Benefits Assistant

Under the direct supervision of the Employee Relations Manager, the Benefits Assistant provides a wide range of both routine and complex administrative support for benefit-related processes, ensuring accuracy and efficiency. This role is responsible for accurate data entry, maintaining well-organized records, and delivering exceptional customer service to support the overall administration of employee benefits.

Blanchard Machinery Company is committed to fostering a high-performance work culture with challenging work opportunities that inspire high quality results.  Some of the benefits of joining our team are:

• Competitive Pay.
• Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401K, profit sharing, generous PTO and paid holidays, uniforms, and much more.
• Exposure to world-class CAT training and development.
• A friendly and supportive work environment.
• Continuous exposure to learning and new technologies.
• Opportunities for advancement.

• Contributes to a positive work environment and promotes the vision, mission and values of BMC.
• Completes all job responsibilities in a safe manner, promotes and champions a safe and healthy work environment.
• Collects and audits all new hire documents; responsible for inputting all information into HRIS, completing E-Verify, and creating new employee personnel files.
• Assists with benefit administration to include employee inquiries, annual enrollment, and leave of absence programs.
• Performs audits of benefits data to ensure accuracy and compliance with company policies and legal requirements.
• Processes termination paperwork to ensure a smooth transition for departing employees.
• Assists with new employee orientation and functions as reserve presenter.
• Updates and maintains employee benefit and personnel files.
• Assists with wellness program activities and communications.
• Prepares new hire orientation benefits packets.
• Functions as reserve front desk receptionist.
• Other duties and projects assigned.

• High School Diploma or equivalent required. Associate or Bachelor degree in Business or HR-related field preferred.
• 1+ year of recent Benefits assistant experience required; prior HRIS experience preferred.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, to include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
• Attention to detail ensuring high-level of accuracy.
• Ability to maintain integrity of confidential information.
• Professional interpersonal skills both verbal and written.
• Strong communicator with effective presentation and collaboration skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities while meeting deadlines; must work well under pressure.
• Creative and innovative, solutions-driven problem solver.

Working Conditions

• The physical environment requires the employee to work inside throughout the year.
• Position may require employees to be physically present at designated worksite locations.
• Job requires standing, stooping, squatting, pushing, pulling, twisting, turning, lifting.
• Seeing, reading, and writing to complete job responsibilities.
• Use of computers and other forms of technology to complete job responsibilities.