Human Resources Specialist

Delivering mission-critical, electronic solutions that protect lives. Use your creativity and critical thinking to take our products from concept to customer.

At CAES by Honeywell, we engineer solutions for the world’s most critical missions. We serve customers in the defense and aerospace markets.

Seeking a career that offers challenging, diverse projects and opportunities? Looking for a position with a company that offers long-term professional advancement? Searching for a place that values a diverse, team-based environment? One that values YOU. Consider CAES.

The most important thing we build is TRUST

Right here in San Diego, our employees are driven and proud of the world-class products they design and manufacture for the most important needs of our time, specific to the world’s most critical defense missions. As a people focused organization, we empower our employees to drive excellence in all that they do. The CAES HR team is at the heart of this vision as we engage with innovators who design, engineer, manufacture and deliver complex technology solutions from within a sprawling San Diego County location. Continuous improvement is expected and encouraged.

The Human Resources Specialist role is an individual who is adept at knitting together the activities of a busy HR organization. Working in Defense Systems HR is a rewarding experience. Our complex work requires collaboration, teamwork, and collective brainpower focused on mission success.

Across CAES-Defense Systems, you are responsible for:

PROCESS MANAGEMENT

• Execution of transactional core HR processes (e.g. benefit administration transactions, recruitment, transitional return to work, leave administration, etc.)
• Responsible for New Hire Orientation (advance planning/prep; conducting the program; post induction process management)
• Responsible for recruitment activities (requisition report generation; assist with interview scheduling, if needed; point-person for receiving and reviewing pre-employment screening results)
• Completion of documentation for external programs / services (unemployment claims processes; eVerify entry and processing; prescreening process results)
• Maintain and update electronic employee records and databases
• Organize and coordinate employee training programs including managing the California Employee Training Panel rosters.
• Generate reports from existing databases using HRIS, Excel, PowerPoint, and other technology applications
• Focus on better ways of operating through continuous improvement mindset

EVENT MANAGEMENT

• Coordinate and conduct new employee orientation including coordinating speakers, leadership luncheon, onboarding materials preparation and post-induction process management.
• Prepare and process offboarding materials to efficiently conduct exit interviews
• Schedule meetings and interviews as requested (including interview travel)
• Event Planning Champion and Employee Activities Committee Leader (service awards; skip level meetings; annual benefits presentations; All Hands meetings; etc.)
• Coordinate and order HR supplies.

RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

• Answer employee questions, assist in preparation of annual reviews, and all administrative support for department
• Provide support to employee inquiries on HR policies and procedures
• Act as a secondary Subject Matter Expert (SME) on the systems; policies; processes of HR
• Maintain compliance postings for all Defense Systems locations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• HS Diploma or GED and minimum two (2) years’ experience in a HR department
• HR experience must entail broad / general background in the various disciplines traditional to the HR professions (training; employee engagement; pay & benefits; talent acquisition; talent management; HR systems)

PREFERRED:

• Associate's Degree strongly preferred
• Four (4) years’ experience in a HR department
• An ambassador for the company to all levels of employees, with the ability to impart positivity and engagement in the company’s activities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to manage sensitive and confidential situations with tact, professionalism and diplomacy.
• Proficient with, or ability to quickly learn, human resource information system (HRIS) and similar databases
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Proactive problem-solving skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Flexibility and adaptability to your own changing priorities and assignments
• Oracle HCM system knowledge

Salary Range: $20.96 – $33.24 hourly. Applicable pay within the posted range may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, geographical location, job function of the position, education, and experience of the successful candidate.

EMPLOYMENT TRANSPARENCY

BENEFITS

We take care of our people and provide competitive health, wealth and wellbeing benefits – from day one. You’ll also discover learning and development opportunities so you can take your career to the next level – and beyond.

Other benefits include:

• Comprehensive PTO, Paid Holiday and Paid Family Leave Programs.
• Student Loan Repayment Program & Tuition Reimbursement
• 9/80 Alternate Work Week Schedule
• Tailored Management/Leadership Training
• Innovative Medical Programs, Including Family Forming

ABOUT CAES

CAES is the largest provider of analog and radiation hardened technology for the United States aerospace and defense industry. From human spaceflight and space exploration, to missile defense and electronic warfare, to healthcare solutions addressing COVID-19, our talented team develop high performing electronic solutions that work the first time, every time.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

At CAES we welcome differences and celebrate new ideas. We believe the diversity of our people inspires our creativity and drives our innovation. Everyone is welcome here, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability for any part of the employment process, please email CAEScareers@caes.com.