Bilingual Human Resources Specialist (Manufacturing)

Location: Yankton, South Dakota, United States; full-time onsite at the company office or worksite

Salary: $47,040–$70,560 annually

Company

Day & Zimmermann operates a fast-paced manufacturing environment where this role supports employees, managers, and local HR operations.

What you will do

• Maintain employee and organizational data in HRIS systems and prepare routine and ad hoc reports.
• Respond to employee and manager inquiries in English and Spanish.
• Support hiring, new hire orientation, compensation changes, benefits enrollment, leaves, transfers, promotions, and terminations.
• Assist with low-risk employee relations issues, preliminary investigations, confidentiality, and escalation.
• Provide training and technical support on HR processes, systems, and compliance topics.
• Improve onboarding and offboarding processes and create HR SOPs, workflows, and job aids.

Requirements

• Fluent spoken and written English and Spanish required.
• At least 2 years of relevant HR experience required; 4 or more years preferred.
• Experience with onboarding, offboarding, HR compliance, employment laws, leave administration, and benefits fundamentals.
• Experience in a manufacturing or plant environment.
• Associate degree or equivalent experience required; a bachelor's degree in business administration or human resources is preferred.
• Proficiency with HRIS systems, Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and data management; successful background screening required.

Culture & Benefits

• People-first, collaborative workplace with support for employees and managers.
• Medical/Rx, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life, AD&D, disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
• Paid maternity leave for up to 12 weeks, parental leave, family leave, and other paid time off.
• Voluntary benefits and discount programs, including pet insurance.
• Physical ability to perform regular onsite work and job-related tasks in changing environmental conditions is required, with reasonable accommodation where applicable.