Amanda Mccartney, Shrm-Cp Email & Phone Number

The Woodlands, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas Area

Provide corporate level Human Resources support to 150 office and field employees in Houston and West Texas. Manage all day to day areas of Human Resources including payroll, benefits, employee relations, talent acquisition, and training and development.Key Accomplishments:• Partner with corporate leadership and field management to develop programs to drive new change management including culture and retention.• Coach and support managers in development of performance improvement plans/progressive discipline procedures.• Manage all employment related legal matters and investigations.• Oversee benefits including 401k, Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurances, and HSA Accounts.• Work closely with corporate leadership and field operations managers and supervisors to ensure compliance with stateand federal law.• Run semi-monthly payroll and approve weekly payroll, ensuring all benefits deductions, garnishments and support orders are updated within our payroll system, ADP.• Assist CEO and VP of Operations in operations and labor forecasting, ensuring correct rotations, planning ahead for hiring needs and areas for improvement regarding management and supervisor communication.• Full Cycle recruiting for all corporate and field positions located in West Texas.

Houston, Texas

Provide Human Resources support to six Houston area sites totaling 350 employees. Drive Watco’s culture of safety first,integrity, and honesty through working with leadership and employees by effectively promoting Human Resourcesinitiatives and communicating and working closely with division leadership.Key Accomplishments:• Advise leadership in the areas of employee relations, coaching, performance management, policy implementation, and employment law.• Collaborate with supervisors on investigation and resolution of sensitive employee relation issues and concerns of policy violations. Document and communicate corrective action and termination decisions. Asist Recruiting and Leadership in Talent Acquisition initiatives by supporting field management hiring decisions and providing Behavioral Based Interviewing Training.• Present new hire orientation introducing benefits, payroll information, and driving Watco’s culture.• Identify and deliver trainings to employees, new supervisors, and leadership within the Houston area.

Houston, Texas Area

Provide corporate level leadership and support for five New Tech companies totaling 100 employees in the U.S. and New Tech Global Staffing Company of 350 temporary employees working across 32 states. Direct and mentor a staff of three HR professionals. Collaborate with leadership team on achieving strategic goals and share information about new and revised federal, state, and local regulations affecting the workforce.Key Accomplishments:• Plan, prepare, and present new hire orientation, yearly benefit education meetings, end-of-year company meeting, and bi-annually present information to managers on various HR functions, regulations, and processes.• Conduct talent acquisition activities for all internal company positions.• Established the use of E-Verify software, enter and track I-9 information, and file EEOC reports.• Collaborate with supervisors on investigation and resolution of sensitive employee relation issues and concerns of policyviolations. Document and communicate corrective action and termination decisions.• Point of Contact for Worker's Compensation concerns; record and submit claims, submit various reports for states, attend hearings and conduct related training for managers.• Introduced and implemented an employee self-service online benefits system eliminating some paperwork associated with administering insurance benefits, offer convenience and transparency for employees.• Proposed and implemented software to organize and record on-boarding processes (drug testing and background checks) increasing efficiency and accuracy in meeting staffing needs.• Review pay rates, benefit deductions/changes and approve weekly, and semi-monthly payroll. Enter state withholding and unemployment rate tables for added new states, and oversee payroll vendor's filings.• Originated the employee handbook for the New Tech staffing company, and update/distribute both handbooks as needed.

Houston, Texas Area

Accountable for accurate completion and recording of all on-boarding processes for all New Tech Companies. Processed timely and accurately, requests for verification of employment, unemployment claims, garnishments, and child support orders.Key Accomplishments:• Planned and conducted annual benefit education and open enrollment meetings, addressed employee questions.• Correctly administered benefit insurance and retirement plans; reviewed applications and change requests for accuracy, entered pertinent data into computer system and reconciled data with payroll.• Led the integration for a new payroll system affecting all divisions of New Tech Global. Provided training and support for employees, supervisors, and leadership team.• Installed unemployment and withholding tax tables for 38 states for newly formed "New Tech Global Staffing" company.

Self Employed

* Provide contract recruiting services for New Tech Global for client positions located in the United States and Middle East* Recruit for positions ranging from Oilfield Services, Office Personnel, Engineering, Construction, and Project Management

Cultivated relationships and referrals and connected with qualified candidates for the Oil and Gas industry in the areas of Engineering, Oilfield Services, Construction, Project Management, IT, and Administration. Conducted talent acquisition for New Tech Global Ventures Company clients in the U.S. and the Middle East and direct hires for the other New Tech Companies.

Conroe, Tx

Actively recruited qualified candidates for all levels, exempt and non-exempt, for Engineering, Marketing, Training, and ITSoftware Systems departments/divisions. Attended career fairs to promote company and connected with large numbers ofpeople interested in careers in the oil and gas industry.Key Accomplishments:• Contributed to the momentum of the Engineering college recruitment program.• Explored new and innovative methods for publicizing positions and reaching potential candidates.

Originated the Downhole division SharePoint (document and management storage system) integration project. Coordinatedand tracked the team's progress status and reported to the President and Vice President.Key Accomplishments:• Involved in efforts to accomplish a "positive change" mindset for employees during integration processes of a newlyacquired company.

Conroe, Tx

Supported logistics for all training courses throughout the Western Hemisphere. Updated information in the LearningManagement System and SharePoint training calendar. Distributed training information throughout the organization.Supported production efforts of the Curriculum Development Department on computer based training programs.

* Counsel employees on job performance, daily duties and selling quotas * Create a team environment throughout Central Checkout * Manage 40 plus employees a day in the Central Checkout * Increased cashier productivity by 20%

* Assist in the planning and execution of H-EB sponsorships; H-E-B Feast of Sharing, Holiday Parade, Trees for Houston, Operation Care Drop, Walk now for Autism* Research information on non-profits for corporate donation consideration* Coordinate and establish open lines of communication with associations and partners* Lead Operation Care Drop in store donation drive for the company

Investigated possible leads for news storiesPerformed daily activities in live productionWrote and posted stories to the San Antonio Living web pageWorked side by side with Shelly Miles, host/reporter

Bachelor Of Arts, Mass Communications, Public Relations

Susanne M. Glasscock School Of Continuing Education, Shrm Certified Professional Course (Shrm-Cp)

Associates Of Applied Science, Radio Television Broadcasting