Sr. HR Generalist
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Job Location:
Houston, MS - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
18 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
At Brunel we connect specialists to pioneering projects across Energy Life Sciences Renewable Resources and Infrastructure. Our culture is built on our core values Passion for People Integrity Results-Driven and Accountability empowering our teams to deliver excellence globally.
As a member of the Corporate HR team the Sr. HR Generalist supports internal business functions and employees across the U.S. region helping to ensure a positive employee experience and compliance with employment laws and company policies.
Position Summary
The Sr. HR Generalist plays a key role in supporting Brunels corporate teams by providing day-to-day HR partnership across a broad range of people operations including HR administration onboarding benefits coordination employee relations and compliance. This role works closely with employees managers and reporting to the Regional Americas HR Manager to ensure HR processes are delivered with consistency fairness and accuracy while maintaining the highest level of professionalism and confidentiality.
In addition to supporting critical HR operations the Sr. HR Generalist contributes to creating a positive employee experience and fostering a collaborative workplace culture.
Brunel is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health wellbeing and financial security of our employees along with a flexible work schedule that promotes work-life balance. The Sr. HR Generalist helps ensure employees understand and effectively access these programs while supporting a workplace where people feel valued supported and empowered to succeed.
This role is ideal for an HR professional who enjoys partnering with leaders solving problems improving processes and helping employees thrive in a dynamic and growing organization.
Key Responsibilities
Employee Relations & HR Support
- Serve as the primary HR point of contact for U.S. corporate leaders and employees providing guidance on employee relations performance management policy interpretation and workplace concerns.
- Independently conduct employee relations investigations including interviews documentation review findings and recommendations in partnership with the Regional HR Manager as needed.
- Partner with leaders to proactively address employee engagement behavior and performance risks.
- Conduct stay interviews exit interviews and new hire check-ins to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
Onboarding Offboarding & HR Operations
- Manage end-to-end onboarding and offboarding for U.S. corporate employees including ADP HelloTeam and system access coordination.
- Prepare and issue offer letters new hire paperwork and coordinate background checks.
- Process employee lifecycle changes (hires promotions transfers terminations) and ensure accurate documentation and system updates.
- Maintain accurate confidential employee records in compliance with federal and state regulations (I-9 ADA FLSA EEOC).
- Prepare HR reports employee lists and organizational charts for leadership and audit purposes.
- Assist with corporate open enrollment benefit changes and life event documentation.
- Support employees with benefits-related inquiries
- Audit benefit enrollments and deductions to ensure accuracy and compliance with plan and IRS rules.
- Maintain confidentiality of health-related data in accordance with HIPAA requirements.
- Ensure HR practices comply with all applicable federal state and provincial employment laws.
- Assist in maintaining and updating employee handbook policies HR forms and procedural templates.
- Manage HR audits and reporting for compliance (e.g. I-9 audits PTO accrual audits benefit Audits).
- Maintain familiarity with IRS DOL and state requirements affecting payroll benefits and HR operations.
- Support the Regional HR Manager with coordination of annual performance review cycles and goal tracking in HelloTeam.
- Assist in scheduling or tracking participation in Brunel Academy and compliance training sessions.
- Support continuous learning initiatives and employee engagement surveys.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in human resources Business Administration or related field required.
- 5 years of HR experience in a corporate or multi-state environment.
- Knowledge of U.S. employment laws and HR compliance standards (ADA FLSA FMLA EEOC HIPAA).
- Experience managing or assisting with Benefit related inquiries.
- Experience with ADP Workforce Now and/or HRIS systems preferred.
- Strong communication problem-solving and organizational skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality handle sensitive information and multitask effectively.
- HR certification (SHRM-CP or PHR) preferred not required.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Brunel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.
Brunel is committed to fair and equitable pay practices and regularly reviews market data to maintain competitive compensation aligned with performance and experience.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Employee Relations
- Fmla
- Employee Evaluation
- Human Resources Management
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Benefits Administration
- HRIS
- Payroll
- Employment & Labor Law
- ADP
- Human Resources
- Recruiting
About Company
At Brunel Qatar we provide the full scope of recruitment and contracting services across the oil and gas, power, construction, civil infrastructure and IT industries. Our main focus is on project engineering, project management, technical and geosciences, and IT support staff.
