Irene Ramirez Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas Area

 Advise/Assist HR Manager, Management, and Employees with any HR- related issues including but not limited to Benefits, Payroll, etc Investigate and advise the HR Manager, Management, and Employees on personnel matters Facilitate HR transfer and training of several company mergers and acquisitions Provide counseling related to performance management and administer corrective action for corporate staff as needed Facilitate leave of absences, including FMLA, as well as disability benefits(short-/long- term disability) Track and maintain administrative issues through HRIS software system Liaison with HSE Manager on worker’s compensation injuries, on-the-job injuries, and reporting Work with management to create, maintain and update Position Descriptions Manage the open positions process from opening the requisition throughhiring and facilitating the approval process Direct local recruitment efforts, including coordinating interview schedules asneeded, ensuring fair and equitable offers, routing offers for approval, providing written offer letters when appropriate Coordinate annual benefits activities for multiple facilities (Open Enrollment, Health Fair, Blood Drives, etc.) Monitor and respond to unemployment claims Respond to inquiries regarding HR policies and procedures from corporate staff and from business unit HR staff Train HR Staff for the following:o Submit Background investigation requests as well as coordinate drug screens and physicals for selected candidates, and ensure all have successfully passedo Create New Hire Orientation packets and stocking the necessary literature and forms needed for the orientation as well as the new hire paperwork for processingo Key in new hires in our HRIS system as well as ensure payroll system is set up correctlyo Conduct New Hire Orientation and complete required paperwork timelyo Maintain employee data in HR

Houston, Texas Area

 New hire orientation Maintained employee folders Statistical data​: Monitor and record employee turnover, incidents, etc. Annual health care enrollment, advising new employees health insurance enrollment eligibility, enroll newly eligible employees in the health plan, obtain declinations from employees that decline to enroll in the health plan, advising accounting of new enrollments in order that employee deductions be timely and accurate  Bi-annual 401K enrollment scheduling, maintaining enrollment and documentation, informing accounting of employee deductions Create and posting employee notices: holiday, safety meetings, healthenrollment, 401k annual enrollment, etc. Filing of employee records: I-9, miscellaneous (confidential documentation),training records, current and former employees Answer inquiries regarding current and former employees Accounts Receivable/Cross Train/Shared Duties with Accounting Assistant Invoicing customer shipments Receipt of customer payments, deposit slips, posting of receipts in various programs Collection of delinquent accountsPayroll Processed bi-weekly payroll Maintained employee records on various databases Monitored/maintained vacation audit for employees Tracked tool deductions, garnishes, and other employee deductions Safety Conducted safety training and maintained training records Created Safety training schedule, Assisted in safety meetings