Human Resources Specialist

Piscataqua Landscaping and Tree Service is seeking an HR Specialist to join our team! The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2 years of experience in a previous HR role, with payroll and Paylocity knowledge highly preferred. As an HR Specialist, you will be responsible for providing support to our HR team and ensuring that our employees are well taken care of.

We offer a flexible, supportive, and casual business environment where no two days are the same!

The HR Specialist will be responsible for assisting in a variety of HR-focused areas, including but not limited to: managing weekly payroll, benefit billing reconciliation, supporting with benefit questions, employee relations and engagement, and recruitment. The HR Specialist is consistent with our human resources policies and procedures and will provide excellent customer service to all staff. They will use our Human Resources Information Systems to ensure all employee records are up-to-date and confidential.

This is an office-based position, primarily based out of Eliot, ME. We are not hiring for remote opportunities.

Candidates who are bilingual in Spanish are strongly encouraged to apply!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains a consistent and positive attendance pattern.
• Manages weekly payroll processing for both salaried and hourly staff.
• Processes data changes, onboarding and offboarding of employees in various systems.
• Reviews and approves 401K contributions changes, distribution requests and/or loans.
• Reconciles benefit billing on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Assists employees with benefits enrollment and questions, including health, dental, vision, and supplemental offerings.
• Oversees benefit portal and ACA Dashboard for all employees.
• Partners with HR and Safety Team on workers’ compensation – including reporting injuries, light duty, wage reporting, and monitoring claims.
• Tracks all workers’ compensation in our OSHA log.
• Supports recruitment efforts by assisting with job postings, career fairs, tracking new candidate applications through the recruitment cycle, and the interview process.
• Works closely with HR Team on various audit requests, such as 401K, payroll and benefits

Additional Duties

• Employment Verifications, Unemployment Requests and/or Hearings.
• Monthly visits to other Piscataqua Landscaping & Tree Service Branches (with fuel reimbursement for travel).
• Mandatory Wage or Occupation Reporting.
• Weekly filing in personnel files.
• Back up for new hire orientation to ensure each employee feels welcomed into our family.
• Develops, assists and/or holds company-wide trainings.
• Assists with planning and coordination of company outings and other activities to support our exceptional team of people.
• Monitors and supports management with employee performance reviews.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a previous HR role.
• Payroll knowledge and experience is highly preferred.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
• Extremely organized, self-motivated, and passionate about helping people.
• Enjoys working closely on an HR team in a fun, fast-paced, and highly varied work environment.
• Thinks outside the box to better support company initiatives and implement new processes.
• If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding role in HR, we encourage you to apply for this position!
• No SHRM Certifications required, just the desire to learn and grow!

We supply our employees with equipment, vehicles, and technology of the highest grade, along with a comprehensive benefits package:

• Weekly payroll - every Friday is a payday!
• Direct Deposit
• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Supplemental insurance, including short-term and long term disability
• 401K with employer match
• Paid holidays and Paid Time Off
• Employee development opportunities available... and more!

Piscataqua Landscaping & Tree Service is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.