The HR Generalist provides dedicated local support to people leaders, helping them manage their teams effectively while serving as a role model for the Valmet Leadership Principles. This position plays a key role in promoting consistency, fairness, and compliance across all HR practices. In addition to supporting and executing a wide range of global and local HR processes and initiatives, ensuring alignment with company standards, and contributing to exceptional employee experience.
In this role, the HR Generalist manages essential employee lifecycle activities, including preparing employment contracts, overseeing onboard and job changes, administering leaves of absence, drafting warnings, and preparing termination letters. The position ensures that each step of the employee lifecycle is completed accurately, efficiently, and in accordance with internal policies and legal requirements. Will support local workshops and required to travel 15-25%.
This position is located at our North America headquarters in Norcross, GA with work scheduling around a hybrid 3 days in office routine.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate holds a bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field, or possesses equivalent work experience. The role requires at least five years of experience in an HR generalist capacity, preferably within a manufacturing or industrial environment, along with hands-on experience supporting employee relations, HR processes, and full lifecycle administration. Success in this position requires the ability to collaborate with leaders and employees across multiple functions, supported by effective communication, problem‑solving, and organizational skills. Familiarity with union or works council environments is considered an advantage. A solid understanding of employment laws and compliance requirements is essential, as is a high level of attention to detail, integrity, and a strong commitment to confidentiality.
This role requires effective communication skills, sound judgment, and the ability to build trusted partnerships across the organization. As part of the People Operations team, the HR Generalist contributes to ongoing improvement efforts and actively supports global and regional HR initiatives that enhance leadership capability, employee engagement, and operational excellence.
We Offer
We offer a challenging and rewarding work environment that values innovation and supports development‑minded professionals who thrive in a fast‑paced, dynamic setting. Our total compensation and benefits package is highly competitive and includes strong retirement offerings.
When Everything Works Together
Valmet is where talented individuals from diverse backgrounds come together. With 19,000 professionals worldwide, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation, and services for the pulp, paper, and energy industries, and we support an even broader range of process industries with our automation and flow control solutions. Our commitment to moving our customers’ performance forward requires creativity, innovation, service expertise, and strong teamwork. Join us at www.valmet.com/careersna
Equal Opportunity Employer
Valmet is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against employees or applicants based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, or sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or any other non‑merit‑based factors.
Valmet is a global technology leader serving process industries. We work together with our customers throughout the entire lifecycle, delivering cutting-edge technologies and services as well as mission-critical automation and flow control solutions. Backed by more than 225 years of industrial experience and a global team of over 19,000 professionals close to customers, we are uniquely positioned to transform industries toward a regenerative tomorrow.
In 2024, Valmet’s net sales totaled approximately EUR 5.4 billion. Our head office is in Espoo, Finland, and we have experts in approximately 40 countries around the world. Valmet’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.
Valmet has two focused segments: Biomaterial Solutions and Services and Process Performance Solutions. Valmet’s operating model consists of five business areas: Automation Solutions; Flow Control; Pulp, Energy and Circularity; Packaging and Paper; and Tissue. The business areas are supported by a separate Latin America unit and a China Chair. The Global Supply unit supports cost-competitiveness by optimizing and leveraging Valmet’s global scale in procurement and production.
