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At BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, you will...

• use your entrepreneurial skills and team mindset to come up with data-driven solutions

• build and lead an agile team to deliver the advanced technology that drives the future

• create a culture of trust, encourage diversity of thought and foster leadership in others

• be part of the historic transformation of the automotive industry.

In this position...

We believe that our employees are our greatest asset. The Total Rewards Specialist will be at the heart of this commitment, responsible for supporting our hourly workforce with comprehensive Company-provided benefit programs. This essential role involves much more than just administration; it's about being a trusted guide and advocate for our employees.

The Total Rewards Specialist will actively support the administration and seamless delivery of various employee benefits. This includes navigating the complexities of life and health insurance, providing guidance on retirement savings plans, managing disability benefits, and tracking time off policies. Your expertise will be crucial in ensuring timely resolution for employee escalations and issues. You'll be an essential guide, impacting employees' lives by navigating their benefits journey, especially during life's most important moments.

This role will work closely with the Global Total Rewards team, reporting directly to the HR Director at BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, located in Marshall, MI.

What you'll do...

+ Benefit Expertise & Compliance: Become the go-to expert for all company benefit offerings, ensuring their accurate and compliant delivery•

+ Direct Employee Support: Serve as the primary on-site resource, guiding employees through benefit questions, enrollment, and complex issue resolution, including vendor liaison.

+ Engaging Communication & Education: Develop and deliver compelling communications, presentations, and orientations to maximize employee understanding and engagement with their benefit programs.

+ Enrollment & Administration: Oversee new hire and annual benefit enrollment processes for health, retirement, disability, and leave programs.

+ Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with the Company’s global Total Rewards team to ensure accurate benefit communications and related processes.

+ Strategic Analysis & Improvement: Analyze benefit utilization trends, contribute to process improvements, benchmarking, and participate in broader HR initiatives and special projects.

+ Short Term incentive Administration: Utilize data analytics to track effectiveness of the incentive program, evaluating impact on key manufacturing performance indicators, employee engagement, and overall facility performance. Using this data driven approach and continuous monitoring will allow to suggest in implement informed adjustments to the program design and ensure it remains relevant, motivating, and delivers a positive return on investment. Partner with payroll and finance on the administration process for the payment of quarterly STI awards.

+ Fair and Equitable Program Administration: Manage hourly pay structures, including partnering with the Company’s Total Rewards to team benchmarking competitive hourly pay rates and application of wage adjustments.

Candidates must possess full flexibility and a readiness to consistently work across all established standard, operating, and rotational shift schedules, encompassing day, night, weekend, and holiday shifts.

You'll have...

+ Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field

+ 3+ years of HR experience, preferably in benefits administration supporting hourly/manufacturing employees.

+ Strong understanding of benefits administration, regulatory compliance (ACA, ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, FMLA), and general HR processes.

+ Demonstrated proficiency with HRIS systems (e.g., Workday) and Microsoft Office applications, with strong analytical and data analysis skills.

+ Proven project management and organizational skills, with experience partnering effectively with cross-functional teams and external vendors.

+ Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities, with a demonstrated capacity to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion.

Even better, you may have...

+ Master’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, or related discipline.

+ Prior HR experience in manufacturing.

+ Experience with benefit vendor systems and integrations.

+ Demonstrated ability to coordinate resources across multiple functions.

+ Strong interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict management skills.

+ Ability to guide and influence employees and leaders at all levels.

+ Experience with wellness program design or implementation.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more

• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more

• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases

• Tuition assistance

• Established and active employee resource groups

• Paid time off for individual and team community service

• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day

• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a salary grade 7.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRSP1

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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**Requisition ID** : 54930