Manager - Benefits

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails being responsible for the day-to-day operations of the benefits function. This job manages the planning, implementation and administration of various benefit programs, assessing effectiveness, ensuring cost-effectiveness, market-competitiveness, and consistency with HR overall strategic plans and objectives.

This position can be located at either our downtown KC or Overland Park office locations.

What You'll Do:

• Manages, coaches, and develops the benefits team.

• Establishes goals and objectives, assesses performance and provides on-going feedback.

• Takes a leadership role in understanding the business, balancing needs of HNTB and employees, and appropriately assessing risk.

• Conducts analysis and oversees the design and development of plan changes as necessary to ensure competitive and cost effective benefits plans.

• Recommends benefits programs and/or benefit changes to management by studying employee requirements, health plan performance and benefit trends.

• Manages vendor relationships and renewal processes to ensure benefit programs are cost-effective, compliant and meet service level agreements.

• Evaluates services, coverage and options available through insurance companies to determine programs best meeting needs of HNTB.

• Partners closely with Corporate Finance to provide integrated health plan performance and budget reports.

• Work with HR Partners to ensure seamless migration of plans and programs from development state to implementation.

• Responds to and resolves escalated employee concerns regarding benefits programs; advises, approves, or denies exception requests.

• Monitors and analyzes plan costs, recommends revisions as needed, reviews renewals and contracts.

• Writes and distributes summary plan descriptions.

• Writes and develops summary plan descriptions.

• Ensures that development and execution of administrative policies governing employee benefits are in compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations.

• Informs, gives advice, and counsels management on trends and current developments in the field of employee benefit programs.

• Manages the open enrollment process by determining benefit changes and working with staff to develop and deliver communication pieces, manages the Open Enrollment data entry and data transfer, and troubleshooting any issues that arise along the way.

• Participates in development, implementation and maintenance of benefit policies, objectives short-and long-range planning.

• Directs design and administration of retiree health care benefit

• Consults with and advises employees on eligibility provisions and other matters related to benefits.

• Supports the HR Solution Center team members by providing subject matter expertise on benefit issues.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Business or Human Resources

• 7 years related benefits experience

• Advanced knowledge and understanding of employee benefit policies and procedures and regulations.

• Knowledge of budgeting, cost estimating, and fiscal management principles and procedures.

Additional Information

Click here for benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards

Click here to learn more about Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Locations:

Kansas City, MO, Overland Park, KS (Sprint Parkway)

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NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:

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Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Human Resources Group

ReqID: R-30464

Equal Employment Opportunity & Disability Accessibility Statement

HNTB provides a fair and equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or other status protected by law. The HNTB Companies ensure nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Thank you for considering HNTB for your career opportunities.

Affirmative Action Policy Statement

HNTB has implemented the following policy as part of its longstanding commitment to compliance with all applicable affirmative action requirements. HNTB agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, this Affirmative Action Policy.

HNTB is a federal contractor subject to Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended ("Section 4212") and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended ("Section 503"). Accordingly, it is HNTB's policy to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment protected veterans (disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, Armed Forces Service Medal veterans, or active-duty wartime or campaign badge veterans) and individuals with disabilities at all levels of employment, including the executive level. HNTB also will provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of HNTB. In order to request a reasonable accommodation, employees should contact the HR Solutions Center at General Policy Inquiry - Employee Center and applicants should contact View email address on click.appcast.io.

HNTB will recruit, hire, train, and promote individuals in all job titles, and will ensure that all other personnel actions are administered, without regard to an individual's protected veteran or disability status. All employment decisions will be based only on valid job requirements. In addition, employees and applicants shall not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in or may engage in any of the following activities: (1) filing a complaint; (2) assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of any Federal, State, or local law requiring equal opportunity for protected veterans or individuals with disabilities; (3) opposing any act or practice made unlawful by Section 4212, Section 503, their implementing regulations, or any other Federal, State, or local law requiring equal opportunity for protected veterans or individuals with disabilities; or (4) exercising any other right protected by Section 4212, Section 503, or their implementing regulations.

The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment. These plans are available for review upon request during normal business hours. Any questions or requests to review should be directed to your Human Resources Partner.

As Chief Executive Officer, I fully support our affirmative action program and am committed to the implementation of the company's affirmative action policy. I have delegated overall responsibility for this policy to the Business Integrity Director. The Manager of HR Compliance & Immigration is responsible for the implementation, auditing, and reporting of this policy and program, assisted by the office's Human Resources Partner.

HNTB employees must comply with this policy and report any violations of illegal discrimination, as specified in the Integrity Reporting policy.

For Questions or Additional Information

For more information on this policy, please contact the HR Solutions Center, General Policy Inquiry - Employee Center, View phone number on click.appcast.io.

Robert J. Slimp, CEO