Human Resources Specialist Pay Rate: $30–$33/hour BOE Duration: 6‑week contract (strong potential for extension) Location: Fully Onsite – Bloomington, MN Schedule: Monday–Friday | 8:00am–4:30/5:00pm This short-term contract offers immediate, hands-on experience in a high-impact HR role while strengthening your payroll and benefits expertise. You’ll work closely with HR leadership, add a respected organization to your resume, and position yourself well for your next long-term opportunity. About Our Client Our client is a well-established leader in the chemical manufacturing and distribution industry, recognized for operational excellence, quality standards, and a strong employee-first culture. They are known for servant leadership, low turnover, and continuous improvement, offering a collaborative, open-door environment where HR plays a meaningful role in the business. Position Overview The Human Resources Specialist will support day-to-day HR operations with a focus on payroll, benefits administration, and onboarding/offboarding. This role partners closely with the HR Manager and serves as a primary point of contact for employee questions related to pay, benefits, and HR processes. This is an immediate-need role covering an HR team member on leave and is ideal for a detail-oriented HR professional who enjoys process ownership, accuracy-driven work, and being a trusted support resource. This role supports approximately 110 employees across manufacturing/warehouse, administrative, and field-based sales/service teams. Comfort supporting a multi-site workforce is important. Key Responsibilities + Own end-to-end biweekly payroll processing + Support benefits administration, including employee inquiries and vendor coordination + Manage onboarding and offboarding processes and documentation + Serve as a key HR contact for employee questions + Maintain HR records, tracking logs, and reconciliations + Assist with FMLA tracking, benefit billing, and compliance documentation Qualifications + 2+ years of HR experience with payroll and/or benefits exposure + Demonstrated experience of biweekly payroll cycle + Strong Excel skills (tracking, reconciliation, reporting) + Experience with Paychex Flex (nice to have) + Exposure to HSA and 401(k) administration (nice to have) + Familiarity with FMLA processes and benefit billing (nice to have) Job Type & Location This is a Contract position based out of Bloomington, MN. Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $30.00 - $33.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace Type This is a fully onsite position in Bloomington,MN. Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Mar 7, 2026. About Aston Carter: Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® double diamond winner for both client and talent service. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com (%20astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com) for other accommodation options.