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Pero Family Farms Company

HR Compliance Coordinator

Pero Family Farms Company, Delray Beach, Florida, United States, 33483

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Overview Title:

HR Compliance Coordinator

Reports to:

Executive of Food Safety & Compliance

Location:

Delray Beach, FL

Type:

Full-Time | Onsite | Non-Exempt

COMPANY SUMMARY

Pero Family Farms is a market share leader with over a century of dedication, commitment, and integrity. Operating since 1908, Pero is the farm trusted by retailers and consumers alike. We are a fully integrated farming operation, with departments that specialize in organic farming, logistics, global supply chain management, national sales operations, food processing operations, and strategic marketing functions. Our operation includes over 35,000 acres spanning across the East Coast of the United States from Florida to New York, with distribution and production facilities in several different states. We pride ourselves in maintaining a strong family heritage and tradition that has been dedicated to quality, innovation, and excellent customer service that has been feeding America’s families for over a century. Our family’s passion for farming remains unwavering, with a vision to continue the tradition for many generations to come, whilst maintaining the reverence and trust it has established with the American consumer. As we expand our offering to include an assortment of organic vegetable options; we have become one of the largest organic vegetable growers in the country and we are looking to grow our workforce family. Join us in continuing and strengthening our position as a market share leader dedicated and trusted by retailers and consumers alike.

JOB SUMMARY

The Duties of the HR Compliance Coordinator include, but are not limited to, facilitating compliance of the I-9 process, procedures, and documentation. Following up with new hires, verification, and expiration dates is mandated. This role is instrumental in working alongside our frontline production employees. Our ideal candidate is someone who has a desire to learn and become a trusted partner to both our production employees and the HR team. The HR Compliance Coordinator ensures that all human resource policies, procedures, and practices align with federal, state, and local employment laws, as well as industry-specific regulations. This role works closely with HR, Safety, and Operations, to maintain compliance with labor laws, food industry workforce standards and company policies while supporting audits, documentation, and training initiatives.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Coordinate logistics of hiring days, recruitment compliance, onboarding, and offboarding processes

Assist the VP of Human Resources and managers with the hiring process, including submitting I-9 documents

Process I-9 employment verification by gathering the necessary documentation, inputting identification information into the E-Verify system, and troubleshooting errors or inconsistencies to ensure timely compliance with I-9 regulations

Validate new hire identification by assuring the provided forms are authentic, active, and compliant with I-9 regulations to confirm eligibility for employment

Set up and maintain employee files, I-9 verification and maintain human resource information system records to assist with external audits

Monitor Employee compliance by tracking document expiration dates, processing notification letters to employees approaching expiration, taking appropriate action when employment eligibility issues arise, and informing managers to ensure employment eligibility

Support HR investigations into employee complaints, policy violations, or compliance issues

Track Employment Authorization cards to check their expiration date and process new cards accordingly by updating excel file

Coordinate with hiring managers and supervisors for employee authorization once cleared from E-verify

Work alongside of Payroll Clerk to make corrections in Data Track daily for locations needing support

Enter Direct Deposits, W-4’s, Terminations amongst other transactions in the HRIS system

Process Crew Leader payroll weekly for multiple states

Maintain PTO database for days and hours owed for companies in HRIS system

Print badges as needed for plant locations

Provide general administrative support including but not limited to maintaining employee databases, filing, scheduling, reporting, and coordinating functions of the human resource department

Coordinate compliance-related training for managers and employees, including harassment prevention, workplace safety, and food facility security

Serve as the liaison to the Chief Human Resources Officer, the VP of HR and the payroll department

Monitor and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws (EEO, FMLA, ADA, FLSA, OSHA, etc.).

Prepare and maintain required compliance documentation for internal and external audits (USDA, FDA, and OSHA).

Stay current on legislation affecting the food industry workforce, including wage and hour laws, safety regulations, and food plan security requirements.

Assist in creating HR metrics and evaluation reports

All other related job responsibilities as directed by the Executive Director of Food Safety and Compliance

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS

2+ years of HR experience, preferably working with food manufacturing or food service industry

Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required

Bilingual required (Spanish and/or Creole)

Strong attention to detail, organization, and documentation skills

Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment

Facilitation and creation of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, charts, graphs for reporting purposes

Ability to exercise good judgement and ethical standards in a variety of situations.

COMPANY BENEFITS/PERKS

401(k)

Health, Dental, Vision Insurance and more

Paid Time Off (PTO)

The company (Pero) reserves the right to alter, amend, expand or contract these duties and responsibilities as the companies needs evolve.

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