Job Opening: Human Resources Assistant

The primary function of the Human Resources Assistant is to provide administrative support to the Director, Administrative Services on all personnel matters including payroll, employee applications, maintaining personnel files, preparing reports, communicating personnel policies, and other duties as delegated.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities Required

• Problem Solving: The individual identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
• Interpersonal Skills: The individual maintains confidentiality, remains open to others’ ideas, and exhibits willingness to adopt change.
• Oral Communication: The individual speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations, demonstrates group presentation skills, and conducts meetings.
• Written Communication: The individual edits work for spelling and grammar, presents numerical data effectively, and is able to read and interpret written information.
• Planning/Organization: The individual prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently, and develops realistic action plans.
• Adaptability: The individual adapts to change in the work environment, manages competing demands, and is able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.
• Dependability: The individual is consistently at work on time, follows instructions, responds to management direction, and solicits feedback to improve performance.
• Office Skills: Competency with office equipment such as computers, copiers, and fax machines including familiarity with Microsoft Office applications such as Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Access. Familiarity with Great Plains is preferred.

Education and Experience
Three to five years experience in the HR field, or any similar combination of education and experience. A transportation/logistics background is preferred.

Primary Responsibilities

• Performs customer service functions by answering employee requests and questions.
• Conduct orientation process for new employees including administering all new hire paperwork, verifying I-9 documentation, and setting employee up for payroll.
• Assist with recruitment and interview process for all non-exempt and exempt positions, interns, and temporary employees including writing of job placement advertisements.
• Files EEO-1 and Vets-100 report annually, and any other required local, state, or federal reports to insure compliance with all regulations regarding employment.
• Assist in organizational training and development efforts.
• Maintain Great Plains Human Resource Information System records and compiles reports from database as needed.
• Helps to maintain company organizational charts and employee directory.
• Notifies supervisors of scheduled performance reviews and process reports for personnel files.
• Notifies the payroll department of rate changes.
• Performs other related duties as required and assigned.

To apply, contact Craig Parrish, Director, Administrative Services, BNSF Logistics, LLC, craig.parrish@bnsflogistics.com, 479-927-5571 office