Compensation Analyst

Laing O'Rourke; Dartford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction and engineering firm is seeking a compensation analyst to join their team in Dartford. This role will support the development of reward activities, including salary benchmarking and data analysis. You'll assist in maintaining accurate data and contribute to the improvement of reward policies. Candidates should have analytical skills, understanding of reward principles, and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel. This is a permanent position available on a full-time or part-time basis.

Qualifications

• Experience with an analytical job evaluation system.
• Understanding of common employee benefits.
• Knowledge of compensation benchmarking.

Responsibilities

• Support in developing a pay and total reward strategy.
• Assist with job evaluation for appropriate roles and salary ranges.
• Analyze external market data for compensation benchmarking.
• Support annual salary review and market adjustment requests.
• Create reports on compensation data for stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical skills

Understanding of reward principles

Proactive attitude

Organizational skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Salary survey systems knowledge

Job description

Location: Dartford

This is a permanent position, available on a full-time or part-time basis.

This role does not offer sponsorship.

Looking to develop your career in reward?

We are seeking a compensation analyst to join our high-performing reward team, supporting a large and diverse workforce.

As a compensation analyst, you will support the delivery of reward activities, including salary benchmarking and data analysis. You will assist in maintaining accurate data and contribute to the continuous improvement of reward policies, tools, and processes. A basic understanding of core employee benefits will be important to support broader reward activities.

About theteam

Our reward team is a high-performing and collaborative function within the wider People (HR) team at Laing O'Rourke. We play a critical role in shaping the employee experience by designing and delivering competitive and fair reward strategies that help attract, motivate, and retain top talent across the organisation.

The reward team provides expertise in areas such as compensation benchmarking, benefits, recognition, and performance-related pay. Our work supports the development of reward frameworks that are aligned with Laing O'Rourke's strategic goals and values, ensuring that our people feel valued and rewarded for their contributions.

Duties include

• Support in development of a new pay and total reward strategy.
• Assist with job evaluation, evaluating new and existing roles for appropriate job families, levels and salary ranges.
• Assist with analysis of external market data to benchmark roles to ensure compensation package remain competitive.
• Supporting in the successful delivery of the annual salary review, as well as promotion, merit and market adjustment requests.
• Analysis of compensation data to create regular, ad-hoc and formal reports for the team and internal stakeholders. Support the preparation of regulatory disclosures such as gender pay gap and ethnicity pay gap.

Technical Capabilities

• Experience with an analytical job evaluation system.
• Experience in salary survey systems (Willis Tower Watson and PayData knowledge desirable).
• Advanced understanding of Microsoft Excel
• Understanding of common employee benefits

If you'reinterested in a career in reward, with an understanding of reward principles and a proactive, organised approach, this role could be a great opportunity for you.

Based at our Dartford office, this position offers the chance to engage with our people and contribute to reward strategies that make a real impact across the business.