HR Generalist; PTI

Perdue Foods has a goal of becoming the most trusted name in premium proteins by creating products for consumers and for retail and food service customers around the globe while changing the way animals are raised for food. It is part of Perdue Farms, a fourth‑generation, family‑owned food and agricultural business deeply rooted in tradition yet with a forward‑thinking mindset. We believe that success starts with our people, and our culture is built on a foundation of teamwork, integrity, and respect, where every voice matters and everyone is encouraged to contribute to our shared goals.

We are dedicated to creating a supportive, inclusive environment where associates feel valued and inspired to make an impact, both within the company and in the communities we serve. From promoting growth and development to prioritizing work‑life balance, we’re committed to helping our team members thrive.
That's Perdue.

The Human Resources Generalist has a wide range of responsibilities in the areas of recruiting and onboarding, benefits, educating and upholding HR policies, providing support to leadership, and foremost ensuring legal compliance. Associate plays a pivotal role in the HR Team by providing timely day‑to‑day support to Associates at all levels of our organization. The HR Generalist is a team player committed to the success of the HR Team and Perdue Transportation, Fleet Maintenance, Logistics, Distribution, and Customer Service that champions growth, development and implementation of new processes and technology.

Position is onsite in Salisbury, MD - other locations may be considered.

• Participates in the resolution of conflict in the workplace, address Associate concerns promptly, conduct investigations, and foster a harmonious team‑oriented environment.
• Provides coaching and counseling to supervisory personnel to improve the supervisors’ ability to effectively direct their workforce.
• Ensures consistent policy application in the resolution of issues addressed, provides training to supervisory personnel on policies and procedures.
• Assists with or manages the orientation of new hires including employee data entry and maintenance. Schedules, conducts, facilitates, audits, and identifies new methods to improve new hire orientation. Manages onboarding for leaders in your assigned departments including culture, training, and company information.
• Assist with recruitment and pre‑employment. Achieves measurable results that demonstrate improvement in hiring ratio (applicants vs. hires). Develop a talent pipeline within the region as the employer of choice and develop the necessary contacts/community relationships (Vo‑Tech Schools, State Agencies, DOL, etc.). Creates new, innovative methods to improve the recruitment process to continually improve the experience and skill set of applicants. Makes recommendations to management for approval, implements, measures, audits and reports results to management.
• Provides support in the areas of:
  Benefits, Compensation, Evaluations & Goal Setting, Training & Development, Recruiting, and Turnover & Retention through the Associate life cycle.
• Identify training needs, coordinate workshops, design or partner to, facilitate and/ or support development opportunities. Provides mentorship and feedback to Associates and Leaders that leads to skill development in their current or future role.
• Manage Peer, Management, and IRB Review processes for assigned departments.
• Identifies, designs, trains, implements, and audits new methods to reduce turnover.
• Identifies, develops, implements, evaluates, measures, and improves the recruiting process for non‑exempt and exempt positions. Responsible for the recruiting process required to maintain the required associate staffing as directed by Operations (i.e. Drivers, Fleet Technicians, Maintenance Mechanics, Leaders, etc.).

Required: Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent related work experience in Human Resources, Business Administration. 3‑5 years of Human Resources experience. Proven knowledge of laws surrounding recruiting/pre‑employment, ADA, EEOC, DOL, and OFCCP.…