James Maynard Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

HR Analyst Responsible for managing the entire background check process for all DOT field and corporate office employees. Coordinated with the safety department and corporate recruiting, and served as liaison between field offices. I was key to the creation of a new system to track DOT driver candidates through the onboarding process. Included all critical assessments including drug test, physicals and FMCSA clearinghouse. This streamlined the process and assured that all drivers and safety sensitive new hires completed these required assessments in a timely and expeditious manner.· Evaluate adverse background checks and Motor Vehicle Record Reports to determine pass or fail, based on company standards and escalate issues to HR when necessary.· Communicate with recruiters and HR managers regarding employment application status for candidates.· Working with HR leadership, review and update the company wide grading standards used to assess adverse background checks.· Coordinate with Safety Department to provide necessary documentation for DOT new hires such as employment gap statements, and other various documents pertaining to DOT regulations.· Responsible for completing all DOT verifications for previous DOT safety sensitive employees.· Act as a liaison between field offices, corporate personnel and background screening provider.

Houston, Texas, United States

Responsible for managing background check and drug screening process for all field and Corporate office employees. I was key to bringing driver qualification files from 65% compliance to 93% company wide. Expertise in substance abuse programs was key to my success in coordinating with counselors and employees to find effective treatment, and resulted in successful outcomes for employees and families. Trained with former senior FBI officers. · Responsible for communicating background and drug testing policies, conflict resolution and compliance for all employees and contract workers.· Supervised an average of 100+ pre-employment background checks and drug screens per month.· Evaluated adverse background checks and Motor Vehicle Records to determine whether candidates will pass or fail, based on company standards.· Communicated with recruiters and HR managers regarding employment application status for candidates.· Coordinated with substance abuse counselors, Human Resource managers and Cigna Behavior Health to generate an effective treatment program for employees enrolled in the substance abuse program.· Managed and facilitated quarterly drug and alcohol testing for 43,000+ DOT and non-DOT employees.· Investigated on-boarding and /or background and drug screen turnaround time issues involving vendors, and provide effective solutions.· Created and sent reports to company VP’s illustrating background verification, drug screen, I-9 and E-verify data for direct–hires and contract-labor candidates.· Continuously trained and coached new team members on background and drug policies and regulations.· Assisted HR managers with submitting I-9s and EVPs for employees.· Managed driver qualification files to ensure compliance with Department of Transportation standards.