Job Summary: Responsible for leading, directing, and providing overall support of the organization’s Human Resources initiatives. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • Provides support and guidance to employees and management in the resolution of employee relations issues. • Manages the talent acquisition process, which includes employee recruitment, interviewing, and hiring of qualified job applicants. • Ensures planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee performance appraisal program by training managers on employee assessment and development methods and ensure reviews are completed timely. • Maintains knowledge of benefit programs to inform and answer employee questions as needed. • Analyzes local trends in compensation and pay practices to ensure the organization attracts and retains top talent. Conducts periodic compensation study; monitoring and scheduling individual pay actions; and recommending, planning, and implementing pay structure revisions. • Creates learning and development programs and initiatives that provide internal and external training opportunities for all employees. • Maintains compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; reviews policies and practices to maintain compliance. • Retains accurate current and historical human resource records according to company, local, and federal policy. • Conforms with and abides by all regulations, policies, work procedures, instruction, and all safety requirements. • Provides a “Customer Service” attitude when interacting with internal and external customers while accomplishing work, production, and achieving quality standards. • Enforces all safety, health, environmental and food/feed safety policies and procedures. • Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe workstation/environment at all times. • Perform all other duties as assigned. Supervisory Responsibilities: • This position has no supervisory responsibilities. Education and Experience: • Education: Bachelor’s in human resources, or a 4-year degree in related discipline, preferred. • Experience: 1-3 years in progressively responsible human resource roles, preferred. • In-depth knowledge of the human resources processes preferred. • PHR/SPHR certification preferred. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: • In-depth knowledge of HR principles, practices, and procedures • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and HR Systems. • Organizational and multitasking skills, with the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with employees at all levels. • Ability to advise and influence business leaders on how human resource actions can impact business performance. • Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities. • Ability to handle confidential information with integrity and discretion. • Ability to maintain good attendance habits. • Exhibit a professional manner in dealing with other department managers, working to maintain constructive working relationships under all circumstances. • Abide by all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description. • Abide by the company’s safety, quality, environmental, and HR policies at all times. Physical Demands and Work Environment: • Ability to stand, bend, kneel to lift objects of 50 pounds or more. • Ability to use stairs and ladders. • Ability to be confined to a designated work area and stand for a long period of time. • Ability to carry out tasks in a fast-paced environment, handling multiple tasks at once. • Frequently required to walk, stand, sit.   • Occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds or more.   • Operate in an office and production environment. Production environment could include frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme heat or cold; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the production environment is usually very loud. • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is usually in an office environment. The noise level in the office environment is usually quiet.