HR Generalist Employee Relations Specialist

You have been in the room. You have handled the case. Now bring that experience to Toyo Tires.

Toyo Tires is seeking a hands-on HR Generalist Employee Relations Specialists

We're looking for an HR professional who has personally handled employee concerns, conducted workplace investigations, interviewed employees and witnesses, gathered and evaluated facts, coached supervisors, documented findings, participated in corrective-action decisions, and helped bring difficult workplace matters to resolution.

This is not a role for someone whose Employee Relations experience has primarily consisted of administrative support, observing investigations, or routing issues to another HR professional. You will be expected to own day-to-day Employee Relations matters and know when a case requires escalation.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will:

• Personally manage Employee Relations cases from initial intake through appropriate resolution
• Conduct workplace investigations, including interviewing employees and witnesses, reviewing documentation, gathering facts, and documenting findings
• Address employee complaints involving workplace conduct, attendance, performance, policy concerns, conflicts, and other workplace matters
• Coach frontline supervisors through difficult employee situations
• Guide managers through performance management, corrective action, documentation, attendance, and progressive-discipline processes
• Interpret and apply company policies consistently to real workplace situations
• Facilitate difficult conversations with employees and leaders
• Prepare thorough, objective, and defensible Employee Relations documentation in an HR Acuity platform.
• Recognize potential legal, safety, compliance, retaliation, harassment, discrimination, or other elevated employment risks and escalate appropriately
• Identify recurring ER, attendance, retention, and workforce trends
• Contribute to initiatives designed to strengthen workforce stability, employee retention, engagement, and supervisor effectiveness
• Partner across HR, Operations, Safety, Benefits, Payroll, and Talent Acquisition

We're Looking for Hands-On Experience

When we say Employee Relations experience, we mean direct ownership.

You have:

• Received employee complaints directly
• Asked the difficult questions
• Conducted employee and witness interviews
• Gathered and evaluated facts
• Reviewed relevant policies and documentation
• Documented investigations and ER matters
• Coached supervisors on appropriate next steps
• Participated directly in corrective-action and performance-management processes
• Managed sensitive employee conversations
• Followed cases through resolution

Work Hour Requirements

This position supports a 24-hour, multi-shift manufacturing operation. While the role maintains a primary work schedule, flexibility is required to support employee relations matters, investigations, operational needs, leadership meetings, and employee outreach across all shifts. The successful candidate must be willing to adjust work hours periodically to support business needs, including occasional early mornings, evenings, weekends, or holidays as required.

Education & Experience

We recognize that strong HR professionals can build their careers through different paths.

Path 1: Education + Progressive Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Leadership, or a related field preferred
• Approximately 3-5 years of progressive HR experience
• Meaningful direct, hands-on responsibility for Employee Relations cases is required

Path 2: Seasoned HR Professional

Candidates with a minimum of 8 years of progressive Human Resources experience are encouraged to apply when that career demonstrates increasing levels of responsibility and significant hands-on involvement in areas such as:

• Employee Relations
• Workplace investigations
• Performance management
• Corrective action
• Supervisor coaching
• Conflict resolution
• Employee retention
• Engagement
• Attendance management
• Workforce stability