Ag Installers, Inc Hiring for HR Generalist at Remote Full Time

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Our Company

The mission of Ag Installers, Inc. is “To raise labor standards by equipping people with tools for success.” The heart of our mission is our commitment to people. We first select great people who adhere to our core values: Teamwork, Respect, Humility, Responsibility, Honesty, Loyalty, and Positive Attitude. We then passionately work to develop ourselves and those around us, while continuously working to provide increased opportunity for our people.

Our base operation is in installing complex poultry equipment, specifically for egg laying facilities. We have a labor team of about 115 individuals, largely Mexican nationals on work visas. By following our mission, putting people at the forefront, we have changed the labor market in our industry.

The Position

In support of our mission and values, the position we are seeking is a Human Resources Generalist. Keys to our continued growth for which Human Resources plays a key role include the following:

• Ensuring continued access to the immigration programs we use, as this is a key factor in our people edge. This requires understanding and managing all responsibilities related to the immigration programs to ensure timely arrival of people.
• Developing a pipeline of people who can develop into key positions, including crew leaders, foremen, and other work specialists. Fulfilling our people needs is our biggest restriction to growth. We can better fulfill this need through excellent recruitment, evaluation, and development. We especially have opportunities to be more proactive in strategic recruitment through the immigration strategies we employ.
• Continuing to be smart and creative in fulfilling people needs. We view ourselves as a “labor solutions” company long-term and need to be creative in sourcing people domestically, through the programs we currently use, and by remaining on the cutting edge of sourcing opportunities, including immigration strategies.

Currently, most of the HR duties are being performed by the CFO, with those related to recruitment and development largely performed by Operations. In the short term, we want to move these responsibilities into this HR position, which will report directly to the CFO. In the long term, we need to pursue recruitment, evaluation, and other sourcing options that we are not pursuing, so we can ensure that we continue to have the best people the industry has to offer and that we can continue to meet the growing demands of our customers.

Our entire planning depends on availability of human resources, especially key people in key positions. As such, the person who steps into this position has tremendous opportunity to positively impact our company.

Key Responsibilities of the Position

Immigration/Compliance Success

• Immigration Compliance: This individual will work closely with our immigration lawyers to process new visa filings (new filing for each job we engage in), manage the immigration process, schedule employee processing and travel. This person will also be responsible for familiarizing themselves with the different state and DOL requirements for successful approval of employee visas and travel. With time, mastery of the rules and requirements is expected to be able to creatively work within compliance standards to meet the demands of our operations.
• Employee Onboarding: This individual will coordinate the appropriate onboarding processes, ensure proper documentation, manage passports and visas, and coordinate various U.S. required appointments (bank set up, social security appointments, drivers licenses). They will also be responsible for overseeing accurate employee pay and tax withholdings.
• Housing: A key requirement of our immigration program is that we must provide immigration-compliant housing for our employees. As such, this position must secure housing for employees, serve as the point of contact for any housing maintenance items, coordinate set up housing and oversight of utilities, and manage the inspection process of the housing (requirements vary state to state).
• Vehicles: We must also provide immigration-compliant transportation. This position must manage the registrations and insurance of vehicles and serve as the point of contact for vehicle maintenance needs.
• OSHA Compliance: This individual will oversee our accident reporting and employee follow up as the safety and care of our employees is important to every aspect of our company.

Employee Relations/Success

• Recruitment: Management of a running potential candidate list, accept referrals and applications, generate job descriptions, conduct interviews and support in hiring decisions. Maintain a database of all current employee contact and important information. Manage the U.S. applicant process required for DOL filings. Responsible for ensuring appropriate documentation for hiring or releasing of employees.
• Evaluations: Take responsibility for evaluation process, including working with Company Executives and Operations personnel to understand the criteria which are most important for evaluation, developing and improving standards for evaluation, and working with the proper personnel to ensure evaluations are carried out with the utmost care and quality.
• Development: Considering evaluations and other feedback, create development plans for everyone. For those with the most potential, we must get them up the learning curve as quickly as possible. Development will require both 1) working with Operations to understand and implement the on-the-job skills required for leveling up and 2) looking for outside development opportunities, such as outside trainers, classes, or programs available on the market.
• Rapport with Employees: Build trust and relationships with the employees so that they can report concerns and contact HR for support or questions.

Other Requirements:

• Travel: This position will be expected to travel to our job sites at various times of the year to accomplish the responsibilities of this position most effectively.
• Bilingual: Ideal candidate will fluently speak Spanish and English.
• Previous HR experience preferred.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $50,000.00 – $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

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• Human Resources Occupations: 2 years (Preferred)

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Work Location: Remote