Build What Matters. Build Your Future.
Catamount builds the spaces communities depend on every day. From distribution centers that keep goods moving and medical facilities that provide critical care, to housing, restaurants, and fire stations serving local neighborhoods, our work supports real life. As a best-in-class, 100% employee-owned general contractor with a national reach, we complete projects across diverse markets and regions. This diversity empowers us, keeps our teams moving forward, and creates long-term opportunities for the people shaping our company.
Why choose Catamount?
We’re financially stable, growing, and built for the long haul. Our extensive national backlog and diverse project types provide stability, momentum, and opportunities. At Catamount, careers advance. Employee-owners can grow, move between project types and markets, and build long-term careers without starting over. Teams are carefully staffed, work-life balance is prioritized, and our people are seen as long-term assets.
Diverse work. Real stability. Shared success.
Position Overview
- The Benefits Manager is responsible for designing, administering, and continuously improving Catamount's total rewards programs to attract, retain, and engage exceptional employee-owners. This role leads benefits administration, leave management, retirement programs, compliance reporting, and total rewards communications while partnering closely with Finance and the People Team to ensure programs are compliant, financially responsible, and aligned with Catamount's culture.
Role & Responsibilities
- Benefits Administration
- Administer all employee benefit programs including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, voluntary benefits, and retirement plans and other company-provided benefits such as the Catamount Family Leave Policy.
- Serve as the primary contact for benefit vendors, brokers, third-party administrators, and retirement providers.
- Resolve complex employee benefit and claims issues.
- Manage employee benefit enrollments, qualifying life events, and ongoing plan administration.
- Lead annual Open Enrollment including planning, communications, employee education, and execution.
- Manage and maintain HRIS and benefits administration systems to ensure accurate data flow, eligibility feeds, and reporting
- Leave & Workers' Compensation
- Administer all applicable federal, state, and company leave programs including FMLA, ADA accommodations, disability, personal leave, and other protected leaves.
- Coordinate workers' compensation claims, case management, and return-to-work processes in partnership with Safety and HR.
- Serve as the subject matter expert on leave regulations and employee accommodations.
- Compliance & Governance
- Partner with Finance to support annual Form 5500 filings and retirement plan compliance.
- Perform regular audits of benefits, eligibility, enrollment, and vendor data to ensure accuracy and compliance with applicable federal and state employment laws.
- Financial Stewardship & Reporting
- Reconcile benefit premium statements and monitor vendor billing accuracy.
- Perform quality assurance reviews of benefit and enrollment data.
- Analyze utilization, participation, and cost trends to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Administers compensation and benefits surveys, evaluating market data to ensure a fair, competitive, and well-informed total rewards strategy.
- Partner closely with Payroll to ensure accurate deductions and benefit processing.
Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
- Five or more years of progressive experience in total rewards, benefits, compensation, or human resources preferred.
- Working knowledge of ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, FMLA, ADA, and other applicable employment regulations.
- Experience administering retirement plans, leave programs, and vendor relationships.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills.
- CEBS, SHRM-CP/SCP, PHR/SPHR, or related certification preferred.
Why You’ll Love Working Here
- A culture that develops leaders. Grow alongside experienced mentors in an environment rooted in accountability, trust, and shared success.
- Work that builds careers. With projects spanning multiple markets, you’ll have opportunities to grow, specialize, and evolve as your career goals take shape.
- 100% employee-owned. Our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) aligns our employee-owners with our mission. When Catamount succeeds, employee-owners share that success.
- Benefits that support everyday life. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; life insurance; short- and long-term disability coverage; an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); a 401(k); an ESOP; a generous VacationFlex program; paid sick time; and optional programs such as pet insurance and AFLAC accident, critical illness, and hospital policies.
Please refer to the Summary Plan Descriptions for eligibility requirements and additional details.
Catamount Constructors Incorporated does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or recruiting firms. Any resume submitted to any employee of Catamount without a prior executed agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of Catamount Constructors Incorporated. Recruiting agencies - thank you for not calling or emailing.
Our Commitment to an Inclusive Workplace:
Catamount Constructors, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. Employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.
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