Human Resources Generalist

Human Resources Generalist

Department: Penn Cove Administration

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Penn Cove Plant

At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are a family-owned, excellence-driven organization committed to being the brand of choice in the marketplace and the employer of choice in the community. We believe in servant leadership, investing in our team members’ personal and professional growth, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy:
Teamwork, Productivity, Quality, and Excellence—which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better.

The Human Resources Generalist serves as the site HR lead, managing day‑to‑day HR needs across multiple locations. Partnering closely with site leadership, this role provides hands‑on support for employee relations, staffing and onboarding, performance management, and compliance while ensuring consistent application of company policies and practices. The HR Generalist also coordinates and/or delivers key HR operations—including HRIS maintenance, payroll and time‑keeping support, leave and benefits administration, and training—to promote an engaged, productive workforce and support overall operational success.

HR Operations Leadership and Coordination:

• Lead day‑to‑day site HR operations; set priorities, manage deadlines, and drive consistent execution. Coach and review HR Coordinator & HR Administrator work; improve processes and support HR initiatives.

• Primary HR partner to the operating group; ensure consistent policy application.
• Manage ER cases (intake, coaching, documentation, corrective action) and support performance cycles and investigations.
• Coordinate onboarding and required training; support engagement and recognition activities.
• Train and direct the HR Coordinator & HR Administrator; review work for quality and timeliness.

• Own bi‑weekly payroll and time‑keeping governance in UKG.
• Run time‑card exception reviews; partner with Payroll on escalations and audits.
• Maintain accurate pay practices and compliant payroll records.
• Oversee weekly temp payroll and manage the staffing agency relationship.
• Direct HR Coordinator follow‑up and cleanup to ensure payroll readiness.

• Own leave and benefits administration; ensure compliant documentation.
• Manage leave cases end‑to‑end; coordinate return‑to‑work communications.
• Support benefits access, deductions during leave, and open enrollment issue resolution.
• Train leaders and direct the HR Coordinator on leave/benefits tracking and communications.

• Own HRIS/UKG data integrity and transaction standards.
• Oversee/approve key changes (job, pay, status, terminations) and ensure timely processing.
• Maintain SOPs, train leaders, and resolve system issues.
• Direct HR Coordinator transaction entry, document control, and routine audits.

• Provide customer service as needed at the South Bend facility & farm locations, including (but not limited to) order taking, vendor interactions, and speaking with candidates.

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum of three years’ experience in a similar role.
• Comprehensive working knowledge of Microsoft suite.

• Degree from an accredited college or university in related field.
• HR certification HRCI‑PHR or SHRM‑CP.
• Bilingual in Spanish; fluency in speaking, reading, and writing.

• Sedentary work, walking and standing are required only occasionally.
• Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.…