HR Director

Description:

Job Description

Title: Director of Human Resources and Payroll

Reports to: VP of Finance

Work Location: Santa Ana, California Corporate Office

Company Overview:

Ben’s Asphalt, LLC is a well-established construction firm specializing in commercial and residential asphalt, concrete, striping, and sealing services. The company currently employs approximately 300 individuals, with plans to grow to over 500 employees within the next 3–4 years. The workforce includes both union and non-union personnel, as well as prevailing wage positions. This period of expansion requires experienced and proactive HR leadership to ensure systems, processes, and people strategies support long-term success.

Job Summary:

The Director, Human Resources will lead and direct the routine functions of the Human Resources and Safety (HR/Safety) Department. The positioned is accountable to hire, develop, interview and retain staff, administer pay, benefits, and leave, oversee the safety and risk management functions of the organization, and develop and enforce company policies, procedures, and practices. The Director will oversee the three person HR/payroll team in the Santa Ana location, as well as HR/payroll team members in other divisions of the company in California and other states

Essential Duties & Responsibilities (included but are not limited to):

HR Strategy and Leadership

• Partner with the Executive Management team to understand and execute the organization’s human resource and talent strategy particularly as it relates to current and future talent needs, recruiting, retention, and succession planning.
• Design and implement a comprehensive human resources strategy that supports organizational objectives, workforce scalability, and cultural alignment.
• Ensure that the basic responsibilities of the HR department are implemented by the team in an efficient manner, including staffing, payroll, compliance, and safety.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on human capital issues, offering consultation to leadership on employee relations, legal exposure, and compliance risk.
• Ensure the planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee work results by training managers to coach and discipline employees; schedule management conferences with employees; listen to and resolve employee grievances; and counsel employees and supervisors.

Payroll, Benefit and HRIS Administration

• Direct all payroll operations using Paylocity, ensuring accurate processing of wages, tax filings, and year-end reporting.
• Collaborate with Accounting to reconcile payroll data and ensure consistency with general ledger accounts.
• Ensure system functionality, integrations, and updates are optimized for payroll accuracy and regulatory reporting.
• Overhaul employee onboarding process by building out the capabilities of the Paylocity HRIS tool
• Administer benefits programs such as medical, vision, and dental insurance, vacation, sick leave, leave of absence, and employee assistance.
• Oversee the Company’s 401kplan
• Manage payroll audits, garnishments, prevailing wage obligations, and wage & hour compliance across multiple jurisdictions.

Human Resources Compliance and Policy

• Handle discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.
• Maintain full compliance with federal, state (with an emphasis on California law), and local employment regulations, including wage and hour laws, leaves of absence, I-9/E-Verify, and mandated notices.
• Oversee the development and enforcement of company-wide HR policies, procedures, and employee handbook updates.
• Monitor and implement compliance procedures related to OSHA, FMLA, ADA, ACA, and other applicable statutes.
• Oversee the Safety program for the organization. Administer and execute appropriate disciplinary notices and retrain for non-compliance.
• Manage the compliance and recognition program for the safety function.
• represent the organization at personnel-related hearings and investigations to include rendering oversight for all OSHA-related activities and hearings.

Team Development and Infrastructure Building

• Assess current HR and payroll staffing structure and lead efforts to expand and develop a high-performing team.
• Recruit, onboard, and manage additional HR personnel, as needed
• Develop training programs and onboarding processes that support consistent, compliant, and effective integration of new hires.
• Build and maintain digital, scalable systems for HR records, performance reviews, job descriptions, and compensation structures.
• Retain historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system and keeping past and current records.

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