HR Generalist - Benefits, Leaves, and Offboarding

HR Generalist

Benefits, Leaves, and Offboarding

Jesse Stutts, Inc. (JSI) is a growing electrical construction contractor committed to building a strong, people-first organization that supports our employees and long-term growth. JSI recently established its HR function and is continuing to build and modernize the systems, processes, and programs needed to support a growing workforce.

Partnering closely with the HR Director, the HR Generalist will play a key hands-on role in managing core HR operations while helping build, refine, and scale processes as the function matures. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a developing environment, creates structure from ambiguity, and wants meaningful ownership in building an exceptional HR function.

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ROLE OVERVIEW

The HR Generalist is responsible for the day-to-day administration of JSI’s employee benefits, leave programs, offboarding processes, and employee HR support.

This is a highly detail-oriented role requiring exceptional organization, tracking, follow-through, written communication, professionalism, and confidentiality. The HR Generalist manages multiple employee cases, vendors, deadlines, deductions, and transactions simultaneously while ensuring employees receive timely, accurate, and professional support.

Many current processes involve manual administration across multiple vendors, payroll, email, spreadsheets, and other systems. The successful candidate will be comfortable operating effectively in this environment while actively helping HR document, improve, streamline, and ultimately automate processes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

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Benefits Administration:

· Manage benefits administration across multiple vendors, including new hire enrollments, qualifying life events, benefit changes, and terminations.

· Enter, maintain, and reconcile employee benefit deductions in payroll.

· Reconcile benefit vendor billing against employee enrollments and payroll deductions, conducting recurring audits and researching and resolving discrepancies to ensure accurate billing, deductions, and employee records.

· Respond to employee benefit questions and provide clear, accurate, and professional guidance.

· Support Open Enrollment and other benefit initiatives.

Leave Administration:

· Manage FMLA, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, company leaves, and related leave processes from initial notification through return to work.

· Maintain regular communication with employees and supervisors throughout leaves.

· Track eligibility, documentation, deadlines, approvals, extensions, and anticipated return dates.

· Coordinate return-to-work requirements in partnership with Safety.

· Maintain complete, accurate, and confidential leave records.

Offboarding:

· Manage HR offboarding processes, including benefit terminations, COBRA coordination, employee communications, and applicable system updates.

· Track required offboarding activities through completion and audit records to ensure separated employees are appropriately removed from benefits and systems.

Employee Support & HR Operations:

· Respond to HR shared inbox inquiries within assigned areas of responsibility, providing timely, polished, and professional responses to employees to resolve benefits, leaves, and offboarding matters.

· Maintain detailed tracking of outstanding HR actions and proactively follow up through resolution.

· Protect confidential employee information and exercise sound judgment and discretion in all HR matters.

· Facilitate the benefits portion of New Hire Orientation, providing employees with clear information regarding JSI’s benefit programs, eligibility, enrollment requirements, and available resources.

Process Improvement & Auditing:

· Conduct recurring audits of benefits, payroll deductions, leave records, and other HR data to maintain accuracy and data integrity.

· Create and document detailed HR processes, procedures, checklists, trackers, and controls.

· Identify opportunities to streamline manual processes and improve efficiency, accuracy, and employee experience.

· Support implementation, testing, and adoption of new HR systems and technology.

Team & Culture Expectations:

· Grit & Ownership: Brings energy, persistence, and a strong sense of ownership to their work. Has a passion for delivering high-quality results, follows issues through resolution, and genuinely cares about making JSI better for both the company and its employees.

· Team First: Treats colleagues with genuine kindness, respect, and professionalism. Shares information, offers help freely, and actively supports the success of the entire team.

· Trust & Integrity: Communicates honestly, directly, and constructively.

· Humility & Respect: Values the different expertise, responsibilities, and perspectives of teammates and leaders.

· Builder’s Mindset: Understands that JSI is a growing organization with processes and systems at varying stages of development. Sees gaps as opportunities to improve, approaching challenges with appropriate context, grace, and a solutions-oriented mindset.

Required Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience.

· 5 years of progressive HR experience, preferably including benefits and/or leave administration.

· Working knowledge of employee benefits, FMLA, disability programs, and related HR practices.

· Exceptional attention to detail, organization, tracking, and follow-through.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

· Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously.

· Experience auditing data and reconciling discrepancies.

· Strong Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word skills.

· Ability to handle highly confidential information with exceptional professionalism and discretion.

· Ability to work a flexible schedule and additional hours when business needs require.

Preferred Qualifications:

· Experience in a growing, start-up, or rapidly evolving HR environment.

· Experience building or improving HR processes and documenting procedures.

· Experience supporting HRIS or other HR technology implementations.

· Experience administering benefits across multiple vendors.

· PHR or SHRM-CP certification.

What Success Looks Like:

· Benefits, deductions, leave records, and employee data are accurate and routinely audited.

· Employees receive timely, accurate, professional, and helpful HR support verbally and through email.

· Leaves and employee transactions are proactively tracked from beginning to completion.

· HR processes are clearly documented, repeatable, and continuously improved.

· Employee information is handled with the highest level of confidentiality, discretion, and professionalism.

· Approaches incomplete, manual, or evolving processes with curiosity and a solutions-oriented mindset rather than criticism.

· Operates with kindness and contributes to an environment where team members support each other’s success.

Pay: $60,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Experience:

• Benefits administration: 5 years (Required)
• FMLA: 5 years (Required)
• Human resources: 5 years (Required)
• HRIS: 5 years (Required)

Location:

• Huntsville, AL 35805 (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Huntsville, AL 35805 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $60,000 - $90,000