Benefits Specialist
: Job Details :

Crystal Clean (CC) is one of the nation's leading privately held companies in the environmental waste services industry. We are seeking highly motivated individuals with a strong work ethic to join our rapidly growing company. Crystal Clean offers competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and opportunities for advancement.

Purpose: The Human Resources Benefits Specialist is responsible for assisting with the administration of all benefits programs, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability and leaves of absence programs. This position lends support by answering complex questions using an in-depth knowledge of Company benefits, procedures, and policies; providing professional HR guidance to location managers; strengthening employee communication; and providing guidance and input to policy and procedures.

Essential Duties:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Develop a good rapport with employees and provide outstanding support
• Ensure the accuracy of all benefit enrollments in the HRIS system
• Provide quality checks of benefit-related data; review benefit billing for accuracy prior to going to director for approval
• Assists with employee benefit claims issues and plan changes
• Process all benefit related personnel transactions from Hire to Retire by:
  • Working closely with managers and employees to insure timely and accurate completion of self-service enrollment
  • Reviews and approves online transactions
  • Organize and scan employee documents as needed
• Responsible for processing life status changes.
• Processes and administers all leave-of-absence requests and disability paperwork; medical, personal, disability and FMLA & death claims
• Effectively interprets FMLA & ADA implications related to leaves of absence/disabilities
• Assist with Open Enrollment Process
• May run ad hoc reports as requested by Management

Other Duties

• Other duties as assigned by management

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervision responsibilities.

Position Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The following requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Core Competencies

• Ability to maintain confidential information
• Strong communication skills both written and oral
• A broad knowledge of federal, state, and local employment law
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment by:
  • Appropriately prioritizing work load
  • Multitasking
  • Completing high volumes of transactions accurately
• Excellent follow up and organizational skills
• Present a positive image of Heritage-Crystal Clean to fellow employees, external contacts, the general public

Work Experience

• 3-5 years experience minimum in HR and/or benefits administration

Education, Certificates, Licenses, or Designations

• Bachelors Degree in Human Resources or related field
• CEBS and/or HR Certification Preferred

Specific Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
• Experience with ADP or payroll/HRIS database preferred.

Work Environment: While performing essential duties of this position an individual regularly works indoors, and may be required to sit for long periods. Individual will be required to regularly talk, hear, see and often reach with hands, stand, walk, use a computer keyboard, mouse, telephone, and other office equipment. Noise level of the environment is generally quiet.

Crystal Clean LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Crystal Clean expressly values diversity, equity, and inclusion, and encourages the applications of individuals from diverse backgrounds, so that Crystal Clean reflects the communities and customers that we serve.