Other Professional

Compensation & Benefits Specialist Grand Prairie, TX Posted: 2/7/2025

Job Description

Job ID#:

209930

Job Category:

Other Professional

Position Type:

Associate - W2

Shift:

1

PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Compensation & Benefits Specialist, in Grand Prairie, TX. Job ID#209930

Job Description:

Seeking a Compensation & Benefits Specialist (Contract) to join our HR Compensation & Benefits department based in Grand Prairie, TX.

Primary Responsibilities:

Benefits:  45%

-Assist with Administer the company health and welfare benefits ensuring compliance.

-Assist with day-to-day administration on retirement plans, ensuring compliance and company match/ discretionary contribution.

-Assist with Direct COBRA Administration.

-Assist with Review and pay benefit vendors/ plan administrators.

-Assist with technical support via ADP for QLE and updates to Benefits- Quick Links or News and Announcements

Compensation:  45%

-Assist with the job evaluation process, review and approve job descriptions, establish job specifications, job classification and salary grades and conducts periodic review.

-Assist with Evaluate salary adjustment, promotion and job offer salary analysis and preparation.

Leave Management:  10%

-Partner with Leave Administrator to assist with leave management program.

Additional Responsibilities:

-Other duties as assigned  

Required:

-High school diploma or equivalent

-Minimum 4+ years' experience in HR with at least 2+ years in benefits and/or compensation

-Authorized to Work in the US

-Basic knowledge of HR functions within an organization

-Attention to detail and good organizational skills. Strong analytical and problem solving skills.

-Engaged, collaborative team player with strong interpersonal and consultative skills. Ability to build relationships and gain respect at all levels of the organization, handling complex situations professionally with diplomacy and exercise sound judgment and confidentiality -regarding all employee-related issues.

-Effective multitasking, ability to manage multiple and simultaneous priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

-Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written form in English

-Superior communication skills (written/oral/ presentation), able to present clear and concise briefings and reports at all levels of an organization, both individually, within a team setting or large group.

• Advanced knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel (formulas), and PowerPoint applications.

Preferred:

-Experience administering Compensation & Benefits for a US Government Contractor

-Prefer experience with HAY/ Mercer for job evaluations.

-Experience within a controlled group structure

-PHR, CEBS, SHRM-CP, CBP Certification

-Experience with Defined Benefit retirement plan administration

-Experience with ADP Workforce Now

Physical Requirements:

Onsite or remote: 100% Onsite

Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings.

Hearing: able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms.

Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications.

Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts.

Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 25lbs/11kgs.

Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 25lbs/11kgs.

Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools.

Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer.

Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving.

Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor.

Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice.

Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces.

Personal Protective Equipment required: Required PPE includes, but is not limited to, Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, Respirators/Masks, and/or Protective Gloves as required by site and/or customer site

Administrative position only PPE required: Steel-toed shoes are required for all shop floor visits, appropriate hearing/eye protection may also be required when visiting the shop floor.

Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

Job Requirements

Minimum Security Clearance:

No Clearance

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit http://www.tadpgs.com/candidate-privacy/ or https://pdsdefense.com/candidate-privacy/

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act

• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled