Laborup

HR Generalist

Laborup  •  90k - 120k/yr  •  Tennessee (Onsite)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

We're hiring an HR Generalist for our advanced manufacturing company.

We produce precision components with specialty materials for the aerospace and defense industries, a dynamic market where demand keeps climbing and the work has to be right the first time. The company is in a period of rapid growth: new employees across the plant, new equipment, and new customers. We need an HR professional who can help the organization keep up.

This is a true generalist seat. You'll run day-to-day HR across the company – onboarding, benefits administration, employee relations, compliance, HRIS records, and performance review support — and provide structural support for recruiting as we staff our manufacturing and floor technician teams. The role splits time between the office and the production floor, working with everyone from entry-level technicians to executives.

Why Join Us

  • Total compensation: $90K–$120K across base, annual bonus, and stock grants.
  • Benefits that count: 90% company-paid medical, 6% 401(k) match, four weeks PTO.
  • Work with the best: this is a professional culture and modern facility you can be proud of

Compensation

  • Total compensation: $90,000–$120,000 with bonus and stock included
  • Base salary: $65,000–$80,000
  • Annual bonus: 25% of base salary
  • Annual stock grants: 25% of base salary, granted each of your first 4 years

Additional Benefits

  • 90% company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums
  • 6% dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match
  • 4 weeks of PTO

Responsibilities

  • Employee relations: Serve as first point of contact for questions and concerns.
  • Onboarding: Run orientation and complete new-hire employment documentation.
  • Benefits administration: Handle enrollments, changes, employee questions, and vendor coordination.
  • Open enrollment: Coordinate annual open enrollment and employee communications.
  • HRIS maintenance: Keep employee records and HRIS data accurate and audit-ready.
  • Compliance: Administer HR processes under federal, state, and local employment law.
  • Audits & reporting: Support audits, workforce reporting, and record retention requirements.
  • Recruiting support: Coordinate postings, interviews, and candidate communication for hiring managers.
  • Performance reviews: Track review cycles and support training and development programs.
  • Policy administration: Maintain the employee handbook and communicate policy updates.

Requirements

Qualifications

Required

  • 5+ years of generalist HR experience
  • HR experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment
  • Working knowledge of federal and state employment law
  • Hands-on experience maintaining an HRIS system
  • Experience coordinating recruiting and interview logistics
  • Experience supporting employee benefits administration
  • Comfortable working with floor technicians through executives

Preferred

  • Bachelor's degree in HR, business, or related field
  • Experience recruiting manufacturing or skilled-trades roles
  • Payroll and benefits system administration experience
  • Experience supporting engagement and recognition programs
  • Aerospace, defense, or advanced manufacturing background
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
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About Laborup

Laborup is the #1 AI powered talent platform for America’s industrial workforce. We use AI to create jobs, not take them away. We help HR and plant leaders hire and keep the skilled workers who keep plants running: machinists, welders, maintenance techs, operators, industrial electricians, and engineers. USA Today called us the “LinkedIn for blue collar workers,” and Forbes profiled our work in “How AI Is Solving America’s 1 Trillion Dollar Manufacturing Labor Crisis.”

Today we work with manufacturers from 50 person shops to large public companies with tens of thousands of employees, and the story is the same everywhere. It is hard to find talent, hard to keep good people, and staffing costs keep rising. In a market where filling critical industrial roles can take months and turnover is constant, Laborup helps teams move qualified workers from first contact to on site interview in days instead of weeks and keep them on the floor longer.

Most of the workers our customers need are not on LinkedIn or the usual job boards. Laborup uses AI to find this hidden workforce, call and text them, screen and qualify them, build real profiles, and match them directly to the plants and roles where they can succeed. For workers, that means real, permanent roles at serious manufacturers, not one off gigs. For companies, it is durable infrastructure for hiring and retention at scale in a labor market that will stay tight for years.

We work across nuclear, defense, and advanced manufacturing, as well as sectors like aerospace, automotive, and food production. Teams that use Laborup hire 5 to 10 times faster, see around 3 times better retention, and cut cost per hire by up to 50 to 70 percent. That turns into fewer empty shifts, fewer missed orders, more stable teams, and more capacity without more headache.

We are building the modern talent system for America’s industrial base with a simple long term goal: put a billion industrial workers to work in good jobs that matter.

Industry
Retail & Ecommerce
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Knoxville
Year Founded
Unknown
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