ABOUT US
BYD, which stands for Build Your Dreams, is the world’s leading battery-electric bus manufacturer with over 50,000 vehicles on the road globally, and more than 1,000 vehicles on the road or in production in the United States. BYD is creating hundreds of American jobs, making battery-electric buses that are helping to clean our air while improving efficiency and the bottom line for our customers.
Our Buses
BYD offers the widest range of battery-electric bus and coach models in the United States, ranging from 23-foot motor coaches on up to the 60-foot K11M and 45-foot double-decker C10MS.
BYD buses have achieved more than 15 million emission-free miles in revenue service throughout the United States. Every American-built zero-emission BYD bus eliminates approximately 1,690 tons of CO2 over its 12-year lifespan, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
BYD North America’s headquarters is located in Pasadena, California, with a 550,000-square-foot bus manufacturing facility in Lancaster, California
As the HR Generalist you will be a part of the HR team in Lancaster California, providing high quality, in-person HR services to our production and support personnel. In this role you will be engaging with employees in all levels of the organization including exempt and non-exempt personnel.
Responsibilities and duties:
- Partners with employees and management to communicate various human resources policies, procedures, laws, standards, and other government regulations.
- Interviews, screens, and recruits job applicants to fill entry level, professional and technical job openings.
- Reviews applications and interviews applicants to match experience with specific job requirements.
- Monitors, facilitates, and conducts training, including new hire orientation.
- Maintains working relationship with union officials and adheres to labor contract by monitoring day-to-day implementation of policies concerning wages and working conditions.
- Provides advice and counsel to management and employees on employee relations matters, conflict resolution, and all matters impacting employee culture and engagement.
- Provides recommendations to management regarding employee disciplinary actions.
- Provides guidance to management and employees regarding FMLA/CFRA, PDL, ADA and Worker’s Compensation.
- Responds to employee relations issues such as employee complaints, harassment allegations and EEOC/DFEH civil rights complaints.
- In close collaboration with the HR Supervisor; represents management in investigating, answering, and settling grievances by arranging and scheduling grievance hearings between union personnel and management.
- Maintains and processes all unemployment claims and charges in a timely manner. Attends unemployment hearings when necessary.
- Distributes and monitors employee performance evaluations and ensures they are done in a timely manner.
- Reports, maintains and monitors all worker’s compensation case files; follow-up on open cases
- Monitors employee eligibility for benefit plans. Reviews benefits with employees and processes enrollment, cancellation or changes. Organizes and manages annual open enrollment communications and election process.
- Conducts exit interviews, analyzes data and makes recommendations to management for corrective action and continued improvement.
- Manages employee life cycle from recruitment to offboarding.
Competencies and job requirements:
- Human Resources expertise. Customer/Client Focus. Ethical Conduct. Personal Effectiveness/Credibility. Consultation, business acumen and communication.
- Bachelor’s degree in human resource management or a related field or equivalent education, training and experience.
- 2-4 years of experience in an human resources generalist or related role
- PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, OR SHRM-SCP certification preferred.
Benefits:
- Health, dental and vision benefit plans
- 401K retirement options
- HSA/ FSA options
- Paid time off
- Paid Holidays
- Work-life employee assistance programs including:
- Wellness and emotional health
- legal and financial resources
- Parenting, childcare and education
- Employee discounts
