Human Resources Generalist

Job Description

Job Description

Description

At Wilson Engineers, we specialize in designing and delivering critical water and wastewater projects that serve communities across Arizona. With more than 200 professionals, we pride ourselves on being an ethical, innovative, and collaborative firm where employees thrive and grow. We’re looking for a driven and organized Human Resources Generalist to join us onsite in Tempe, AZ. In this role, you’ll help shape the employee experience and build the people processes that support our continued growth and success. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys building processes, and is passionate about creating great employee experiences.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

You’ll support key areas of HR including talent acquisition, onboarding, benefits administration, employee engagement, and process development. This is an in-person position that offers hands-on collaboration, visibility across departments, and the opportunity to grow your HR career within a supportive and evolving organization.

Onboarding & Offboarding:

• Own and continuously improve the onboarding process to ensure new hires feel welcomed and prepared.
• Coordinate offboarding logistics and exit interviews.

Talent Acquisition Support:

• Partner with internal stakeholders to coordinate job postings, screen candidates, and schedule interviews and conduct reference checks.
• Support a positive and efficient candidate experience.

Benefits Administration:

• Support benefits enrollment and changes, respond to employee questions, and coordinate with vendors.
• Ensure a smooth and informative benefits experience for all employees.

Process Building & Optimization:

• Identify and implement improvements to HR workflows, documentation, and systems.
• Help build scalable processes that support a growing organization.

Employee Engagement:

• Assist in planning and executing initiatives that foster a positive, inclusive, and high-performing culture.
• Support employee recognition, surveys, and internal communications.

HR Compliance & Recordkeeping

• Maintain employee records and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws.
• Assist with audits and reporting requirements (e.g., EEO-1, ACA, OSHA logs).

Performance Management Support

• Coordinate performance review cycles and help managers with goal setting and feedback processes.
• Track completion and follow up on performance documentation.

Requirements:

Experience:

• Minimum 4 years in an HR generalist or similar role, preferably in a growing or fast-paced company
• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business, or related field preferred

Skills:

• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Proactive, resourceful, and solutions-driven
• Comfortable with change and ambiguity
• Familiar with HRIS systems and Microsoft Office Suite

Mindset:

• People-first approach
• Ambitious and eager to grow professionally
• Collaborative and team-oriented
• Passionate about building a great place to work

Benefits:

Why Join Wilson Engineers?

• Impactful work – Help shape the employee experience during a pivotal time of growth.
• Career growth – Opportunities to expand your HR skillset and take on new challenges
• Collaboration & stability – Join a supportive team in a long-standing Arizona-based firm.
• Competitive compensation & benefits – We value and invest in our people

The comprehensive benefits plan offered by Wilson Engineers exceeds industry standards and is aimed at meeting each employee's personal and professional expectations. Benefits include personal time off, paid holidays, medical, dental and vision coverage, plus a flexible spending plan and short and long-term disability. Wilson Engineers also helps in securing your financial future by offering 401k plans with employer matching.

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Benefits plan offered to our full-time employees:

• Medical Plan
• Vision Plan
• Dental Plan
• Group Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• Liberty Mutual Insurance
• Personal Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• 401(K) Retirement Plan
• Section 125 Flexible Benefits Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Bonus