HR Generalist

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

1. Daily Employee Management & Shop-Floor Tracking

• Maintain a continuous, approachable presence on the shop floor across shifts to monitor shift handovers, line discipline,and operational working conditions.
• Track daily attendance patterns, shift rosters, contractor employees attendance reconciliations and leave management in close coordination with line supervisors and department heads.
• Identify trends in late-coming, absenteeism and unauthorized leave, executing timely HR interventions to minimize operational downtime.
• Serve as the main operational contact for day-to-day employee inquiries.

2. Grievance Handling & Employee Relations

• Manage first-level employee grievances, shop-floor conflicts and interpersonal issues with high empathy, fairness and speed.
• Support the Lead HRBP in conducting initial inquiries, documenting disciplinary actions, and enforcing plant standing orders and code of conduct.
• Act as an accessible, trustworthy feedback channel between shop-floor operators, line managers and HR leadership.

3. Targeted HR Interventions & Plant Engagement

• Execute structured plant-level HR interventions. Put a check for the skip-level meetings, floor pulse checks, shift briefings and targeted huddles to address workforce friction early.
• Support in organizing inclusive plant-wide engagement programs & drives.
• Assist in rolling out plant culture initiatives and driving policy awareness for floor operators and technical staff.

4. Compliance & Administrative Support

• Demonstrate strong operational knowledge of plant HR policies, industrial guidelines, and relevant statutory regulations.
• Support the Lead HRBP in preparing compliance documentation. Assist in auditing records, updating statutory compliance files and supporting HR operational documentation.
• Manage workforce administration, attendance & shifts reconciliations.

Qualifications & Key Competencies

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (MBA/PGDM/MSW) in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Labor Welfare, or a related discipline.
• Experience: 2 to 5 years of hands-on HRBP / HR Generalist experience in a manufacturing plant, assembly line, or industrial operational environment.
• Floor-First Mindset: Demonstrated enthusiasm for spending significant time on the shop floor interacting directly with workers and line supervisors.
• Conflict Resolution & EQ: High emotional intelligence, active listening skills and the assertiveness needed to handle shop-floor grievances and policy enforcement.
• Analytical Skills: Intermediate proficiency in MS Excel (Pivot Tables, Look-ups, attendance reports, trend analysis) and HRIS platforms.
• Compliance Understanding: Practical understanding of HR policies, statutory compliance documentation and labor management laws.
• Languages: Fluency in English (Knowledge of Kannada, Tamil or Telugu is good to have, but not mandatory).