Bilingual HR Clerk

Green Circle Growers was founded in 1968 by John van Wingerden. With just a few acres, Green Circle Growers began selling to other companies like variety stores, lumber yards, hardware stores, and grocery stores. Today, Green Circle Growers is still owned and operated by the van Wingerden family and has grown to over 170 acres of indoor growing space. Our state‑of‑the‑art greenhouses offer many different environments to keep up with the demanding mix of products that today’s market expects.

We now provide plants to regional and national stores across the United States and Canada. We are able to market and offer broad products to mass merchants, as well as to growers. The retail market expects the full line of annuals in flats, containers, and baskets. The grower line produces pre‑finished containers, plugs, and liners.

The HR Plant Clerk supports day‑to‑day Human Resources and time‑keeping functions for the assigned greenhouse plant. This role serves as an on‑site Human Resources liaison, ensuring accurate time and attendance tracking, assisting employees with Human Resources questions, supporting plant leadership, and maintaining confidential records. This position requires strong attention to detail, professionalism, and the ability to interact effectively with employees and supervisors.

• Maintain and post a daily work list informing employees of their daily assignment.
• Monitor daily punches for exceptions and follow up with supervisors to resolve missed punches or discrepancies before payroll submission.
• Track and reconcile daily time and attendance for all plant employees.
• Process bi‑weekly timekeeping submissions for payroll.
• Perform timekeeping maintenance for absences, tardies, and early departures.
• Track paid time off requests, process requests, and communicate statuses to employees.
• Track and reconcile leaves of absence (FMLA, personal leave, medical restrictions) in partnership with HR leadership.
• Maintain and update employee schedules, shift changes, and temporary job reassignments.
• Support compliance with state and federal wage and hour requirements.

• Serve as the on‑site liaison for all Human Resources related questions, such as policies, benefits, medical leave, medical restrictions, safety concerns, employee relations, etc.
• Support Human Resources leadership in maintaining a positive workplace culture by communicating Human Resources initiatives and providing feedback loops.
• Supporting new hire onboarding by assisting with new hire orientation and safety training, plant tours and introductions, and ensuring new hires are assimilated into the plant location.
• Assist with benefit communication, enrollment, and answering questions.
• Support safety reporting processes, including incident reports, near‑misses, first‑aid documentation, and ongoing employee communication.
• Assist with coordinating training for safety, forklift, skills training, soft skills, Worker Protection Standard, and other training as assigned.
• Assist with coordination of employee events and communications.
• Create, communicate, and maintain confidential documentation of employee corrective action regarding performance, policy violations, safety violations, and values misalignment.
• Document conversations and elevate employee concerns or potential Human Resources issues to HR leadership promptly.
• Assist with Human Resources investigations.

• Assist plant management with employee-related reports and administrative tasks.
• Assist in creating shipping labels and plant specific documentation, as necessary.
• All other duties as assigned.

• Associate’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field or relevant experience required.
• 1‑3+ years of administrative experience required, experience in Human Resources preferred.
• Bi‑lingual in Spanish and English required due to workforce communication needs.
• Experience in agriculture, manufacturing preferred.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Office Suite required.
• Experience with a Human Resources Information System (HRIS) preferred.
• Must have strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks effectively.
• Strong customer service skills, with the ability to work in a multi‑functional, diverse team environment.
• Must be detail‑oriented.
• Must be able to exercise discretion while working with confidential matters.

• Climate‑controlled office or home office environment.
• Continuously requires vision, hearing, twisting, and talking.
• Frequently requires sitting, standing, fine dexterity, and handling.
• Occasionally requires walking, climbing stairs, lifting (up to 20 lbs), carrying, reaching, kneeling, pushing/pulling, bending, and crouching.
• Rarely requires climbing.