Elisa Garcia
Human Resources
Weatherford,TX
Summary
Conscientious and compassionate human resources professional with drive for helping employers recruit, develop and retain qualified candidates. Skilled at partnering with management teams to build employee-centric cultures promoting positive morale and optimizing productivity. Motivating and positive with excellent interpersonal, coaching and communication skills.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
1
1
Language
Work History
Human Resources / Manager
Pilot Thomas Logistics
05.2024 - Current
- Manage key HR processes such as employee relations and employee engagement; initiate and lead innovative HR programs and practices to drive employee satisfaction and retention
- Identify and address human resources issues significant to the achievement of business goals and objectives
- Partner with management in managing the business and integrating the human resource function with business activities to provide value added business support
- Counsel managers consistent with company policies/practices, legal considerations, and company priorities—advocating both company and employee concerns
- Collaborates with legal counsel and departments in the preparation for and participation in negotiation with employee and labor groups
- Lead the development and execution of employee engagement programs and foster the company’s culture ensuring all initiatives/activities are promoted and delivered
- Organize employee special events, including but not limited to team building, holiday events, and company
Human Resources / HR Business Partner
Pilot Thomas Logistics
02.2023 - 04.2024
- Provide consistent virtual and in-person Human Resources support to team members in the areas of staffing, training/development, employee relations, communications, compliance, compensation, and benefits within designated business unit
- Lead workforce engagement programs throughout the organization including exit interviews, employee engagement and new hire orientation
- Support the recruitment process, discuss staffing needs with management and lead the recruitment and hiring process
- Counsels with management teams on handling personal team member problems and investigate and/or resolve employee relations issues, either directly or through advice to management
- Design and implement cost effective human resources management procedures, workflows, report and work requirements to ensure cooperation and uniformity
Human Resources / Regional Recruiter
Pilot Thomas Logistics
09.2021 - 03.2023
- Committed Regional HR Recruiter responsible for leading Full Cycle recruitment across multiple locations within designated region
- Ensuring to source, attract, hire, and retain top talent to support the corporation’s growth objectives
- Identifying the need for recruitment within the organization due to company growth, employee turnover, or restructuring
- Collaborate with hiring managers to define the responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements for the open position
- Develop detailed job description and identify the key skills needed for success in the role
- Candidate sourcing and prescreening involving posting job advertisements on job boards, networking, utilizing social media, and actively searching for passive candidates
- Employee onboarding that involves completing necessary paperwork, conducting orientation sessions, and integrating the new employee into the organization's culture and workflows
Safety Tech / Human Resources
Brakebush Irving, Inc.
02.2021 - 09.2021
- Responsible for bilingual safety training classes for the organization, such as new hire orientations and safety-related team member certifications
- Handle and manage work-related Injury/Illness Reporting along with securely submitting workman's compensation claims on a timely basis
- Orientation classes focused on Workplace Safety Practices, Bloodborne Pathogen training, Lockout/Tagout, Workplace Safety, and Injury / Illness work-related reporting and prevention
- Prepare, maintain and document workplace safety training material
- Actively supported and cross trained with Human Resources office personnel with employee relations, development and bilingual translation
Project Manager
Pilot Thomas Logistics
03.2018 - 04.2020
- Responsible for identifying job site resource requirements through efficient work schedules to ensure completion of project budgets
- Detailed assignments include corporate travel, staff scheduling, safety metrics, financial analysis, and total service revenue for the active frac job(s)
- Developed a comprehensive project planner to track the progress of frac jobs, total service revenue for weekly job counts, and follow the progress of financial profit and loss data analysis
- Lead payroll process for Frac Operations, including but not limited to daily hours, resolving overage of hours submitted, and submitting approval of Payroll
- Worked side by side with the Frac Operations Management teams throughout Texas and the US
Manager of Construction Operations
Railroad Controls
02.2011 - 03.2018
- Provided administrative field operations support in scheduling hotel and air travel, site job assignments, training and logistics planning
- Worked with Senior Management in assigning job site duties for the day-to-day field operations as needed for railroad equipment installation
- Field operations project management responsible for scheduling job assignments and logistics planning
- Provide administrative support in the coordination and booking of travel for construction teams, managing travel expense reports and follow and adhere to corporate travel requirements
- Developed and maintained construction field organizational chart, distributed Senior Management, Human Resources Dept., and field construction staff
- Schedule and administered monthly new employee training sessions covering Class 1 Railroad Certification courses; CPR/First Aid training, project field assignments, construction operations policy and procedures, and job expected duties
Engineering Assistant
Railroad Controls
01.2005 - 02.2011
- Provided administrative field operations support
- Worked with Senior Engineering Management in assigning job site duties for the day-to-day field operations as needed for railroad equipment installation
- Reconciled and approved credit card and personal expense reports for senior management and construction field employees
- Certificate of Insurance Requirements: Acquired Insurance Certificates for contractual requirements on awarded projects; Acquired all rental equipment insurance certificates per requirements and submit insurance claims by corporate office requirements
- Bid Proposals: Review and submit bid proposals and Request for Proposals (RFP) for railroad crossing and automated horn projects
Education
BBA - Human Resource Management
Strayer University
05.2001 -
Skills
HRIS – Human Resources Information Systems
Certification
SHRM-CP, Society of Human Resource Management, (Anticipated 05/25)
Timeline
Human Resources / Manager
Pilot Thomas Logistics
05.2024 - Current
Human Resources / HR Business Partner
Pilot Thomas Logistics
02.2023 - 04.2024
Human Resources / Regional Recruiter
Pilot Thomas Logistics
09.2021 - 03.2023
Safety Tech / Human Resources
Brakebush Irving, Inc.
02.2021 - 09.2021
Project Manager
Pilot Thomas Logistics
03.2018 - 04.2020
Manager of Construction Operations
Railroad Controls
02.2011 - 03.2018
Engineering Assistant
Railroad Controls
01.2005 - 02.2011
BBA - Human Resource Management
Strayer University
05.2001 -
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