Human Resources Coordinator I

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation is the largest chicken producer in the United States and Puerto Rico and the second-largest producer and seller of chicken in Mexico. Pilgrim's Pride employs approximately 56,500 people and operates 37 processing and 12 prepared-food facilities, with major operations in Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Mexico and Puerto Rico as well as other facilities in Arizona, Iowa, Mississippi, Ohio and Utah.

Pilgrim's Pride products are sold to foodservice, retail and frozen entree customers. The Company's primary distribution is through retailers, foodservice distributors and restaurants throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and in the Northern and Central regions of Mexico. For more information, please visit www.pilgrimspride.com

Pilgrim's Pride is currently seeking a Human Resources Coordinator I for our Hickory, KY location.

This position, under direct supervision, provides clerical and administrative support to one or more functional areas of Human Resources such as recruitment and staffing, personnel records, employee or labor relations, compensation, benefits, training, and/or equal opportunity/affirmative action. Under guidance of higher level personnel may perform higher level duties involving employee communications such as pre-employment screening, responding to routine questions on human resources policies and procedures, identifying potential issues and grievances, etc.

Basic Responsibilities:
• Performs tasks such as setting up files on all new personnel, photographing for badges, obtaining employee numbers for new employees, and recording changes on all employee status changes as necessary (e.g., change of address, departmental transfers, rate increases, terminations, etc.).
• Processes applications, employment forms, enrollment forms, pay change requests, informational, and other confidential forms and records. Enrolls new employees in various programs and explains benefits.
• Maintains and distributes, as appropriate, current employee information, policy and procedure manuals, and other communications.
• Compiles data from personnel records and prepares reports.
• Verifies payroll entries and changes with computer printout; checks for accuracy and reports any discrepancies to higher level personnel.
• Tracks employee information such as personal data, compensation, benefits, tax data, attendance, performance reviews or evaluations, termination date and reason. Processes employment applications and assists in other employment activities.
• Updates employee files to document personnel actions and to provide information for payroll and other uses.
• May order supplies for various human resources functions such as service award ceremonies, human resources meeting, etc.
• May assist with participation and summary of internal and external surveys to gather information for policy development and planning.
• May compute wages and record data for use in payroll processing.
• May perform higher level duties involving employee communications such as pre-employment screening, responding to routine questions on human resources policies and procedures, identifying potential issues and grievances, etc. May assist with the administration and scoring of aptitude, personality, and interest tests.

Basic Qualifications:
- 6 months of clerical experience in a related field.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- SAP experience preferred.
- Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external partners.
- Must be bilingual (English/Spanish).

Educational Requirements:
High School Diploma/GED; college level coursework and/or degree is preferred.

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply.

If interested, please apply online at http://track.jobviper.com/ViewJob.asp?id=511617-3-523