Total Rewards Lead: Compensation & Benefits

Enterprise Electrical; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Enterprise Electrical seeks a Total Rewards Manager to design and drive compensation and benefits programs across a multi-state, hourly workforce. You will lead strategic compensation initiatives, benchmark programs, and collaborate with senior leadership to align rewards with growth and equity objectives.

Reporting to the VP of HR, you will build scalable salary structures, manage benefits renewals, and develop analytics dashboards, influencing executive decisions and workforce planning.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years of progressive experience in compensation, benefits, or Total Rewards.
• Experience supporting large hourly, field-based, skilled trades, or multi-state workforces preferred.
• Ability to build, redesign, and scale compensation and benefits programs.
• Strong analytical skills and executive presence.
• Experience implementing or optimizing HRIS, compensation, benefits administration, analytics, or reporting technologies preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive Total Rewards strategy aligned with growth objectives and workforce plans.
• Evaluate and enhance compensation programs to improve market competitiveness, retention, and internal equity.
• Lead enterprise-wide compensation benchmarking and provide market-based recommendations.
• Design and maintain scalable salary structures, pay grades, career frameworks, incentive plans, and governance practices.
• Assess pay equity, wage compression, geographic pay differences, and related risks; develop proactive solutions.
• Partner with executive leadership and Finance to forecast workforce costs and balance talent with financial performance.
• Develop business cases, dashboards, and executive presentations to support decision-making.

Skills

Compensation strategy

Salary structures

Market benchmarking

Pay equity

Incentive design

Governance

Benefits strategy

Vendor management

Utilization analysis

Executive presence

Analytics

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/Business/Finance

Tools

HRIS

Power BI

Excel

Payroll systems

Job description

Enterprise Electrical seeks a Total Rewards Manager to design and drive compensation and benefits programs across a multi-state, hourly workforce. You will lead strategic compensation initiatives, benchmark programs, and collaborate with senior leadership to align rewards with growth and equity objectives.

Reporting to the VP of HR, you will build scalable salary structures, manage benefits renewals, and develop analytics dashboards, influencing executive decisions and workforce planning.