Human Resources Assistant

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing human resources duties with an emphasis on confidentiality, accuracy, and timeliness.
• Handle personnel actions and provide information for payroll and other uses.
• Describe, maintain, and enforce company policies and procedures.
• Process new hires, offer letters, transfer/promotion letters, job changes, and answer related inquiries.
• Record information such as personal data, compensation, benefits, performance reviews, and terminations in the HRIS.
• Assist with warning reports, leave of absences, and short‑term disability claims.
• Prepare and file reports of accidents and injuries, including maintaining workers’ compensation files.
• Assist with pre‑hire testing and oversee/follow up on random drug screening.
• Perform data entry, filing, scanning, copying, and dispose of purged files 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 HR principles and practices or related experience.
• Experience with UKG/Paylocity HRIS system is highly desired.

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 with over 3,000 employees in 100+ offices and testing facilities coast to coast.

ECS is employee‑owned and proudly 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). For additional information, visit:

ECS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.