Aston Carter is hiring: Human Resources Generalist in Lorton

Bilingual Human Resources Generalist | Onsite in Lorton, VA | Pay: 90k – 110k/yr | 12-month contract-to-hire

Job Description
The Human Resources Generalist will lead both administrative and strategic responsibilities to enhance staffing, onboarding, development, compensation, and benefits. This role aims to improve employee experience and departmental efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Leverage knowledge of new procedures and policies to improve employee experience and HR efficiency.
• Enhance new hire pre-boarding, onboarding, and benefits orientation/enrollment processes.
• Direct the annual open enrollment process and collaborate with brokers to select benefit offerings.
• Manage payroll processing including updates to employee files, bonus/incentive pay, vacation/sick pay, expense reimbursements, and benefits changes.
• Oversee employment files and perform data entry to ensure accurate HR systems.
• Ensure compliance with local and national regulations and update policies as necessary.
• Support leaders and employees in managing employee relations opportunities, issues, or concerns.
• Coordinate various office events such as holiday parties, volunteering outings, and new hire lunches.

Essential Skills

• 3-5 years of HR experience, most recently as a generalist.
• Experience in the construction or related industry.
• HR certification required.
• Fluency in English and Spanish.
• High school diploma.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Ability to train current HR generalists.
• Experience with Arcoro software or similar.
• Comfortable with a 'mom and pop' mentality and adaptable to a rapidly growing environment.

Work Environment
The role requires being in-office every day. The work environment is dynamic and rapidly expanding, with a 'mom and pop' culture. The HR Generalist will be responsible for onboarding, employee relations, benefits, and general HR duties, while also helping to get other HR team members up to speed.

Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $90,000.00 - $110,000.00/yr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Lorton, VA.

Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Oct 17, 2025.

About Aston Carter
Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies.

Aston Carter is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.