Bilingual Human Resources (HR) Employee Relations

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We're seeking people driven to excellence and inspired to have a meaningful impact powering, automating, integrating, and securing the world's most critical infrastructure and facilities. This translates into fulfilling opportunities for employees driven to excel in a meaningful career. As an employee at M.C. Dean, you will join forces with more than 5,800 professionals who engineer and deploy automated, secure and resilient power and technology systems; and deliver the management platforms essential for long-term system sustainability. Together, we transform the way complex, large-scale systems are designed, delivered, and sustained-enhancing client outcomes, improving lives, and changing the world for the better.

Employee Relations Staff

This position is in support of our electrical systems construction projects in Atlanta, GA.

Responsibilities:

1. This position will be located on a construction job site
2. Act as a liaison between employees and management
3. Investigate complaints, provide counseling and work toward conflict resolution while keeping supervisors apprised
4. Recommend corrective actions and support supervisors with discipline and the separation process
5. Periodically walk around the project sites and interact with employees to answer questions, address concerns and assess the work environment
6. Identify issues that need to be escalated to corporate HR
7. Stay abreast of labor laws and advise supervisors on their application
8. Clarify company policies and procedures
9. Coach supervisors on compliance with HR-related policies and procedures
10. Facilitate the annual performance review process in conjunction with corporate HR
11. Participate in face-to-face evaluations, when practical
12. Arrange training for employees and supervisors as needed
13. Be familiar with the new hire orientation
14. Listen and respond to inquiries from employees
15. Educate employees on benefits throughout the year and during open enrollment
16. Ensure labor law posters and other company-required posters are up-to-date and in clear view
17. Conduct exit interviews and determine root causes for voluntary terminations
18. Suggest and implement retention strategies
19. Recommend new approaches, policies, and procedures for continual improvements to the employee experience

Minimum Prerequisites include the following:

1. 2-4 years' relevant experience in employee relations or related field, preferably in the construction or engineering industry
2. Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
3. Fluency in English and Spanish required
4. This position will require 25% travel
5. Proficiency at using personal computer, tablet and smart phone and various applications, including but not limited to, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams, and Outlook
6. Fluency in English and Spanish is required

Additional Job Requirements:

1. Independently assess situations, exercise good judgment and solve problems
2. Understand and respect sensitive nature of confidential information
3. Possess excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and strong organizational skills
4. Exercise attention to detail
5. Be responsive, self-motivated, a team player and task-oriented
6. Motivate and persuade others
7. Possess energy, enthusiasm, and a passion for engaging employees
8. Thrive in a fast-paced work environment

Abilities:

1. Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
2. Sitting or standing for extended periods of time.
3. Reaching by extending hands or arms in any direction.
4. Possessing finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
5. Listening to and understanding information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
6. Effectively communicating information and ideas by speaking so others will understand
7. Reading and comprehending information and ideas presented in writing
8. Applying general rules to specific problems to come up with answers that make sense
9. Understanding the speech of another person