MELINDA EDMONDS
Fernley,NV
Summary
Highly skilled HR Professional with over 13 years of progressive experience in the mining industry. Demonstrates a proven ability to establish strong rapport and trust effortlessly, excelling in cultivating productive relationships with cross-functional teams and stakeholders. Committed to unwavering integrity, values the importance of fostering strong relationships while communicating with intent and purpose. Expertise in building successful outcomes makes an invaluable asset to any organization.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
HR Manager (Nevada Operations)
GRC Nevada Inc. – Fortitude Gold Corp
04.2019 - Current
- Provide direction and support to all levels of management in change management, leadership, employment law, performance, and termination guidelines, through collaboration and trust
- Manage full lifecycle recruiting; including hard to fill and management positions at a challenging, remote location
- Honed ability to listen, negotiate, coach and influence
- Implement, and communicate site compensation programs to ensure internal equity and compliance with company practices
- Maintain competitive wages and apprised of current trends
- Coordinate budgeting activities; including budget formulation, monitoring, and forecasting
- Implement the first ATS system for site; developed the recruitment/onboarding processes
- Maintained in-depth knowledge of legal requirement related to day-to-day leadership of employees, ensuring legal compliance an HR best practices
- Manage and resolve complex employee relation issues, mitigate risks, management, and ethical concerns, while conducting effective and objective investigations for site
- Develop and implement policies, procedures, and guidebook
- Educate and counsel managers and supervisors on the correct application and importance of consistency of polices and guidebook
- Design and manage employee performance review program
- Established progression processes for hourly positions to improve attraction, reduce attrition and increase supervisor engagement
- Administer benefit programs; improving existing plans and negotiated for best plans, options, and rates during renewal process
- Educated employees and enhanced their understanding of plans.
HR Generalist (Immel Mine)
Nyrstar East Tennessee Mines
08.2018 - 04.2019
- Talent Management: Provide proactive recruitment support; ensuring succession planning and recruiting meets the needs of the business
- Manages and directs recruiting efforts for all exempt, non-exempt, temps and graduate student
- (ETN has 550 employees)
- Employee Relations: Lead investigator for all three East Tennessee mines
- Draft investigation reports; making discipline and termination recommendations to management
- Approve disciplinary actions, verbiage, and level
- Coach supervision on Retention, Conflict Resolution, Team Building and Career Development; proactively manage and resolve ER issues
- Training & Development: Provide several small-scale and extensive training programs on diversity, sexual harassment, and prevention, change management, leadership, interviewing skills, respectful workplace, employment law, and corporate compliance training.
Senior HR Generalist (Bald Mountain Mine)
Kinross Gold Corporation
04.2016 - 08.2018
- Selected to assist in leading HR Department at newly acquired mine that is now the largest asset in the Kinross portfolio
- Lead site through meaningful change management
- Develop policies and procedures post-acquisition to facilitate efficient change management and compliant programs
- Successfully build, develop, and manage HR team members by coaching and providing professional development opportunities
- (Direct reports – 2 Generalists and 1 HR Coordinator) Developed and managed the full-life cycle recruitment process and internal workflow, while managing a multitude of hard to fill positions
- Provided leadership for HR projects regarding retention, progression, performance appraisals, cost effective recruitment solutions, and training
- Develop and execute a skills development plan
- Review and approve offer letters, including salary, PTO, and relocation packages
- Ensure compensation packages are competitive
- Coordinate internal transfers (including international) with Corporate and other Kinross sites
- Created and maintained the employee leave program for Bald Mountain (BM has 560 employees)
- Played a key role during the acquisition and management of a full spectrum of HR operations, systems, and programs
- (Success Factors, ADP, and JD Edwards) Lead all internal investigations, while demonstrating ethics and integrity
- Identify gaps and opportunities to streamline polices, procedures, compensation practices and recruitment
- Identify critical roles and high potentials to develop a site succession plan
- Project Lead that doubled the participation in the wellness program in one year
- Lead Bald Mountain’s participation in the Maintenance Training Cooperative (MTC) partnership with other local mines, contractors, and GBC
- Involved with MTC interviews and scholarships.
