Human Resources Generalist

Title: Human Resources Generalist Location: Eau Claire, WI Company: Fortune 100 Food & Beverage Manufacturing (FuseGlobal has worked with this company for 20 years) Initial term: 12 months (position expected to run longer) About This Role: This role requires flexibility to support a 24/7 factory. While the primary schedule may be aligned to day shift, the HR Generalist must be willing and able to flex hours, including early mornings, evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, and off-shift coverage as business needs require. Examples include employee relations matters, investigations, grievances, onboarding, employee communications, and site events. Position Summary The HR Generalist supports the Eau Claire factory by providing responsive, practical Human Resources support to employees, people leaders, and the site HR team in a 24/7 manufacturing environment. The role supports day-to-day HR operations, employee and labor relations, policy and collective bargaining agreement interpretation, recruiting and onboarding, compliance, employee experience, and continuous improvement activities. This position is expected to build trusted relationships on the production floor, model the company's values and ways of working, and help create a safe, respectful, inclusive, and high-performing workplace. What You'll Do: Employee and Labor Relations Provide timely, fair, and consistent HR guidance to employees and leaders on workplace concerns, policy questions, attendance, performance, corrective action, benefits navigation, and other employment matters. Support labor relations activities in a unionized environment, including grievance preparation, fact gathering, documentation, contract interpretation support, and respectful partnership with union representatives. Assist with investigations and employee relations reviews by gathering facts, documenting findings, maintaining confidentiality, and escalating complex or sensitive matters to the HR Manager or appropriate HR leader. Partner with people leaders to draft, review, and administer corrective action and performance documentation consistent with site practices, policy, and applicable labor agreement requirements. Factory Presence and Employee Experience Maintain regular visibility on the production floor and across departments to build rapport, answer questions, identify concerns early, and reinforce HR accessibility across all shifts. Support employee engagement, recognition, retention, wellness, communication, and culture initiatives that strengthen trust, inclusion, and belonging at the site. Use clear, respectful, and practical communication to help employees and leaders understand expectations, resources, and available support. Recruiting, Onboarding, and Talent Support Support recruiting and hiring activities for temporary, hourly, salaried, intern, and other site roles as assigned, including requisition coordination, interview scheduling, candidate communication, offer support, and new hire preparation. Assist with new hire orientation and onboarding activities, including HR content delivery, employee documentation, system access coordination, and early new-hire check-ins. Partner with hiring managers, Talent Acquisition, and HR Operations to ensure a positive candidate and new-hire experience HR Operations, Systems, and Compliance Maintain accurate HR records and support HR systems, reporting, document management, personnel files, employee lists, dashboards, and other administrative processes as assigned. Serve as a point of contact for employees on HR process questions and escalate issues to the Service Center, HR Operations, Benefits, Payroll, Legal, or other support teams as appropriate. Support compliance with applicable employment laws, company policies, site procedures, food safety requirements, quality expectations, privacy practices, and document retention standards. Assist with leave, accommodation, attendance, timekeeping, benefits, payroll, and employee data questions wi…