Director - Total Rewards

HNTB Corporation

USonsitePosted Jul 9, 2026
Posting intelligenceActively listed

About the role

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

The Director of Total Rewards, as part of the Human Resources leadership team, contributes to the overall direction of the Human Resources function. This position is responsible for the strategy, development and implementation of total rewards programs to attract and retain talent. Ensures compensation and benefits are competitive, equitable, compliant and financially sustainable. The focus will be to continually develop, evaluate and effectively execute strategies and programs that align total rewards with business strategy, values, and mission, while leading teams committed to operational excellence, delivering seamless administration, and a positive employee experience.

What You’ll Do:

Leads the strategic direction, execution and management of teams responsible for benefits, compensation, HR technology, HR solutions center, and HR operations programs including mobility and executive officer benefits.

Strategizes, designs and manages the execution, administration and communication of firmwide health and welfare programs, including group medical, dental, vision, life, short and long-term income replacement, voluntary benefits and retirement plans.

Serves as plan administrator for the firm’s total rewards programs, interpreting plan provisions and resolving all claims and matters arising under associated plans.

Manages relationships with external consultants, vendors, carriers and third-party administrators and lead RFPs, when necessary to ensure quality service is received.

Ensures compliance of total rewards programs and practices, advising leadership of changes in regulations, associated risks and potential impacts to the firm.

Partners with internal team and benefits consultants to ensure competitive and cost-effective benefit offerings, plan design, plan renewals and expansion of benefit offerings.

Directs the planning, implementation, and administration of FMLA, leaves of absence, ADA accommodations and mandatory sick leave programs to ensure compliance with the current legal requirements.

Regularly assess the internal equity and external competitiveness of the firm’s total reward programs. Ensure alignment of incentive/reward elements with culture, strategy, and operational objectives of the firm.

Develops total reward programs and systems that are industry competitive, aligned with rewards philosophy and strategy and enable management to effectively reward individual and group performance.

Interacts effectively with business and human resource leaders to optimize the effectiveness of all total rewards programs with a strong process focus. Building and maintaining excellent relationships with key stakeholders.

Monitors trends/best practices, both internally and externally and make recommendations to leadership on implementation or improvement.

Oversees the development and implementation of new policies and procedures; manages the preparation and communication of information to current and former employees about total reward programs, procedures and changes.

In partnership with HR Leadership Team, reinforces a pay for performance philosophy and ensures total rewards offerings are optimized, effectively communicated throughout the organization, and support the firm’s talent objectives and strategy.

Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need:

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, or related area and 12 years relevant experience including 5 years people/project management experience overseeing total rewards functions

Experience in benefits strategy, design, and administration for a large organization

What You’ll Bring:

Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with all levels of the organization, specifically senior leadership

Proven leadership, coaching, and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and lead cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced environment

What We Prefer:

Experience with vendor selection, contract negotiation, and knowledge of federal and state benefits legislation and compliance requirements

Additional Information

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

#NF #HumanResources

Locations:

Kansas City, MO, Overland Park, KS (Sprint Parkway)

NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:

HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Human Resources Group

ReqID: R-30714

Any applicant with limited English proficiency or a qualifying physical or mental disability who believes they require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact us at ReasonableAccommodations@HNTB.com or call 816-527-2600 for assistance. HNTB will make determinations on requests for accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

Hearing and speech impaired individuals who seek assistance or accommodation in applying for a position via TTY, may dial 711 in the United States. Instruct the TTY operator to call 888-400-4682 and select option 5 for TTY service. Please indicate to the HNTB agent that you are a candidate seeking assistance in the job application process.

Please note that The HNTB Companies will not accept any resume submitted via this email address. To properly submit your application to the HNTB Companies, and to ensure that our recruiters have immediate access to your resume/CV, please search our open positions online, and apply directly through our careers website.

Thank you for considering HNTB for your career opportunities.

HNTB will recruit, hire, train, and promote individuals in all job titles, and will ensure that all other personnel actions are administered, without regard to an individual’s protected veteran or disability status. All employment decisions will be based only on valid job requirements. In addition, employees and applicants shall not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in or may engage in any of the following activities: (1) filing a complaint; (2) assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of any Federal, State, or local law requiring equal opportunity for protected veterans or individuals with disabilities; (3) opposing any act or practice made unlawful by Section 4212, Section 503, their implementing regulations, or any other Federal, State, or local law requiring equal opportunity for protected veterans or individuals with disabilities; or (4) exercising any other right protected by Section 4212, Section 503, or their implementing regulations.

HNTB employees must comply with this policy and report any violations of illegal discrimination, as specified in the Integrity Reporting policy.

For Questions or Additional Information

For more information on this policy, please contact the HR Solutions Center, General Policy Inquiry - Employee Center, 888-400-4682.

Robert J. Slimp, CEO

Questions about this role

Click "Apply with AI Applyd" above. We auto-fill the application from your resume and answer screening questions in seconds. No copy and paste, no juggling tabs.

Compensation for Other roles in United States varies widely by seniority, employer size, and remote vs onsite arrangement. Check the salary range on this listing when published, or browse our Other hub for United States medians across recent openings.

Most applications complete in under 90 seconds. You can track the status in your dashboard and watch the screenshot proof land the moment the application submits.

AI Applyd supports Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday, iCIMS, SmartRecruiters, Personio, Teamtailor and other major ATS platforms. If we can submit through the platform, we do.

Want AI Applyd to auto-apply to roles like this?

We tailor your resume per posting, fill the forms, and track replies for you.