Rewards and Benefits Partner

United Infrastructure; Warrington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

United Infrastructure is seeking a Rewards and Benefits Partner to lead the design, delivery and governance of pay, benefits and pensions. You’ll work closely with HR and business stakeholders to ensure market alignment, fairness, and consistency across the employee experience, while upholding governance and compliance.

This role blends operational excellence with data-driven insight, using benchmarking, reporting and supplier management to support annual salary reviews, incentive cycles,

Qualifications

• Experience in Reward, Compensation & Benefits, or an HR Advisor role with exposure to reward and data insights.
• Experience supporting benefits administration and renewals with multiple providers.
• Strong organisational skills with ability to manage multiple priorities and advise stakeholders.
• Good understanding of reward principles, including salary benchmarking and job evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Advise on pay, incentives, and benefits with commercially aware guidance.
• Support core reward processes including annual salary reviews and bonus cycles.
• Assist in maintaining pay structures, job evaluations, and grading.
• Support administration and improvement of incentive schemes.
• Manage benefits renewals, liaise with providers, and control costs.
• Collaborate across a range of benefits and providers day-to-day.
• Review and enhance benefits to improve employee value proposition.
• Use data and reporting to identify trends in reward activities.
• Prepare insights and reports to support HR decisions.

Skills

Reward & Benefits

HR Advisory

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Tools

HR Systems

Reward Tools

Job description

Company Description

United Infrastructure is a dynamic and rapidly expanding business, focused on delivering critical infrastructure projects, across the utility and social infrastructure sectors.
Our team of highly skilled and hardworking specialists deliver innovative solutions to the complex challenges our clients face.
Our company is split into two business areas:
Utility Infrastructure - Our team of Utility Infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical water, energy (gas), power and telecoms infrastructure, for the UK's largest network owners and operators.
Social Infrastructure - Our team of Social Infrastructure specialists revitalise homes and communities by carrying out a wide range of work, from retrofit to refurbishment, and maintenance.

Job Description

As a Rewards and Benefits Partner, you will support the delivery of reward and benefits activities, providing expert guidance to HR colleagues and business stakeholders. You will play a key role in ensuring our reward processes run effectively, are market-aligned, and support a fair and consistent employee experience.

This role focuses on operational excellence combined with informed advice, using data, insight, and market knowledge to support decision-making across pay, benefits, and pensions. You will contribute to maintaining a competitive and compliant reward offering that supports organisational goals.

• Work closely with HR and business stakeholders to provide practical, commercially aware advice on pay, incentives, and benefits, supporting consistent and fair reward decisions

• Support delivery of core reward processes, including annual salary reviews and bonus cycles, ensuring accurate data management, benchmarking, and adherence to governance frameworks

• Assist in maintaining pay structures, job evaluation processes, and grading frameworks

• Support the administration and continuous improvement of incentive schemes, ensuring consistency and alignment with business objectives

• Play an active role in benefits management, including supporting annual renewals, liaising with providers, and helping manage costs while maintaining quality of service

• Work across a range of benefits and providers to ensure smooth day-to-day operations

• Contribute to reviewing and enhancing the benefits offering, providing insight to improve the employee value proposition and managing legacy arrangements where required

• Use data and reporting to identify trends and support analysis across reward activities, ensuring fair and equitable outcomes and compliance with regulations

• Prepare insights and reports to support HR and leadership decision-making

Qualifications

Key Skills & Experience

• Experience in Reward, Compensation & Benefits, or an HR Advisor role with exposure to reward. Confident working with data and able to present clear, practical insights.

• Experience supporting benefits administration and renewals, ideally across multiple providers, with hands-on knowledge of insured benefits (e.g. private medical, dental, life assurance).

• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, and confidence advising stakeholders while escalating more complex issues when needed.

• Good understanding of reward principles, including salary benchmarking and job evaluation. Familiarity with HR systems and reward tools is beneficial.