HR Coordinator

Title: HR Coordinator

Company: Global Power Components –

Location: Milwaukee, WI (onsite 5-days/week)

Hire Type: Direct Hire

The HR Coordinator is the operational backbone of the HR team, responsible for the accurate, timely, and compliant processing of employee documentation across the employee lifecycle — from onboarding through termination. This role combines hands‑on administrative execution with front‑line employee support, serving as a Tier 1 resource for routine questions while enabling HR Business Partners and Specialists to focus on higher‑level case work.

Reporting to the HR Manager, the HR Coordinator must be comfortable managing sensitive information, juggling competing deadlines, and maintaining a high level of accuracy in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment.

• Prepare disciplinary forms and supporting documentation in line with company policy and formatting standards
• Process new hire paperwork, including offer acknowledgments, new hire packets, and required compliance forms
• Complete and verify Form I-9 documentation for all new hires, ensuring compliance with federal requirements and deadlines
• Process employee status changes (transfers, promotions, pay changes, leaves) and terminations, ensuring documentation is complete and properly routed
• Maintain accurate, audit‑ready employee files, both physical and digital, in accordance with record‑keeping and retention requirements

• Enter and update employee data in Workday, including new hires, status changes, and terminations
• Perform regular audits of HR system data to catch and correct discrepancies before they affect payroll or reporting
• Generate standard reports from Workday as requested by HR Manager, HRBPs, or Payroll

• Coordinate onboarding logistics for new hires, including scheduling, paperwork completion, and first‑day/first‑week readiness
• Serve as a point of contact for new hires navigating early administrative questions
• Support offboarding logistics for terminations, ensuring documentation and system updates are completed on schedule

• Coordinate scheduling, logistics, and materials for HR meetings, training sessions, and site‑level HR events
• Track attendance and completion records for required training as needed

• Serve as the first point of contact for routine (Tier
  1) employee inquiries related to policies, paperwork, and general HR processes
• Triage and route more complex inquiries to the appropriate HRBP or Specialist
• Support HR Business Partners with organizing and preparing documentation for employee relations cases

• 1‑2+ years of experience in an HR administrative, coordinator, or generalist support role
• Working knowledge of I‑9 compliance and standard new hire/termination documentation requirements
• Hands‑on experience with an HRIS platform;
  Workday experience strongly preferred
• Excellent attention to detail, particularly when handling sensitive or confidential employee information
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities
• Clear, professional, and approachable communication style for handling employee‑facing questions
• Comfortable working onsite full‑time in a manufacturing environment

Global Power Components is an Equal Opportunity and Aff­irmative Action Employer. Global Power Components is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job‑related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.