Ruben Cortez Email & Phone Number

Sunnyside, Wa, Us

Richland, Washington, United States

•Evaluate and provide advice and technical support to resolve conditions adverse to facility operations.•Conduct investigations, facilitate evaluations, write cause analysis and corrective action plans.•Participate or facilitate in event investigation activities.•Provide resolutions to Action Request (AR).•Conduct Cause Analysis (Root & Apparent) and assessments.•Participate/facilitate in special initiatives and continuous improvement opportunities, LEAN process improvement events.•Complete statistical and qualitative data analysis for trending purposes.•Provide support to Operations management on technical writing/editing of documents and reports (Assessments, Apparent Cause Analysis, Root Cause Analysis).•Provide support on Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO)/OSHA hazardous energy control, conduct of operations, technical procedure compliance and administrative procedure controls.

Richland, Washington, United States

Recruiting and Staffing •Assist in development and implementation of a staffing strategy and position development within assigned organizations.•Facilitate a detailed position/discovery discussion with the WRPS Hiring Manager to determine the following: Position duties and responsibilities, minimum education and experience requirements, underutilization, pipeline (evergreen) postings, succession planning, and current organization structure (etc). •Develop requisitions that support WRPS management needs and that support a compliant hiring strategy.•Evaluation of all applicant credentials to determine qualified candidates per job announcement.•Advise managers on the best-qualified candidates considering both required and desired education and experience.•Guide management on the Targeted Selection/Interview process to identify the best-qualified candidate.•Generate compensation offer that considers internal and external benchmark factors, specialized skill, hard to fill position factors and critical resource need.•Brief management on the employment staffing procedures, Affirmative Action Planning (APP) and underutilizations, organizational demographics and required adherence to rules and regulations (compliance).•Facilitate New Employee Orientation and New Manger Training. •Perform routine and complex human resources projects and reports. •Recruit at in person and virtual career fairs at colleges, universities and local events.•Create and process Personal Requisitions and Employee Record Changes (ERCs) via EmployeeSelf-Service (ESS).•Track and maintain Personal Requisitions up to date via PeopleSoft.

Richland, Washington, United States

Employee Relations •Conducted employee investigations, investigation reports and disciplinary materials on regular exempt/nonexempt and bargaining unit personnel; provide coaching and deliver disciplinary actions ranging from verbal warnings to employee terminations. •Prepared investigation packets to include: Discipline Review Summaries, Investigations Close-out Reports and Coaching materials. •Leaded Discipline Review Board (DRB) discussions with senior management. •Responsible for providing daily consultation to management and staff in an effort to maintain harmonious employee/company relationships.•Trained new managers/supervisors on company policies, procedures, processes, systems and tools. •Provided counsel to WRPS management and staff on complex employee relations issues/concerns in accordance with all applicable human resources, policies, procedures, standards and regulations. •Assisted managers and supervisors in all phases of performance management. •Participated/assisted managers and supervisors with annual merit reviews and forced rating/ranking.•Created and processed Personal Requisitions and Employee Record Changes (ERCs) via Employee Self-Service (ESS). •Tracked and maintained Personal Requisitions up to date via PeopleSoft.

Richland, Washington, United States

•Assisted in conducting employee investigations, investigation reports and disciplinary materials on regular exempt/nonexempt and bargaining unit personnel; provide coaching and deliver disciplinary actions ranging from verbal warnings to employee terminations. •Prepared investigation packets to include: Discipline Review Summaries, Investigations Close-out Reports and Coaching materials. •Participated in Discipline Review Board (DRB) discussions with senior management. •Assisted other HR Specialist in supporting new managers/supervisors on company policies, procedures, processes, systems and tools. •Provided assistance to WRPS management and staff on complex employee relations issues/concerns in accordance with all applicable human resources, policies, procedures, standards and regulations. •Assisted other HR Specialist to support managers and supervisors in all phases of performance management. •Participated/assisted managers and supervisors with annual merit reviews and forced rating/ranking.

Richland, Washington, United States

•Verified for completion on the I-9 government forms by performing audit for 1,400 employees •Facilitated employee outreach by conducting mock interviews at Goodwill to ensure OFCCP compliance •Developed a tracking system for the WRPS Leadership Library for employees to check-out materials from their Employee Development Coordinator •Processed new hire personnel employee files•Organized and updated employee personnel files•Screened resumes and routed the qualified candidates to managers •Coordinated new hire orientation •Set-up interviews with potential candidates and managers

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Management And Operations

Activities and Societies: TRiO Student Support Services, Business Club, and Sigma Chi Fraternity

Associate'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Grandview Student Council, TRiO Student Support Services, Phi Theta Kappa, Business Club