HR Generalist (Fort Knox Mine)
Kinross Gold Corporation
09.2014 - 04.2016
- Provided HR guidance to workforce and management as required, coached supervisors and general foremen on HR issues and systems in line with policy
- Lead recruitment for Process Operations and Mine Operations; both nonexempt and exempt
- Administered employment leave including FML, STD and LOA, direct point of contact for site
- Facilitated training to the workforce, including Drug and Alcohol, Anti–Harassment and Supervisory training
- (Fort Knox has 725 employees)
- Revised and approved corrective actions, while holding formalized corrective action meetings
- Independently conducted investigations, exit interviews, terminations, and onboarding
- Identified and managed training and development needs for employees
- Demonstrated and promoted a high level of safety awareness amongst colleagues.
Payroll & Benefits Coordinator (Hycroft Mine)
Allied Nevada Gold Corp
10.2011 - 02.2014
- Implement and communicate site compensation programs to ensue compliance and equity
- Processed bi-weekly and semi-monthly payroll and benefits for 500 employees
- Responsible for development and roll-out of benefit and payroll related issues
- Processed all garnishments, 401K contributions, rollovers, PTO accruals, and payouts, transfers, salary increases, verification of employments, terminations, and unemployment claims.
Education
Masters Business Administration, MBA Human Resource Management -
Columbia Southern University
01.2022
Human Resource Management / Leadership (Certificate) -
Cornell University (Online)
01.2017
Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Criminal Justice -
Tennessee Technological University
01.2008
Diploma/Graduated -
Southeastern Paralegal Institute
01.1993
Skills
- Talent Management
- Employee Relations
- Payroll & Benefits
- Strategic Planning
- HR Project Management
- Training & Development
- Community Involvement
- HR Legal Compliance
Certification
- Retention Improvement Team (RIT)
- Certified Internal Investigator
- Certified Trainer for Targeted Selection (DDI)
- Getting Talent Back to Work (SHRM) -Second Chance Hiring
- Negotiation Professional Certificate (American Negotiation Institute) 2024
Affiliations
- Nevada Mining Association
- Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME)
- Women in Mining (WIM)
- Women’s Mining Coalition (WMC)
- SHRM
- Northern Nevada SHRM Chapter
- Great Basin College – MTC Scholarship Committee (2017 -2018)
Training
- Dupont STOP for Supervisors
- Crisis Management system (HR Lead)
- Kinross Boot camp for Supervisior/Leadership Training
- Union Avoidance (2015)
- Lean Training (2017)
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- EEOC Trainig Conference (2024 New Orleans)
Community Service
- Committee Against Domestic Violence (CADV) – Board of Directors (2018)
- Mentor for Federal Court’s Reentry Program (Knox County 2018 -2019)
- CASA Board of Directors of Lyon County (Court Appointed Special Advocate for Abused and Neglected children) (2021 – Present)
- National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges- Member (2022- Present)
- Community Investment Committee, Director (Fortitude Gold)
Timeline
HR Manager (Nevada Operations)
GRC Nevada Inc. – Fortitude Gold Corp
04.2019 - Current
HR Generalist (Immel Mine)
Nyrstar East Tennessee Mines
08.2018 - 04.2019
Senior HR Generalist (Bald Mountain Mine)
Kinross Gold Corporation
04.2016 - 08.2018
HR Generalist (Fort Knox Mine)
Kinross Gold Corporation
09.2014 - 04.2016
Payroll & Benefits Coordinator (Hycroft Mine)
Allied Nevada Gold Corp
10.2011 - 02.2014
Masters Business Administration, MBA Human Resource Management -
Columbia Southern University
Human Resource Management / Leadership (Certificate) -
Cornell University (Online)
Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Criminal Justice -
Tennessee Technological University
Diploma/Graduated -
Southeastern Paralegal Institute
- Retention Improvement Team (RIT)
- Certified Internal Investigator
- Certified Trainer for Targeted Selection (DDI)
- Getting Talent Back to Work (SHRM) -Second Chance Hiring
- Negotiation Professional Certificate (American Negotiation Institute) 2024
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