HR Companies & HR Consultants in Dickinson, ND

Overview

Badlands Integrity Group is a safety and compliance firm headquartered in Dickinson, North Dakota, with a second office in Bismarck. Founded in 2006, it calls itself the largest company of its type in the Midwest.

Much of its work overlaps with human resources duties: screening job candidates, running workplace substance-testing programs, and keeping the records that regulated employers need in order to stay in good standing. The pitch is simple. A business can get hiring checks, driver compliance and safety education from one provider instead of coordinating several vendors.

Its customers include small crews as well as large operations. The firm leans toward the energy sector, and its database administration supports companies in oil, gas, construction and mining. The listed service area covers Williston, Minot, Watford City and Mandan in North Dakota, Rapid City, Mobridge and Lemmon in South Dakota, and Billings, Glendive and Miles City in Montana. The company also says it assists clients across the country.

Services for employers

Managers in HR and operations can choose from a wide range of offerings:

• Background screening to inform hiring, including PSP reports and employment verification
• Drug and alcohol testing for every stage of a driver's or employee's tenure, from hiring through random selection, incident follow-up and reinstatement, using urine or hair samples
• Consortium and third-party administration, plus FMCSA Clearinghouse registration, queries and reporting
• Fingerprinting for jobs, licenses and background checks, along with DNA testing
• Driver qualification file management, covering onboarding, yearly updates and file audits
• DOT physicals through a partner medical examiner
• Safety training, mock audits and custom-written safety policies
• Management of contractor compliance platforms such as ISNetworld and Veriforce One

The company's DOT department goes deeper into transportation compliance. It helps carriers get ready for audits and map out corrective steps, checks logbooks and electronic logging records for hours-of-service problems, and keeps inspection, repair and DVIR documentation in order. It also handles IFTA fuel tax reports, IRP renewals, DOT number updates, motor carrier authority filings, UCR registration, and paperwork that follows accidents or other incidents.

Training approach

Classes can take place at the company's facility or on a client's premises, and each is adapted to the trade and job roles of the attendees. Courses named by the firm include RigPass, PEC Safeland, OSHA and MSHA. It also runs safety meetings on monthly, quarterly or yearly timetables and will build a custom program for unusual needs. Reviewers commend the instructors for tying safety standards to situations workers actually face.

Team and background

Founder and CEO Shelly Ann Fleck launched the company by driving to clients throughout North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming, essentially working from her car. She now concentrates on compliance audits, tailored safety programs and help with OSHA and MSHA requirements. Randy Fleck, Training Manager since 2007, leads mock audits and regular safety meetings.

Donna Rangitsch, with the company since 2011, oversees clinic administration and fingerprinting, acts as third-party administrator for the consortium, and maintains Team Alert compliance, which many oil and trucking companies require. Oksana Kilic, a database administrator since 2015, manages 13 compliance databases.

In Bismarck, Brian Johnson focuses on fingerprinting and business development, and April Foth conducts drug and alcohol collections. Dr. Bryon Knutson of Prairie Hills Chiropractic, a certified DOT medical examiner, performs physicals for commercial drivers. For employers in regulated, field-based industries, the draw is a long-established regional provider that combines screening, testing administration, driver compliance and training.