Benefits Specialist - #3006

Wade Trim; Taylor (MI); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Wade Trim is seeking a Benefits Specialist to join our Human Resources team in our Taylor, MI office. The role requires a bachelor’s degree in HR or related field and 0-2 years of experience.

You will manage health benefits records, support open enrollment, and contribute to wellness initiatives. You will collaborate with Payroll and HR teams, ensuring benefits accuracy, timely documentation, and responsive support for employees.

Qualifications

• Must have a bachelor’s degree in HR or a related field.
• Excellent organizational and communication abilities.
• Detail-oriented with strong multitasking skills.
• Ability to take initiative and adapt to change.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate and confidential employee records including health benefit enrollment details and changes in the benefit enrollment system.
• Follow up with employees to obtain and review required documentation for health benefit changes.
• Identify and resolve issues/discrepancies with our benefit enrollment system vendor.
• Provide education to employees and assist with their health benefit enrollment and life event questions.
• Ensure that health benefit contributions are accurately reflected in payroll.
• Lead wellness/well-being initiatives.
• Prepare various health benefit invoices and reports.
• Assist with annual open enrollment communication and tasks.
• Assist with research and analyzing trends to maintain an attractive benefit package to recruit and retain employees.
• Assist the Corporate HR Group with specified projects and programs.
• Maintain a safe working environment.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Organizational skills

Multitasking

Communication skills

Initiative

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or related field

Job description

What We Offer:

Our excellent salary and benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability coverage, education reimbursement, 401(k), performance bonuses, and an employee stock program. Employee Resource Groups and Programs offered include the Young Professionals Group, Women at Wade Trim, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Professional Development, Leadership Development, Mentor Program, Sustainability Program, and Wellness Program.

Position Description:

We are looking for a Benefits Specialist to join our Human Resources team in our Taylor, MI office. Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree in human resources or a related field with 0-2 years of experience. We are seeking detail-oriented candidates with excellent organizational, multitasking, and communication skills. Candidates must have a demonstrated ability to take initiative and adapt to changing priorities. A flexible hybrid-remote work schedule is available after 90 days of employment.

Typical responsibilities include:

• Maintain accurate and confidential employee records including health benefit enrollment details and changes in the benefit enrollment system
• Follow up with employees to obtain and review required documentation for health benefit changes
• Identify and resolve issues/discrepancies with our benefit enrollment system vendor
• Provide education to employees and assist with their health benefit enrollment and life event questions
• Ensure that health benefit contributions are accurately reflected in payroll
• Lead wellness/well-being initiatives
• Prepare various health benefit invoices and reports
• Assist with annual open enrollment communication and tasks
• Assist with research and analyzing trends to maintain an attractive benefit package to recruit and retain employees
• Assist the Corporate HR Group with specified projects and programs
• Maintain a safe working environment

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or related field

Skills/Experience

• 0-2 years of experience is required
• Continuing education is preferred (ie PHR or related)

About Wade Trim:

Wade Trim is committed to maximizing the value of infrastructure investments. We’ve been solving complex engineering challenges for a century. We customize our work approach to fit each project using a collaborative, friendly style to deliver solutions our clients can stand behind.

Our supportive culture recognizes and strives to fulfill collective client, company, and individual needs. Mentoring and building skills of Wade Trim staff is a priority. Frequent interaction among staff is encouraged, company leadership is easily accessible, and opportunities are provided for staff to help shape the firm’s future through strategic planning. Work/life balance is supported through a flexible, hybrid work schedule that brings team members together in the office at least three days a week and connects them virtually when working from home.

To solve our clients’ toughest challenges, we’ve devoted ourselves to delivering innovative solutions. Our Office of Applied Technology (OAT) is dedicated to seeking new technologies or ways to apply existing technologies to enhance value to our clients and positively impact communities. All staff are encouraged to share ideas and suggestions for innovative technologies or processes to adopt. This open-minded approach enables us to advance technology, foster innovation, and stay ahead of our clients’ needs.

Wade Trim’s success is shared by the employees that make it happen. Since our beginning, our firm has been 100% employee owned. This cultivates an ownership mindset that benefits our work approach, collaborative culture, and ability to deliver client solutions. We believe employee ownership drives the sustainability and growth of our firm and provides all our employees with opportunities for financial success.

Wade Trim does not accept unsolicited resumes, candidate profiles, or CVs from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. Any submission made without a valid, signed agreement and an approved engagement request from Wade Trim’s People Services Team will be considered the property of Wade Trim. Wade Trim reserves the right to pursue and hire any candidate submitted through unsolicited means without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. A valid agreement can only be signed by the Director of People Services. Resumes or candidate profiles submitted at the request of a Wade Trim employee who is not authorized by the People Services team do not constitute a valid engagement. Recruiters and agencies must have a current, written agreement authorized by the Director of People Services to be considered an approved vendor.

Wade Trim is an affirmative action/Equal Opportunity Employer.