Senior Human Resources Specialist

Company Overview

LG Energy Solution Vertech, Inc. (LGES Vertech) is a full-service energy storage system supplier and integrator. Using our core strengths of expert service to our customers, unparalleled safety, and excellence in manufacturing, we bring standardized, fully integrated energy storage systems to a rapidly growing worldwide market. Our systems address our customers' needs to reduce capital equipment and installation costs while enhancing system level performance and reliability using automated monitoring systems and analytics across the battery, power conditioning and auxiliary systems. Our AEROS® energy operating system is the engine of innovation to provide advanced control functions allowing our customers to maximize the value of their energy storage assets. Our service capabilities include advanced monitoring and analytics, scheduled maintenance, augmentation, and auxiliary system upgrades. The combination of excellence in battery technology and production coupled with nearly two decades of energy storage integration makes LGES Vertech a leading supplier and integrator in the power and energy markets.

LGES Vertech empowers and expects its team members to assume responsibility and make good decisions, while maintaining a team environment that fosters collaboration and innovation. Our diverse and growing team enjoys competitive salaries, generous benefits, including 100% employer sponsored medical, dental and vision insurance, and flexible working hours.

For more information about LGESVT, please visit www.lgensol-vt.com.

Position Overview

The Sr. HR Specialist will serve as a business partner to members of the leadership team, will assist in the direction of routine HR functions (including hiring, employee life cycle, employee relations, and policy administration), and may oversee the administration of payroll and benefits for approximately 230 employees. This position reports to the Sr. HR Manager and is asked to be onsite 4 days per week, with one day allowed remote.

Key Responsibilities (Including but not limited to):

• Partners with the leadership team to understand and execute the organization’s human resource and talent strategy particularly as it relates to current and future talent needs, recruiting, retention, and succession planning.
• Oversees the daily workflow of the department, including oversite of direct report(s)
• Provides support and guidance to HR team members when complex, specialized, and sensitive questions and issues arise.
• Supports the talent acquisition process, which may include recruitment, interviewing, and hiring of qualified job applicants, particularly for managerial, exempt, and professional roles; collaborates with departmental managers to understand skills and competencies required for openings.
• Assists in oversight of employee relations matters.
• Maintains compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; reviews policies and practices to maintain compliance.
• Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law.
• Assist in overseeing the administration of payroll and benefits as needed; act as liaison for employee matters as they relate to payroll and benefits as needed.
• Coordinate with third party administrator to manage disability claims according to the plan.
• Oversee leave administration.
• Administer COBRA enrollments/changes and responds to and manages unemployment claims and workers compensation cases.
• Collaborate and liaise with headquarters HR team on various aspects of the HR function.

Key Knowledge and Skills (including but not limited to):

• Must have strong background in human resources business partnership.
• Must have strong knowledge of a variety of computer software applications including payroll, benefits, time & attendance and HRIS and self-service systems.
• Must have a high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations.
• Strong understanding of Human Resources processes and terminology, payroll and benefit processes and procedures, including eligibility and enrollment rules and benefit procedures.
• Analytical skills and ability to create useful and actionable reports from data.
• Possess strong written and verbal communications skills.
• Possess strong organization skills and ability to complete multiple tasks and high volume of work on deadline.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent time management, organizational, and follow-through skills

Education/Experience

• Previous HR Specialist or HR generalist experience required
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Proven experience & ability administering payroll and benefits processes.
• Experience with ADP and SAP systems a plus.
• Bilingual English and Korean required.