Seneca Foods Hiring for HR Administrator at Hart, MI Full Time

Seneca Foods is one of North America’s leading providers of packaged fruits and vegetables with facilities located throughout the United States. Our high quality products are primarily sourced from over 2,000 American farms. Seneca holds the largest share of the retail private label, food service, and export canned vegetable markets, distributing to over 90 countries. Products are also sold under the brands of Libby’s®, Aunt Nellie’s®, READ®, Seneca Farms®, Green Valley®, CherryMan®, Paradise®, Pennant®, and Seneca labels, including Seneca snack chips. Seneca also provides vegetable products to other companies under various co-pack arrangements.

Position Summary

Perform administrative Human Resources including (but not limited to): staffing, training documents and logs; employee wellness program; internal and external correspondence; FMLA administration and recordkeeping; workers’ compensation claims; and filing / documentation.

Essential Functions

Staffing – posting jobs, tracking applicants, interviewing, job offers, pre-employment screening, hiring, temporary staffing, layoff, callbacks

Orientation – new employees both union and nonunion

Verification of I-9, including re-verification

Background and reference checks

Maintain / distribute Employee Handbooks

Maintain training log

Correspondence – bulletin boards, employee letters, regulatory compliance

Respiratory protection program

Medical evaluations

Purchase, fit, and distribute full and half-face respirators

Oversee workers’ comp claims

Attend monthly safety committee meetings, type and distribute minutes

Compile reports for HR, Operations, and Seneca Corporate.

Assist all employees with work and personal issues

Coordinate employee functions/incentives – parties, picnics, gift cards, tenure program

Provide backup for Payroll

Administer non-union payroll – Vacation, PTO/Sick, FMLA, and other leaves.

Track paid time usage.

Other tasks as assigned

Seneca Foods Corporation is committed to providing equal opportunity for all, through a positive and continuing affirmative action program. No employee or applicant will be discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, military and/or veteran status or any other Federal or State legally protected classes. Seneca Foods Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and feel you need a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), please contact us at [email protected] or call 315-926-8100.