HR Specialist
At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are an excellence-driven organization committed to being the brand of choice in the marketplace and the employer of choice in the community. We believe in servant leadership, investing in our team members, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy: Quality, Teamwork, Productivity, and Excellence—which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better.
Summary:
The Human Resources Specialist at Pacific Seafood is a key role on our Team Member Services team supporting efforts to enhance employee relations and optimize workforce planning. This position involves collaborating with various teams to support employee development and maintaining regulatory compliance and is ideal for someone who is analytical, organized, and committed to fostering a positive work environment
Key Responsibilities:
Employee Relations and Development:- In consultation with Team Member Services, support management staff with employee relations matters to ensure consistency; advise on team member coaching, corrective actions, improvement plans, and performance reviews.
- Conduct investigations, present findings, and assist with determining the appropriate corrective action and resolution.
- Support the team member training and development process. In coordination with Team Member Services and Training and Development, identify, develop, and facilitate training in alignment with operational needs.
- Assist planning and execution of employee recognition and communication events and meetings.
- Workforce planning; Support the talent acquisition process, succession planning, and team member retention.
- Oversee branch recruiting; work with hiring managers to develop job descriptions, post open positions, attend career fairs and other hiring events, screen applicants, and assist with interviewing. Maintain recruiting documentation in accordance with company policy.
- Interface with outside staffing agencies regarding temporary staffing needs.
- Coordinate pre-employment drug screening and submit new team member background checks.
- Conduct new hire orientation and on-boarding process, manage employee data in HRIS system.
- Maintain personnel files, including workers compensation, confidential, and Form I-9 records.
- Oversee time and attendance for direct and temporary staff in accordance with payroll policies. Prepare hourly payroll data for processing.
- Oversee the day-to-day safety activities including managing the Safety Program, conducting Safety Committee meetings, ensuring safety training compliance, handling accident investigation and reporting, supporting return to work strategies for on-the-job injuries, and conducting monthly facility safety inspections.
- Perform other duties, as assigned.
What You Bring to Pacific Seafood:
Required:
- High school diploma or GED.
- Minimum of five years’ experience in a similar role.
Preferred:
- Degree from an accredited college or university in related field.
- Bilingual in Spanish; fluency in speaking, reading, and writing.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member:
- Sedentary work, walking and standing are required only occasionally.
- Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
- Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
- Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
- Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
- Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.
- Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
The working environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member is exposed to:
- Office, as well as warehouse environment.
- Moderate noise level in the work environment.
- Plant exposure to wet, cold, and/or humid temperatures.
- Standard office equipment and heavy machinery.
Total compensation:
At Pacific Seafood your base wage is only a portion of your overall compensation package. We invest in our Team Members through a comprehensive and attractive total rewards package, including but not limited to:
- Health insurance benefits options, including medical, prescription, vision, dental, basic group life and short term disability.
- Flexible spending accounts for health flex and dependent care expenses
- 401(k) Retirement Plan options with generous annual company profit sharing match
- Paid time off for all regular FT team members, to include sick days, paid holidays, vacation and personal time
- Employee Assistance Program- Confidential professional counseling, financial, and legal assistance provided at no charge to Team Members and immediate family members
- Product purchase program
Pacific Seafood is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.