Director, Human Resources

Position: Director of Human Resources

Job Description:

Future Technologies is seeking a dynamic Director of Human Resources to play a pivotal role in aligning HR strategies with business operations, ensuring compliance with labor regulations and company policy, while serving as a trusted resource for employees, supervisors, and senior leadership. This position offers a unique opportunity for an ambitious, emerging HR leader to drive key initiatives in performance management, employee development, talent acquisition, and company-wide engagement.

Future Technologies connects the unconnected, delivering wireless network solutions for our Industrial, Enterprise, and Military customers. By joining our team, you'll not only get the unique opportunity to help shape our company culture and Human Resources landscape as we expand into new markets, but also be part of a forward-thinking organization at the forefront of network evolution.

Key Responsibilities

• Proactively evaluate, recommend, implement, and enforce employee relations and human resource policies, procedures, programs, and practices.
• Make recommendations to improve management effectiveness, employee engagement, and company performance. Create and establish a company professional development and performance evaluation plan.
• Provide employee counseling and problem solving to ensure a productive work environment, consistent with company values, policies, and compliance with state and federal regulatory law.
• Develop and manage a company recruiting and talent acquisition function. Work with management to determine staffing needs; develop and coordinate a recruiting plan for each job opening; onboard new hires.
• Oversee the areas of employment, employee benefits, compensation, performance appraisal programs, personnel record keeping, unemployment claims and employee relations.
• Oversee weekly time and attendance reporting and payroll processing. Assist employees with questions about payroll, time off, insurance, benefits, etc.
• Oversee employee benefit programs including insurance, 401k, etc. On an annual basis, evaluate insurance and benefit options, and coordinate annual employee benefit reenrollment.
• Ensure legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource federal and state requirements, conducting investigations, maintaining records, and representing the organization at hearings.
• Manage affirmative action plan compliance, ACA, DOL, & OSHA reporting compliance
• Retain historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system and keeping past and current records.
• Provide training and guidance to management about employment-related legal compliance requirements, company human resources policies, etc.
• Maintain and publish/distribute employee-related documentation, such as Job Descriptions, Employee Handbook, New Hire Checklist, Annual Benefits Summary etc.

Qualifications/Skills:

• Talent Acquisition -Recruiting/hiring
• Strategic Human resources management
• Benefits administration
• Performance management
• Communication processes
• Federal/State Employment law
• Federal/State compliance reporting
• Organization

Education, Experience, & Licensing

• Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in Human Resources, Business Administration, Accounting or a related field.
• Professional credentials in the field of Human Resources are strongly preferred, such as SHRM-CP or PHR.
• At least 5 years' hands-on experience in a for-profit business environment. Small company experience is strongly preferred.
• Ability to coach employees and management through complex issues and make recommendations that are consistent with policies, procedures and regulatory law.
• Demonstrated knowledge of federal and state employment law and regulations.
• Ability to be responsive and persuasive at all levels of the organization.
• Effective interpersonal and analytical skills.
• Sense of urgency and ability to set and manage priorities.
• Ability to maintain composure during stressful/emergency situations.
• Fluent in the use of all Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams).
• Experience using ADP Workforce Now is preferred.