Human Resources Coordinator Job Opportunity in Pittsfield, MA

Direct Hire Opportunity

Schedule: Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM

Salary: $45,000K-55,000K 

Benefits: PTO, Sick Time, 401K, Health & Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, STD & LTD

TEC is recruiting for a Human Resource Coordinator for a local manufacturer of marketing tools for the building materials industry.

Position Summary:

As the Human Resource Coordinator, you will be responsible for managing the payroll and benefits. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and have knowledge of human resource processes and practices.

Responsibilities:

Payroll

• Responsible for processing the company’s weekly and biweekly payroll;
• Provides training, as needed to ensure compliance and full utilization of payroll and benefit tools;
• Validates and processes employee time and attendance data to reconcile variances. Works with supervisors to approve and release time for payroll;
• Troubleshoots the time clocks and time and attendance system;
• Issues manual checks;
• Monitors the cashed/uncashed reports and re-issues and voids checks as necessary;
• Processes wage garnishments, levies, and support orders;
• Works with plant payroll leads and managers to ensure pay data and records are accurate;
• Provides ad hoc reporting, when necessary to managers and leadership;
• Maintains vacation, sick, personal and floating time records;
• Updates weekly payroll reports for reconciliation to the accounting records and distribution to managers.

Benefits

• Oversee the day-to-day activities for benefits; 
• Coordinates open enrollment activities, including notifying employees of changes;
• Distributes enrollment materials and determines eligibility; 
• Updates benefit changes in the payroll system; 
• Assists with claim questions of benefit issues; works with carriers on issues that arise;
• Enrolls employees with benefit carriers and processes life status changes.

General HR Duties

• Processes new hires, including on-boarding and presentation of benefits;
• Maintains employee new hire packets, employment files, records and information, ensuring compliance;
• Assists employees in registering for the payroll portal or benefit systems;
• Coordinates the filing and distribution of annual reports/documents such as W-2’s, 1094’s, 1095’s, 401k summaries, insurance statement of benefits, EEO-1 survey, creditable Medicare coverage and PCORI fees; 
• Audits and reconciles insurance, benefit and drug testing invoices;
• Maintains the day-to-day company I-9 program including compliance of every I9 and ID accepted;
• Upholds the company drug testing program as it pertains to new hires, including arranging and receiving results;
• Responds to requests for information, such as employment verifications, unemployment requests, benefit questions, etc;
• Oversees employee terminations by properly recording, tracking and administering the steps needed to comply with COBRA or unemployment insurance. Represent the company at UI hearings and during appeals;
• Provides employee on-boarding to ensure thorough knowledge of company policies, procedures and eligibility to benefits;
• Maintain compliance with all Federal, State and Local payroll and benefit issues;
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Associates Degree or 5 years of work-related experience
• HR Certification is a plus
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong Computer skills