Onboarding Team Lead

Superior Skilled Trades (SST) a leading skilled trades staffing firm is seeking an Onboarding Team Lead to oversee onboarding operations compliance documentation and new hire readiness processes. This is a hands-on working Lead role responsible for supporting a team of onboarding specialists while ensuring employees are successfully onboarded compliant and prepared for assignment.

Location: Onsite Austin TX
Compensation:$70000-75000annually with potential bonus eligibility
Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-5:30 PM (willingness to work evenings/weekends as needed)

Core Responsibilities

• Support onboarding operations for approximately employees annually across multiple employees complete all pre-employment requirements certifications training and client-mandated onboarding steps prior to assignment.
• Oversee the collection review and completion of all required onboarding documentation including employment eligibility tax forms policy acknowledgments and client-specific onboarding records and personnel files for accuracy completeness and compliance with federal state and local employment regulations I-9 requirements E-Verify processes prevailing wage requirements apprenticeship documentation and client-specific compliance standards where ensure onboarding deadlines client requirements and operational expectations are consistently achieved.
• Serve as a hands-on working Lead for a team of onboarding and compliance personnelAssist with daily workload management task prioritization issue escalation and team coaching guidance and training support to onboarding team members.
• Coordinate with recruiters account managers clients and field employees to ensure onboarding timelines are with payroll recruiting safety and operations teams to ensure a seamless employee onboarding experience.
• Identify recurring onboarding challenges and help drive process improvements and efficiencies.Assist with documenting improving and standardizing onboarding procedures and workflows.
• Support evening or weekend work when required to meet client onboarding deadlines or business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Administration Management or related field preferred.3-5 years of closely related onboarding compliance human resources staffing or workforce administration experience.3 years of prior lead senior onboarding specialist onboarding coordinator compliance coordinator or onboarding supervisor experience.
• Strong understanding of employee onboarding processes employment documentation and workforce compliance communication analytical organizational and problem-solving attention to detail and ability to audit onboarding documentation organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and process improvement mindset with the ability to identify inefficiencies and recommend of prevailing wage apprenticeship credentialing and workforce compliance requirements is a plus.
• Experience working in a high-volume deadline-driven staffing onboarding or compliance in staffing construction industrial services skilled trades or high-volume hourly workforce in a multi-state temporary staffing environment supporting onboarding operations for 1000 employees.Experience creating improving or documenting onboarding SOPs and compliance procedures.
• Ability to lead support and coach a team while remaining hands-on in daily operations. Ability to identify discrepancies troubleshoot issues and follow through to ethical team player who communicates effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office and onboarding/compliance tracking systems.Experience with applicant tracking systems (ATS) onboarding platforms E-Verify Fieldglass or similar workforce management systems.
• Willingness to work occasional evenings or weekends based on business needs.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus.