Employee Benefit Specialist

Are you an HR professional who enjoys helping employees understand their benefits while ensuring every detail is handled accurately? Do you thrive in a role that combines employee interaction, compliance, problem-solving, and organization?

Best Line Equipment is seeking an Employee Benefit Specialist to join our Human Resources team at our State College, PA business office. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced HR professional looking to take ownership of employee benefits in a collaborative family-owned organization where your expertise makes a meaningful impact every day.

As the primary resource for employee benefits, you'll guide employees through enrollment, life events, leave administration, and retirement planning while helping administer our self-insured health plan and comprehensive employee benefit programs. If you enjoy building relationships, explaining complex information in a way employees understand, and ensuring every detail is handled accurately, we'd love to meet you.

What You'll Do

• Serve as the primary point of contact for employee benefit questions, providing exceptional customer service and clear, professional guidance.
• Administer and oversee employee benefit programs, including our self-insured medical and dental, fully-insured vision and life insurance, as well as disability and 401K plans.
• Coordinate benefit enrollments, qualifying life events, annual open enrollment, and employee eligibility changes.
• Assist employees with benefit claims, coverage questions, and issue resolution by working closely with insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and benefit vendors.
• Administering leave-of-absence and disability programs, ensuring strict compliance with employment laws and company policy.
• Partner with Payroll and Human Resources to ensure benefit deductions and employee records remain accurate.
• Maintain confidential employee records and HRIS information with a high degree of accuracy.
• Prepare reports, maintain documentation, and support audits while ensuring compliance with ERISA, HIPAA, ACA, COBRA, FMLA, and other applicable regulations.
• Present benefit information during new hire orientation, employee meetings, and annual open enrollment.
• Identify opportunities to improve benefit administration processes and enhance the overall employee experience.
  
  

What We're Looking For

• Associate degree in Human Resources or related field and/or equivalent professional experience
• Minimum 2 years of experience in benefits administration and HR
• Experience administering self-insured employee benefit plans is strongly preferred
• Working knowledge of ERISA, HIPAA, ACA, COBRA, FMLA, and other applicable employment regulations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex benefit information clearly in both one-on-one conversations and group presentations
• Exceptional organizational, time management, and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail
• High level of professionalism and discretion when handling confidential employee information.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and the ability to quickly learn HRIS and benefits administration systems
• Valid Driver's License
• Work Site: The position is based at the Business Office in State College, PA.
  
  

Job Type: Full-time

Compensation: $55,000.00 - $65,000.00 annually (dependent upon experience)

Benefits Include

• Medical, dental, vision, and Rx, effective day one!
• 401(k) with partial company match
• Short- & long-term disability
• Basic and supplemental life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee discount
• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
  
  

Why work at Best Line?

For over 40 years, Best Line Equipment has been family-owned, and that still shows in how we treat our people. With 15 locations across PA, MD, and NJ - and growing, there's real opportunity here for anyone ready to build a career. We're passionate about helping our employees grow professionally, work as a team, and take pride in serving our customers. Our culture runs on job satisfaction, diversity, and shared accountability. We've been voted Top 100 Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania multiple years running because we've earned it. Come grow with us.

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