Senior Human Resources Generalist

Description
Senior Human Resources Generalist
Location:
Whitinsville, MA
Job Type:
Full-Time - Some remote work acceptable
Department:
Human Resources
Salary:
$85-$95 Yearly
Reports To:
HR Director
About Koopman Lumber
Koopman Lumber has served contractors, builders, homeowners, and communities across New England since 1939. We are a family-owned company with multiple locations in Massachusetts and Connecticut. This role sits on a small HR team and supports managers and employees across yards, stores, distribution, and the office.

About the Role
We are hiring a Senior Human Resources Generalist whose first job is employee relations. You will work directly with the HR Director on investigations, manager coaching, policy application, and the hard conversations that come with a multi-location, hourly and skilled-trades workforce. You will also own or support workers’ compensation, compensation administration, onboarding, and training/compliance (including Cornerstone). Paylocity experience is important. We already have a payroll specialist — this is not a payroll-processing seat.

An employee relations specialist who wants a broader generalist role will be considered if the ER work is real and recent. We are looking for someone who plans to stay and build, not collect another two-year stop on a résumé.

What You’ll Do
Employee Relations (primary)
Advise managers on attendance, performance, conduct, and policy
Conduct and document workplace investigations
Coach managers through corrective action and consistent documentation
Help apply policies fairly across locations
Flag ER trends and risk to the HR Director
Workers’ Compensation, Compliance & Training
Administer and follow workers’ compensation claims with managers, employees, and vendors
Support leave administration (including MA PFML, FMLA, and related leave)
Support wage-and-hour and multi-state employment-law compliance (MA and CT)
Coordinate training and compliance tracking in Cornerstone
Maintain confidential files and audit-ready records
Onboarding, Compensation & HR Operations
Support onboarding, promotions, transfers, status changes, and separations
Assist with compensation processes, reporting, and related employee questions
Keep HRIS data accurate in Paylocity
Prepare HR reports and help improve processes
Support benefits questions and programs as needed (open enrollment support, not vendor ownership as the core job)
Why Koopman
Small HR team, real access to the HR Director, and work that shows up in the yards and stores — not only in a ticket system.

Some remote work is acceptable; the role is based in Whitinsville. Requirements

What You Bring
Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or related field, or equivalent experience
7+ years of progressive HR experience, or
5+ years as an employee relations specialist ready to work as a generalist
Demonstrated experience running investigations and advising managers — not only routing tickets to someone else
Workers’ compensation experience
Onboarding and training/compliance experience; Cornerstone is a plus
Compensation administration experience is a plus
Paylocity experience is strongly preferred (we are not hiring a payroll processor)
Experience supporting a multi-location workforce, preferably hourly, field, warehouse, retail, construction, or skilled trades
Solid judgment, discretion, and written documentation
Stable work history; we are not a fit for candidates who change employers every two years
What This Role Is Not
Not a recruiter-only job
Not an HRIS analyst job
Not a payroll-specialist job
Not a corporate shared-services queue with no manager-facing ER