A Day in the Life of a Senior Human Resources Manager at Precision Construction Services
A senior HR manager's daily activities are "truly never the same day," encompassing the entire employee lifecycle from payroll and onboarding to benefits negotiations and succession planning. The role heavily emphasizes employee relations, focusing on "helping people get along and work to the best of their ability," and developing employee career paths.
Employee Relations, Benefits Management, Recruiting, Succession Planning, Leadership Development
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Stephanie McDonald
Sr. Human Resources Manager
Precision Construction Services
Cal Poly - SLO
Communications
Architecture, Construction & Design
Human Resources (HR)
Honors Student, Greek Life Member, Student Athlete
Video Highlights
1. A day in the life of a senior HR manager is highly varied and unpredictable, touching all aspects of an employee's lifecycle.
2. Regular responsibilities include payroll, recruiting, onboarding, employee benefits, employee relations, benefits negotiations, succession planning, and coaching/development.
3. A significant portion of the role focuses on employee relations, helping employees work effectively, resolve conflicts, and develop their careers within the company.
Transcript
What does a day in the life of a senior human resources manager look like?
A day in the life for a senior HR manager really all revolves around people. If you think of the life cycle of an employee, HR touches all aspects of that. It's truly never the same day, and there's not a lot of predicting what's going to come up.
However, on a regular cadence, we have responsibilities that are pretty typical. This includes payroll, recruiting, onboarding, employee benefits, and employee relations.
We also manage benefits negotiations at the end of the year when we're renewing our company-wide benefits. We do succession planning and coaching and development, which means developing career paths for employees.
A big part of what I do on a day-to-day basis is the employee relations function. I'm helping people get along and work to the best of their ability in their role, and learn how to move up into the next role.