Human Resources Generalist

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking qualified professionals to consider for a Human Resources Generalist role supporting our Consumer Products Group - Paper Operations.

This role will be based out of GP's Palatka, FL Pulp and Paper facility with HR responsibilities at the local facility but may also provide human resources generalist support to the greater Consumer Products Operations platform.

The Palatka facility is a high-volume manufacturing operation which uses state of the art technology to produce bath tissues and paper towels widely used in homes and businesses across the country.

The HR Generalist will report to the Sr.

HR Manager / Business Partner at the Palatka facility and will work as a strategic partner with all levels of the organization helping to drive human resource initiatives designed to support continuous improvement of performance at the Palatka facility.

Additionally, this position will partner with HR Manager / Business Partners at other Consumer Product facilities to provide generalist support for HR processes that can be managed across multiple sites and will support HR projects as needed.

This is a great opportunity to engage in multiple areas of human resources, including employee relations, recruiting, compliance, labor relations, compensation, organizational development, and work force strategies.

Our Team

Georgia Pacific's Palatka Mill is located just south of Jacksonville and west of St.

Augustine, FL, the Palatka mill employs about 1000 people has six paper machines as well as several converting lines and produces consumer tissue products such as bath tissue and paper towels sold under the Georgia-Pacific brand names of Angel Soft®, Quilted Northern®, Brawny®, and Sparkle®.

What You Will Do


* Work in close coordination with HR Business Partners (HRBP's) to deliver a range of HR services within manufacturing environment.


* Develop positive employee relations and employee experience, assist HRBP with resolving various employee relations issues in partnership with supervisors and our leveraged capability teams.


* Field employee questions: provide coaching, mentoring, and training to supervision and employees on HR system transactions, pay practices, and administration of employment policies.


* Partner with supervisors to ensure accurate and up to date employee data is reflected in HR systems.


* Serve as a primary contact for leave questions (FMLA, Disability, etc.) and manage return-to-work processes.


* Responsible for internal bid process, random drug testing, personnel file management; record retention and partnering with Site Admins to train supervisors on Kronos and payroll requirements.


* Compile information from multiple sources to understand key performance indicators and maintain HR dashboards; pull reports from HRIS to provide recurring reports and ad hoc requests related to a variety of HR functions.


* Participate in the development of staffing forecast, ...