Description:
Daily responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Work with Manager of People and Culture, Benefits Specialist and PC Leadership on implementing changes due to our rapid growth
- Act on behalf of the Manager, People and Culture, in her absence
- Ensures that all benefit plans comply with legal regulations
- Provides excellent support to employees regarding their benefits
- Continuously evaluates the efficiency and competitiveness of the company's offerings
- Help design, strategize, and plan companywide rollouts with PC Leadership and Internal Communications team
- Work closely with PC team members to answer questions on our Slack channel and email regarding benefits administration and payroll
- Main Point of Contact for Leave of Absences and Workers' Compensation claims
- Maintain OSHA and Workplace Violence Prevention logs and lead quarterly Safety Committee meetings
- Create or update people policies and procedures as directed
- Assist with updates and revisions to our employee handbook as needed
- Ensure compliance with contract terms related to PC KRA areas as directed by Manager and/or Director of PC department
- Provide support with benefits open enrollment
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date benefits records in the HRIS
- Enhance utilization of our HRIS system
- Ensure accurate transfer of electronic data from our HRIS
- Oversee onboarding and offboarding tasks such as background checks and new hire orientations to conducting pre-exit interviews
- Work with PC Leadership with compliance and year-end tasks
- Responsible for gathering documents for internal and external audits and ensure submission of mandatory state and government reporting
- Keep abreast of employment law and regulatory changes, e.g., state or local needs
- Participate in the execution of our diversity, equity and inclusion strategies
- Oversee the PC SharePoint Benefits Page
- Perform annual audits to ensure employee electronic personnel folders are updated.
- Assist employees with benefits claims, changes, and problem resolution while creating efficiencies in the process
- Perform other miscellaneous projects and duties as needed
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and 6 years' experience or 8 years' of professional experience without a degree
- A minimum of 3 years' of Benefits Administration, Leave of Absences as well as WC Claims experience
- Business writing ability with strong spelling, punctuation, and grammar
- Exceptional time management, organizational, and multi-tasking skills with strong attention to detail and follow up
- Able to work independently and juggle competing priorities with minimal guidance and takes the utmost care with confidentiality
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Demonstrates initiative, flexibility, accountability, and ownership of assigned tasks
- Proficient in MS Office tools including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (skills tests will be required during the interview process)
- Exercise a high degree of diplomacy and tact; excellent customer service and interpersonal communication skills; cultural sensitivity and demonstrated ability to work with diverse groups
- High level of emotional intelligence and a growth mindset
- A proven professional or personal commitment to the betterment of the environment and the reduction of GHGs
- Must reside within a commutable distance to one of Energy Solutions' office locations. (Oakland, Orange, or Portland)
- Must be able to report to the office every Wednesday at a minimum