The Role
Provides high-volume HR administrative support for a 600-plus employee processing facility. Responsibilities include Ceridian Dayforce data entry, timecard and attendance tracking, employee record maintenance, payroll and absence administration, recruitment scheduling, onboarding, plant logistics, employee inquiries, and OH&S support. The role is fully onsite in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and requires accuracy, confidentiality, strong organization, and coordination with production, payroll, and corporate HR teams.
Summary Generated by Built In
Sunrise Farms is a group of companies with primary focus in the poultry industry.
From our hatcheries to our “ready to eat” state of the art cooking facilities we service customers in the retail, food service and industrial sectors. We are proud of our support of the Canadian farm as well as our investment in the latest equipment and technologies at our facilities across Canada. Our test kitchens have the most current cooking equipment replicating that used in commercial establishments, to facilitate precision testing. This way you know the product you receive will perform to your expectations. We are proud of our long-standing partnerships with family-owned Canadian chicken farmers to produce high quality products.
Role:
Reporting to the Human Resources Manager, the HR Administrator provides essential clerical, administrative, and data entry support for our 600+ employee processing facility. This role focuses heavily on high-volume data entry in Ceridian Dayforce, managing employee records, tracking daily attendance, and handling plant-floor administrative requests. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and thrives in a fast-paced office environment.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate data entry and timecards in Ceridian Dayforce, including profiles, punch cards, records, status changes, and termination paperwork.
- Process absence requests, approvals, and medical agreements accurately.
- Audit daily timesheets for unauthorized absences and update the vacation tracker.
- Maintain and file all physical and electronic HR employee records, ensuring absolute data integrity, confidentiality, and organization.
- Support high-volume hourly recruitment pipelines and schedule interviews.
- Conduct day-one orientations, managing mandatory paperwork and onboarding assets.
- Manage floor logistics, including lockers, swipe cards, and physical paystubs.
- Coordinate with Production, Payroll, and Corporate HR for seamless shift coverage.
- Track the plant's attendance management program.
- Log the daily employee sick-line report every morning and update supervisors.
- Communicate attendance thresholds to employees and prepare standard letters.
- Support the open-door policy by handling basic inquiries and routing complex issues to the HR Manager.
- Provide clerical support to OH&S and nursing teams for safety compliance.
HRIS & PAYROLL DATA ADMINISTRATION
RECRUITMENT LOGISTICS & PLANT ONBOARDING
ATTENDANCE & OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
Working Environment
- Primary Location: Lethbridge, Alberta (3863 6 Ave N).
- Facility Type: Administrative office located inside an active chicken slaughter and processing plant.
- Schedule: Monday to Friday, standard office hours from 09:00 to 17:30.
- Shift Duration: 8 hours of work per shift.
- Commitment: Regular full-time role with 100% in-person attendance required (no remote work).
- Flexibility: Requires extended hours during peak hiring seasons or critical production crunches.
- Pace: Fast-paced environment managing high-volume, daily face-to-face inquiries from plant staff.
- Interruptions: High-traffic office setting requiring strong focus despite frequent, walk-up disruptions.
- Mobility: Involves intermittently leaving the desk to support plant-wide communication initiatives.
- Plant Exposure: Occasional brief transitions onto the active production floor to interact with teams.
- Safety Rules: Mandatory use of facility-provided PPE when entering the floor.
- Surroundings: Potential exposure to ambient industrial plant noise and odours from the office area.
- Logistics: Valid Driver's License required.
Requirements
- Post-secondary education in Office Administration, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
- 1–3 years of experience in a high-volume administrative role, data entry coordination, or clerical operations support.
- Strong organizational and multitasking skills with a heavy focus on accuracy, confidentiality, and meeting rigid timelines.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for working with plant employees, supervisors, and corporate management teams.
- Proficiency with computer applications including Microsoft 365 (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint), shared network directories, and database management.
- Direct experience with Ceridian Dayforce or similar enterprise HRIS and payroll software is a strong asset.
- Knowledge of Alberta Employment Standards and basic workplace health and safety protocols.
- Ability to problem-solve and provide practical administrative solutions in a dynamic, high-urgency manufacturing environment.
- Accountable, proactive, and detail-oriented, with a collaborative and flexible approach to supporting production needs.
- Prior administrative experience within manufacturing, food processing, warehousing, agriculture, or heavy industrial sectors.
- Familiarity handling high-turnover shift schedules, punch card discrepancies, and complex attendance tracking programs.
- Hands-on experience with specific Dayforce features like Time & Attendance, Workforce Management, or Employee Self-Service (ESS).
- Proficiency with data manipulation tools (e.g., VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, data sorting) to manage our daily attendance trackers and sick-line reports efficiently.
- Experience assisting with Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) administrative tasks, Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) documentation, or tracking modified duties.
- Fluency in Tagalog, Spanish, or other common languages spoken on our plant floor is highly preferred to support employee inquiries.
At Sunrise Farms we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or any other identifying characteristic are encouraged to apply.
Please note that the expected new hire salary range provided is derived from a group of like roles within Sunrise Farms. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on geographical region, applicable experience, and skillset of the candidate.
Skills Required
- Post-secondary education in Office Administration, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience
- 1-3 years of experience in a high-volume administrative, data entry coordination, or clerical operations role
- Strong organizational, multitasking, accuracy, confidentiality, and time-management skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365, shared network directories, and database management
- Knowledge of Alberta Employment Standards and basic workplace health and safety protocols
- Ability to problem-solve and provide administrative solutions in a high-urgency manufacturing environment
- Valid driver's license
- Experience with Ceridian Dayforce or similar HRIS and payroll software
- Prior administrative experience in manufacturing, food processing, warehousing, agriculture, or heavy industrial sectors
- Experience with Dayforce Time and Attendance, Workforce Management, or Employee Self-Service
- Experience using VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, data sorting, and attendance tracking tools
- Experience supporting OH&S administration, WCB documentation, or modified-duty tracking
- Fluency in Tagalog, Spanish, or another common plant-floor language
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The Company
What We Do
Sunrise Farms is a group of companies with primary focus in the poultry industry including: hatchery operations; poultry farming; primary processing; further processing; and distribution of food across Canada. From the humble beginnings of one small processing facility in Surrey, British Columbia in 1983, we have since grown to serve a wide range of customers, both domestically and internationally. Our Canadian family owned and operated businesses produce quality food products from processing plants located in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario. Included in our businesses are: - Sunrise Poultry Processors Ltd. - produces fresh and frozen poultry protein - Grand River Foods Ltd. - produces ready to eat food products
