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Human Resources Generalist I

BorgWarner Inc
  • Livonia, MI
  • $70,400–$96,800 Per Year
3 days ago

Job Description

The Human Resources Generalist is a trusted partner to employees and leaders, delivering responsive HR support that strengthens the employee experience and advances business priorities. The role supports employee relations, talent acquisition, onboarding, performance and development, HR systems, compliance, workforce insights, and engagement. The successful candidate combines sound judgment, data awareness, confidentiality, and a continuous-improvement mindset in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Employee Relations and Leader Support

  • Provide timely, consistent guidance on HR policies, programs, workplace expectations, and employee concerns.
  • Coach supervisors and employees on effective communication, conflict resolution, performance expectations, and appropriate issue escalation.
  • Support objective workplace reviews by gathering information, maintaining clear documentation, and partnering with HR leadership on follow-up actions.
  • Promote a respectful, inclusive, safe, and accountable workplace culture while maintaining appropriate confidentiality.

Talent Acquisition, Onboarding and Workforce Support

  • Coordinate recruiting activities, including job postings, candidate scheduling, interview support, pre-employment steps, and hiring documentation.
  • Deliver a consistent onboarding experience for regular and temporary employees, including orientation, required documentation, system access coordination, and early check-ins.
  • Partner with leaders on staffing needs, workforce planning, retention risks, and employee transitions.
  • Maintain accurate job, employee, and organizational information within approved HR systems and records.

Performance, Learning and Development

  • Support goal setting, performance feedback, development planning, and performance improvement processes.
  • Identify learning needs and coordinate training that supports compliance, leadership capability, change readiness, and employee development.
  • Maintain training documentation and completion records required by company systems and management standards.
  • Encourage career development through learning resources, coaching, and internal opportunity awareness.

HR Operations, Analytics and Compliance

  • Process employee data changes accurately and on time in the Human Resources Information System and time and attendance systems.
  • Maintain complete, secure, and audit-ready personnel records in accordance with company requirements and applicable law.
  • Prepare and interpret recurring workforce information, such as staffing, turnover, absenteeism, overtime, training completion, and engagement trends, to help leaders identify priorities.
  • Support consistent HR processes, internal reviews, policy updates, communications, and continuous-improvement initiatives.

Employee Experience and Site Programs

  • Assist employees with benefits, leave, pay, policy, safety, and development questions by providing information or connecting them with the appropriate resource.
  • Coordinate employee communications, recognition, engagement activities, and site events that support connection and morale.
  • Build trusted working relationships across all levels of the organization and complete other related HR responsibilities as business needs evolve.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, Organizational Development, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant education and experience may be considered.
  • Three to five years of progressive HR coordinator or generalist experience; manufacturing or automotive experience preferred.
  • Working knowledge of employee relations, recruitment, onboarding, performance management, training coordination, HR records, and employment practices.
  • Experience using HRIS and time and attendance applications, with strong proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities with accuracy, urgency, discretion, and sound judgment.
  • Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
  • Salary Range:

$70,400 - $96,800

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Numbers & Facts

LocationLivonia, MI
IndustryAutomotive Sales and Repair Services
Salary$70,400–$96,800 Per Year
Company Size10,000 employees or more
Year Founded1928
Websitehttps://www.borgwarner.com/en/home

About Company

BorgWarner is a global technology leader in powertrain solutions. We focus on developing leading powertrain technologies that improve fuel economy, emissions and performance. Our facilities are located across the globe to provide local support for our diverse customer base.

We operate in two groups: The Engine Group develops air management strategies and products to optimize engines for fuel efficiency, reduced emissions and enhanced performance. BorgWarner’s expertise includes engine timing systems, boosting systems, ignition systems, air and noise management, cooling and controls. The Drivetrain Group harnesses a legacy of more than 100 years as an industry innovator in transmission and all-wheel drive technology. The group leverages this understanding of powertrain clutching technology to develop interactive control systems and strategies for all types of torque management.

Deciding where to work is a big decision. At BorgWarner, we manage talent as seriously as we manage our businesses. We encourage you to learn about our company’s proud history, strong culture, technology leadership and future vision. If you find that you share the BorgWarner Beliefs and thrive on job challenge, we invite you to explore the job opportunities available. That is the first step toward experiencing pride, passion, performance and potential with a career at BorgWarner.

Skills

  • Automotive Manufacturingunmatched
  • Career Counselingunmatched
  • Coachingunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Conflict Resolutionunmatched
  • Credit Cardsunmatched
  • Data Collectionunmatched
  • Data Processingunmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • Employee Relationsunmatched
  • Employee Retentionunmatched
  • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
  • HRIS/HRMSunmatched
  • Human Resourcesunmatched
  • Human Resources Analyticsunmatched
  • Human Resources Processesunmatched
  • Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Legalunmatched
  • Manufacturingunmatched
  • Microsoft Excelunmatched
  • Microsoft Outlookunmatched
  • Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
  • Microsoft Wordunmatched
  • Multitaskingunmatched
  • Needs Assessmentunmatched
  • Onboardingunmatched
  • Operational Auditunmatched
  • Organizational Development/Managementunmatched
  • Organizational Psychologyunmatched
  • Organizational Skillsunmatched
  • Performance Goal Settingunmatched
  • Performance Managementunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
  • Staff Developmentunmatched
  • Staff Requirementsunmatched
  • Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
  • Time Managementunmatched
  • Training/Teachingunmatched
  • Workforce Planningunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched

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