).

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