Job Description
BIW is looking to hire a Senior Benefits Specialist that has a strong analytical skill set and the ability to act as a project lead for several programs across Benefit and Wellbeing areas.
Key Responsibilities
Safety Leadership:
- Enforce safety policies and procedures, with a focus on housekeeping and personal safety.
- Support wellbeing initiatives with focus on injury prevention services.
Project Management and Execution:
- Providing project management support for discreet programs across Benefits and Wellbeing areas.
- Act as project lead and drive projects to successful completion.
- Is considered a reporting subject matter expert and is required to deliver routine reporting as assigned and respond to ad hoc reporting requests.
- Recommend new approaches, policies, and procedures to effect continual improvements in efficiency of department and services performed.
Team Collaboration and Communications:
- Administers employee benefits including provision of coverage for walk-ins and telephonic and email support.
- Provides counsel and advice to employees/participants on benefits and wellbeing related issues/questions and/or refers employees to service providers as appropriate.
- Participates in resolving benefits problems via internal and vendor collaboration.
- Assists with data requests and analyses for audits, budget, compliance.
- Act as backup as part of the Benefits team.
- Work on various projects as assigned.
- Assists with Wellbeing Initiatives.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Training and Development:
- Collaborate with the Wellbeing team to identify and develop onboarding and support for staff.
- Build skills for understanding of leave, retirement, health care related and other benefits.
Continuous Improvement:
- Participate in Business Operating System (BOS) principles and productivity enhancements.
- Drive change and improvement through enhancing efficiency and effectiveness for tasks in the Wellbeing department.
Required/Preferred Education/Training
- Associates or Bachelor Degree in Business/HR Management or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
Required/Preferred Experience
- Advanced computer skills with working experience, knowledge of Microsoft Office products and Windows based programs.
- Strong proficiency in excel, including but not limited to capturing and recording important data, using formula functions, sorting and filtering data, and utilizing pivot tables.
- Outstanding analytical and problem--solving skills with exceptional attention to detail, both with quantitative and qualitative data.
- Ability to manage assigned complex data projects which may include analyzing information, and becoming the subject matter expert on the assigned projects
- Track record of clear, effective and engaging public speaking and/or training experience with varied target audiences required.
- 7+ years’ experience in administration of employee benefit plans, or comparable work experience required.
- 7+ years’ customer service experience required.
- Experience working in a union and/or manufacturing environment preferred.