HR Generalist

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• Posted: April 08,2026
• Salary: $80,000
  
  

HR Generalist (Onsite | Manufacturing Environment)

Location: Twin Cities Area

Compensation: $70,000 – $80,000 base

Schedule: 100% onsite (5 days/week)

About The Opportunity

We’re partnering with a well-established, family-owned manufacturing organization to hire a hands-on HR Generalist. This role is open due to a long-tenured employee retirement and is critical in maintaining the day-to-day HR function.

This is a true HR operations role, ideal for someone who enjoys being close to the business, supporting employees and leaders directly, and owning execution across the employee lifecycle.

What You’ll Do

You’ll serve as the primary operational resource for HR, ensuring processes are executed accurately, consistently, and in compliance.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Own HRIS data integrity, system updates, and employee records, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and strong data governance
• Leverage HR systems and data to support reporting, audits, and compliance (EEO-1, OSHA, unemployment, etc.)
• Drive process standardization and help build HR infrastructure by documenting workflows, creating SOPs, and improving consistency across HR operations
• Partner closely with payroll on employee changes, data accuracy, and leave tracking
• Serve as the first point of contact for employee and manager HR questions, handling day-to-day inquiries and escalating more complex issues as needed
• Support employee relations and provide guidance to frontline supervisors
• Manage FMLA / PFML / leave administration (tracking, documentation, coordination with payroll/vendors)
• Administer benefits processes (enrollments, changes, open enrollment support)
• Own full-cycle recruiting (job postings, scheduling, offers, onboarding coordination)
• Operate as a hands-on, detail-oriented executor who is comfortable working in systems, managing data, and bringing structure to HR operations
  
  

What Success Looks Like (First 3–6 Months)

• Independently managing day-to-day HR operations
• Confidently handling FMLA/PFML and leave-related questions
• Keeping recruiting moving with minimal oversight
• Building trust with employees and leaders across the organization
• Bringing organization and structure to existing HR processes
  
  

What You Bring

• 5 years of broad HR Generalist experience
• Strong end-to-end recruiting ownership
• Deep knowledge of FMLA, PFML, and leave administration
• Experience supporting employee relations in a hands-on environment
• Ability to manage a high-volume, transactional workload with strong follow-through
• Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Experience with HRIS systems (ADP preferred) and Excel
• Manufacturing or similar environment experience strongly preferred
  
  

Work Environment

• 100% onsite, this is a highly employee-facing role
• Manufacturing setting with both office and production floor interaction
• Occasional flexibility needed to support different shifts
• Collaborative, team-oriented, and non-corporate culture
  
  

What Makes This Role Unique

• High visibility within a small HR team (HR Leader Payroll this role)
• Opportunity to own and stabilize HR operations
• Work in a values-driven, family-owned environment where relationships matter
• Ideal for someone who prefers hands-on execution over strategy
  
  

Who This Role Is (and Isn’t) For

You enjoy being in the details and making HR run smoothly

You like being onsite, building relationships, and solving issues in real time

You take ownership and don’t need heavy structure to be successful

• Not a fit for someone seeking a remote or hybrid, highly strategic, or heavily resourced HR role