HR Generalist

HR Generalist

At Element, our shared purpose of 'Making tomorrow safer than today' brings us together and sets us apart from the crowd. Join our team in Southern California as an HR Generalist. As the HR Generalist you will play a key role in supporting the employee lifecycle, delivering a positive employee experience, and partnering closely with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, and Operations. This role requires strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment to address transactional-based duties. This position is onsite 5 days a week, Monday Friday Salary range from $72,000 to $82,000 per annum.

Responsibilities:

• Proactively support performance management, reporting efforts, and tracking of terminations and employee relations activity
• Draft and maintain employee documents, such as internal offer letters, shift differential letters, and certification-related increase letters
• Support onboarding, offboarding and employee lifecycle processes
• Direct employees to self-serve tools to resolve employee questions, concerns and grievances
• Partner with managers, payroll, and shared services on the separation of employees and conduct exit interviews
• Support accurate tracking and administration of time and attendance, ensuring compliance with California meal and rest period requirements; partner with managers and payroll to resolve discrepancies and enforce compliance standards
• Recruiting Support: Partner with the TA team to coordinate and conduct first-level interviews, screen candidates, and manage recruiting logistics
• Carry out data analysis for internal audits and compensation reviews
• Assist in areas such as development of human resources policies, application of progressive discipline, leading training sessions for front line leaders, and skip level sessions
• Receive and process mail from lab locations, ensuring compliance with company procedures and applicable regulations
• Collaborate with HR Team with other HR projects, process improvements, and policy generation as needed

Skills / Qualifications:

• BS/BA Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field
• Demonstrated experience as an HR Generalist and/or HR Operations / Shared Services role
• Knowledge of time and attendance systems and California meal and rest break compliance requirements; experience monitoring adherence and resolving related issue
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to operate in a high pressure, fast paced environment
• Outstanding knowledge of MS Office; HRIS (e.g. D365 and Ceridian)
• 15% travel may be required

Company Overview:

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to 'Make tomorrow safer than today'. When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access. While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development. Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

Diversity Statement:

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming "the world's most trusted testing partner". All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws. The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) "If you need an accommodation filling out an application, or applying to a job, please email Recruitment@element.com "

Job Locations US-CA-Los Angeles | US-CA-San Bernardino | US-CA-Los Angeles ID 2026-18170