Director Rewards

Ready to level up your Total Rewards career? Join the leader in the modular homebuilding industry in a high-impact executive role where your compensation and benefits expertise will help shape the future of the workforce.

• Nearly 75 years of industry leadership
  , offering innovative solutions in a dynamic market
• Build and enhance customer service operations for an organization with 9,500 employees
• Design a Total Rewards program that aligns people strategy with business success

As the Director of Total Rewards, you will provide enterprise-level leadership for the strategy, design, and execution of compensation and benefits programs supporting a multi-site workforce across the U.S. and Canada. This role requires a compensation-forward leader with strong experience supporting hourly, salaried, and field-based populations, while maintaining hands-on oversight of core benefits programs.

The Director of Total Rewards will partner with executive leadership, HR, Finance, and external vendors to deliver competitive, compliant, and cost-effective pay and benefits programs that attract, motivate, and retain top talent.

• Lead company-wide compensation strategy for hourly, salaried, supervisory, and leadership roles across manufacturing plants, construction sites, and corporate functions.
• Design and maintain job architecture, job leveling, and market pricing frameworks aligned to skilled trades, production, engineering, and field operations.
• Oversee annual wage, merit, and incentive cycles, including site-based increases and operational bonus programs.
• Conduct market benchmarking, internal equity, and pay transparency analyses to support competitive and compliant pay practices.
• Partner with Finance, Operations, and HR leaders to align compensation decisions with labor budgets, workforce planning, and business performance.
• Provide guidance on compensation matters related to union environments, prevailing wage considerations, and regulatory requirements, as applicable.
• Oversee benefits programs for a large, distributed workforce, including medical, dental, vision, retirement, wellness, disability, and leave programs.
• Manage vendor relationships, renewals, and cost-containment strategies while balancing affordability and employee access.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations (ERISA, ACA, COBRA, FMLA, state-specific requirements).
• Partner with HR and site leadership to improve benefits communication and understanding among field and plant-based employees.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on total rewards philosophy, workforce competitiveness, and labor market trends.
• Lead and develop a Total Rewards team, fostering strong analytical capability and operational partnership.
• Support change management and communication efforts during compensation cycles, benefit changes, and organizational growth.
• Monitor external trends in construction and manufacturing labor markets, skilled trades compensation, and regulatory changes.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, or related field.
• 10+ years of Total Rewards experience, with deep compensation expertise in construction, manufacturing, or similar operational environments.
• Expertise in compensation design, incentive structures, benefits compliance, payroll, and HR systems
• Strong experience supporting hourly, multi-site, and field-based work forces.
• Experience with benefits administration in complex, compliance-driven environments.
• Experience partnering with executive leadership and influencing at a strategic level.
• Professional certifications such as CCP, CBP, or CEBS preferred.