About The Company

Over the past six decades, we’ve built the Kiely Family of Companies to focus on customer success and design-build capabilities. We rely on a culture of teamwork, technological innovation and high ethical standards to deliver successful solutions to our customers.

The Kiely Family of Companies, established in 1952 by John F. Kiely Sr., contributes to something far greater than itself, as each company’s unique capabilities enhance the others, making us greater than the sum of our parts.

ENR 500 and 600 ranked for engineering and construction, KIELY serves the needs of our customers, offering a diversified list of services, such as full-service engineering, utility construction, heavy highway, hot mix asphalt production, equipment sales and leasing, recycling services, and residential and commercial building, leasing and maintenance.

Kiely serves a purpose much larger than any individual, project, or entity. We refer to our employees as team members because together we empower, partner, and advance. Our team members are an elite group of behind-the-scenes professionals who embody Kiely’s core values.

The Kiely Family of Companies is a growing and dynamic company actively seeking applications and resumes from exceptional candidates. Whether you come equipped with years of experience in the underground utility field—or you’re ready to work hard and get there—we want to hear from you.

Position Summary

KIELY is seeking a HR Generalist to join our Human Resources team in our Career Center in Tinton Falls, NJ!

This position is responsible for working with our leaders and managers to develop and assist our team members throughout the company.  Areas of focus may include talent management, recruitment, employee relations, performance management, leave management, benefits and compliance with applicable employment laws as needed.  A strong and proven background in being an ‘HR administrative expert’ is also a plus.

Essential Job Duties:

• Partner with business leaders and managers to ensure organizational needs are met.
• Handle administrative tasks for onboarding and offboarding, which includes data entry into our HRIS system.
• Manage and assist with the talent acquisition process, which may include recruitment, career fairs, interviewing, and hiring of qualified job applicants, and collaborating with managers to understand skills and competencies required for vacancies, to attract and retain great talent.
• Assist in administering benefits, compensation, and employee performance programs.
• Provide HR advisory service to team members that cover leave of absences, accommodation requests, and administrative paperwork processing of leave requests.
• Assist with employment-related inquiries from applicants, employees, and supervisors, referring complex and/or sensitive matters to the appropriate staff.
• Manage Workers Compensation Claim reporting, employee status, and return to work. Act as a liaison with WC Carrier.
• Maintains human resource information system records and compiles reports from the database.
• Assist with execution and delivery of employee engagement events.
• Prepare, maintain, and disseminate reports related to HR processes and compliance tracking.
• Maintains compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommends best practices; reviews policies and practices to maintain compliance.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by management.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field or 3-5 years of progressive Human Resources experience required.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ethics, and cultural awareness.
• Proficiency with MS Office, strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills, ability to manage priorities and workflow.
• Ability to exercise effective judgement, sensitivity, and creativity to changing needs and situations.
• Strong internal and external customer focus.
• Ability to self-direct and prioritize projects to ensure timely completion with attention to detail.

Position offers competitive pay, benefits, paid vacation, and health/dental insurance.

Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V

The Kiely Family of Companies is a growing and dynamic company actively seeking applications and resumes from exceptional candidates. Whether you come equipped with years of experience in the underground utility field—or you’re ready to work hard and get there—we want to hear from you.