Human Resources Generalist I

14554BRJob Description: The HR Generalist provides on-site human resources support to employees and leaders at the Fairfield, Alabama plant location. This position serves as a day-to-day HR generalist, supporting employee and labor relations, recruiting, investigations, performance management, HR processes, and workforce initiatives.

The ideal candidate is an early-career HR professional who is comfortable working directly with employees and leaders in a manufacturing environment. This role provides an opportunity to build broad HR experience while developing strong capabilities in employee relations, recruiting, labor relations and HR business partnership.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with operations leaders and employees to provide day-to-day HR support and guidance on employee relations, policies, workplace practices, performance management, and other HR matters.

• Participate in employee and labor relations investigations, including gathering information, conducting interviews, documenting findings, and assisting HR leadership with appropriate follow-up actions.

• Develop productive relationships with employees, union representatives, supervisors, and operations leadership to support effective communication and issue resolution.

• Support recruiting activities for hourly and salaried positions, including sourcing, interviewing, candidate coordination, selection, onboarding, and other hiring activities.

• Partner with management to understand workforce needs and support recruiting and staffing strategies for the operation.

• Provide support for core HR processes, including performance management, compensation planning, talent development, succession planning, employee engagement, recognition, and organizational development.

• Assist leaders with the consistent interpretation and application of company policies, procedures, collective bargaining agreements, and applicable employment practices.

• Support employee onboarding, orientation, employee transactions, transfers, promotions, and other employment lifecycle activities.

• Identify opportunities to simplify and improve HR processes, tools, documentation, and workflows to create a more efficient and consistent employee and leader experience.

• Maintain accurate employee documentation and HR records and maintain the confidentiality of these sensitive items.

• Coordinate local employee engagement activities.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the plant location and resolve business problems through broad and up-to-date knowledge of Human Resources and Labor Relations competencies such as contract negotiation, grievance handling, progressive discipline, arbitration preparation, local issue settlements, employment law, organizational behavior, change management, best practices and company policy and practice.

• Support labor relations activities within a union-represented environment and help build effective working relationships with union leadership and represented employees.

• Support the grievance process by researching issues, gathering relevant documentation, participating in grievance hearings, tracking open grievances, and assisting with timely resolution.

• Assist HR and Labor Relations leadership in preparing for arbitration proceedings, including organizing documentation, researching case history, developing timelines, and coordinating supporting information.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, industrial/organizational psychology, or a closely related field.

• Willingness to learn and develop HR skills in a unionized manufacturing setting.

• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills necessary to handle sensitive issues tactfully and with absolute confidentiality.

• Excellent communication skills – written, verbal and presentation, necessary to work effectively with employees at all levels of the organization.

• Ability to work in both individual and team settings.

• Excellent analytical skills, particularly using Excel, necessary to analyze data, identify trends and draw reasonable conclusions.

Preferred Skills:

• 1-3 years of HR experience

• Experience in a unionized setting preferred

Competency Summary:

At U. S. Steel all employees are expected to display the following core competencies every day to advance corporate, team and individual goals:

Think: Think Critically and Drive Change

Lead: Develop Talent and Collaborate

Do: Empower Performance and Deliver Results

Company Overview:

Since 1901, U. S. Steel has been a recognized leader in steel production. Today, as the first North American steel company to have declared a 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal, we remain as innovative as ever, leading transformation across our industry while continuing to make products for everyday life - from industries as far ranging as automotive, construction, containers and packaging, appliances, and energy.

Underneath it all is our Culture of Caring, which shows up in our community partnerships, charitable contributions, company-sponsored employee volunteer initiatives, scholarship programs, leadership training, and much more. And of course, it takes shape in a steadfast commitment to safety first in our workplaces and respect for our employees, who are United by Steel.

We are honored to have earned accolades and awards from well-regarded organizations, including the following:

• Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies® 2022, ’23, ‘24

• Disability: IN’s Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion 2021, ’22, ’23, ‘24

• Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Equality 100 Award 2020, ’21, ’22, ’23-24, ‘25

• Military Times’ Best for Vets: Employers 2023, ‘24

Conducting business with integrity and with the highest ethical values has underpinned U. S. Steel’s success for over 100 years, and it remains critical to our company’s success in the future. U. S. Steel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) according to job qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, genetics, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, disability status or status as a protected Veteran or any other legally protected group status. (California residents may visit www.ussteel.com/CANotice regarding collection of personal information and U. S. Steel's privacy practices.)