HR Generalist

Job Summary

We are seeking a proactive, highly organized HR Generalist to support our growing team. This role is critical in ensuring a productive, compliant, and positive workplace environment across field and office operations. The ideal candidate has hands-on HR experience, a strong understanding of construction workforce needs, and the ability to build trusting relationships with employees at all levels.

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruitment for field and office roles, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and coordinating offers utilizing an ATS
• Maintain strong internal talent pipelines and relationships with trade schools, unions, and industry partners.
• Oversee new hire onboarding, ensuring smooth integration into field operations and company culture.
• Conduct I-9 verification / audits, employment paperwork processing
• Handle all administrative paperwork and reporting of workers’ compensation claims and follow up with status
• Serve as the first point of contact for employee questions, concerns, and HR policy guidance.
• Promote a positive working environment through consistent engagement and follow-up.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, including wage and hour regulations, FMLA, ADA, and EEO.
• Maintain accurate and confidential employee records and HRIS data.
• Support audits, reporting, and regulatory documentation as needed.
• Support employees with benefit questions, enrollment, claims, and eligibility.
• Work closely with payroll and accounting to ensure accurate timekeeping and pay administration, especially for hourly workforce.
• Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law.
• Performs other duties as assigned
  
  

Qualifications (Experience, Education & Certifications, Key Attributes)

T o perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 2–5 years of HR generalist experience, preferably in construction, trades, contracting, or a similar industry.
• Strong working knowledge of employment laws and regulations.
• Experience supporting a field-based workforce is highly preferred.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in HRIS platforms, Applicant Tracking Systems, and Microsoft Office.
• Bilingual is a plus!
  
  

Physical Requirements: (Each to have one of the following based on the position: Never, Rarely, Occasionally, Constantly)

• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods: Occasionally
• Moving about to accomplish tasks at a worksite or moving from one worksite to another: Constantly
• Moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments, such as stooping, kneeling, or crouching: Rarely
• Adjusting, moving and lifting objects in all directions: Rarely
• Talking and hearing to communicate with others: Constantly
• Seeing to perform job duties at close range, such as monitors or screens: Constantly
• Seeing to perform job duties at a distance, such as driving or operating equipment: Occasionally
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers: Constantly
• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like: Rarely
• Operating machinery and/or power tools: Rarely
• Operating motor vehicles or heavy equipment: Occasionally
• The ability to travel regionally or nationally: Occasionally
  
  

Physical Demands

• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing: Constantly
• Light work that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds: Occasionally
• Medium work that includes moving objects up to 50 pounds: Occasionally
• Heavy work that includes moving objects up to 100 pounds or more: Rarely
  
  

Working Conditions

• Low temperatures: Rarely
• High temperatures: Occasionally
• Outdoor elements such as precipitation and wind: Occasionally
• Noisy environments: Occasionally
• Hazardous conditions: Rarely
• Shift work, to include overnight work: Never
• Frequent overtime, including weekends: Never
• Office environment: Constantly
  
  

Pave America and it's companies offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and comply with OFCCP regulations. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical and mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/assignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Pave America and it's companies promote a drug-free workplace. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries. In compliance with OFCCP requirements, we invite applicants to voluntarily self-identify their gender, race, and veteran status. Submission of this information is voluntary and refusal to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment.