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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, under the general supervision of the Total Rewards Director, 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.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nManages, coaches, and develops the benefits team. \nEstablishes goals and objectives, assesses performance and provides on-going feedback. \nTakes a leadership role in understanding the business, balancing needs of HNTB and employees, and appropriately assessing risk. \nConducts analysis and oversees the design and development of plan changes as necessary to ensure competitive and cost effective benefits plans. \nRecommends benefits programs and/or benefit changes to management by studying employee requirements, health plan performance and benefit trends.\nManages vendor relationships and renewal processes to ensure benefit programs are cost-effective, compliant and meet service level agreements.\nEvaluates services, coverage and options available through insurance companies to determine programs best meeting needs of HNTB.\nPartners closely with Corporate Finance to provide integrated health plan performance and budget reports.\nWork with HR Partners to ensure seamless migration of plans and programs from development state to implementation. \nResponds to and resolves escalated employee concerns regarding benefits programs; advises, approves, or denies exception requests. \nMonitors and analyzes plan costs, recommends revisions as needed, reviews renewals and contracts.\nWrites and distributes summary plan descriptions.\nWrites and develops summary plan descriptions.\nEnsures that development and execution of administrative policies governing employee benefits are in compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations.\nInforms, gives advice, and counsels management on trends and current developments in the field of employee benefit programs. \nManages 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. \nParticipates in development, implementation and maintenance of benefit policies, objectives short-and long-range planning. \nDirects design and administration of retiree health care benefit\nConsults with and advises employees on eligibility provisions and other matters related to benefits.\nSupports the HR Solution Center team members by providing subject matter expertise on benefit issues.\nPerforms other duties as assigned.\nWhat You’ll Need:\nBachelor's degree in Business or Human Resources\n7 years related benefits experience\nAdvanced knowledge and understanding of employee benefit policies and procedures and regulations.\nKnowledge of budgeting, cost estimating, and fiscal management principles and procedures.\nAdditional Information\nClick here for benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards\nClick here to learn more about Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran\nVisa sponsorship is not available for this position.#NF #HumanResources #LI-NF.\nLocations:\nKansas City, MO, Overland Park, KS (Sprint Parkway).\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\nNOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:\nHNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. 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