The HR Generalist (HRG) serves as a consultant to management on Human Resource related issues. HRG assesses and anticipates HR-related needs. HRG holds primary responsibility for day to day interactions in designated HR areas while also providing back up support in the remaining areas assigned to the HR department. Communicating needs proactively with our HR department and business management, the HRG seeks to develop integrated solutions. The HRG formulates partnerships across the HR function to deliver value added service to management and employees that reflect the business objectives of the organization. The HRG may include company outreach responsibilities in the areas of employee event planning as well as social awareness activity planning. The HRG maintains an effective level of business literacy including trends, culture, best practices, regulatory changes, new technologies in HR, talent management and employment law.

What you will be doing:

• Assist in developing (and regularly reporting on) metrics in partnership with HR group to identify trends and implement solutions, programs and policies.
• Assist with change management in HR areas where employee engagement and input is desirable for new policies, process improvement, benefits, compensation, and training.
• Resolve moderately complex employee relations issues, with or without assistance.
• Maintain working knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day interaction with employees to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Provides day to day guidance to line management and employees on a broad variety of HR topics (benefits, employment related inquiries, coaching, career development, etc.).
• Works closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, increase productivity and retention.
• Provides HR Policy guidance and interpretation.
• Recommend and implement HR process improvements to improve accuracy, streamline workflow, and reduce waste.
• Provide input on business unit restructures, workforce planning, succession planning.
• Identify training needs for business units and individual coaching needs.
• Participate in administration, evaluation and monitoring of success of training programs. Follow-up to ensure training objectives are met.
• Organize and manage business and employee events as assigned.
• Participate in and/or oversee wellness committee and wellness activities.
• Periodic travel to our VA office for office hours and social events.

What you need:

• Minimum of 3-5 years of moderately complex employee relation issues.
• Working knowledge of multiple human resource disciplines including benefits, compensation, employee relations, diversity, AAP, performance management, employment laws.
• General HRIS knowledge – Paylocity experience is a plus
• Workforce/succession planning and compensation is a plus
• Relevant industry experience a plus.
• HR certification a plus.

Location: Annapolis Junction, MD. In-office 3 days per week with an option of 2 days remote.

**COVID-19 Vaccination: Praxis does not have a vaccination mandate applicable to all employees. To protect the health and safety of its employees and to comply with customer requirements, however, Praxis may require employees in certain positions to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccination requirements will depend on the status of the federal contractor mandate and customer site requirements.**

Who are we?
Praxis Engineering* was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Annapolis Junction MD - with growing offices in Chantilly VA and Aberdeen MD.

Praxis Engineering is a consulting, product, and solutions firm dedicated to the practical application of software and system engineering technologies to solve complex problems.

With over 350 employees supporting more than 50 contracts, Praxis brings together world class engineers with proven engineering best practices, domain expertise, commercial technologies and proven agile management approaches to create high value solutions aimed at helping our customers meet their most critical business and mission objectives.

• Praxis Engineering is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics IT.

Why Praxis?
We are focused on continual learning and evolution. We don’t do things because “that’s the way we’ve always done things”; we listen to our employees and adapt to the changing marketplace. We look at the big picture and encourage our engineers to get training and certifications in emerging technologies that will help shape our customer’s mission. We've been profitable year after year. We're always on the lookout for great engineers to join the team and we recognize that our employees are the heart and soul of what we do. We focus on recruiting talented people, treating them right, and then allowing them to do what they do best. No red tape. No micromanagement. Smart people want to work with smart people, and we love people who are passionate about what they do, and finding ways to do it better.

And then there is the...

Benefits

• Attractive total compensation package to include competitive salary and medical benefits with an option for FREE employee HSA medical plan!
• Office perks such as free soft drinks and snacks (both healthy and not-so-healthy)
• Praxis swag (annual gift certificate to purchase top brand Praxis apparel)
• Comprehensive health insurance plans to include FREE Employee HSA Medical plan.
• Parental leave
• 401k contribution/match: combination of profit share/contribution (3.5%) and employer match (up to 4.5%) for a total of 8%.
• Annual bonus plan
• Four weeks Paid Time Off (to start!) + 10 holidays + comp time eligibility. Additional 1 week added on 5 year anniversary (5 weeks of PTO altogether) and 10 year anniversary (6 weeks of PTO altogether)
• Training is a priority! Take advantage of our endless in-house training opportunities - or seek out vendor offered (paid) training opportunities like conferences, certification courses and seminars.
  • Conferences (recently attended by Praxis employees): AWS Summit, IoT World, Black Hat and DefCon.
  • Training & Certifications: Splunk, AWS, Big Data/Cloudera, VMWare, Scrum Master...the list of certifications goes on and on!
  • Praxis University: Cyber Research, Data Analytics, IoT, AWS and RedHat course offerings and hands-on training.
• We truly believe the right work-life balance can exist, and it's here at Praxis. Our work is extremely important, but your job is just a part of who you are. When you enjoy your life outside of our walls, you're at your best the next time you walk through our doors. We do all we can to assure that happens every day.

Praxis Engineering provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, or any other protected class.