Compensation and Benefits Lead (Adelaide or Sydney Based)Adelaide

The Compensation & Benefits Lead is accountable for shaping and evolving the organisation’s reward strategy across Australia and New Zealand, ensuring remuneration and benefits frameworks are competitive, commercially aligned, and fit for purpose.

This role acts as a trusted subject matter expert to senior leaders, People Partners, and the broader People & Capability function, providing high-quality advice on remuneration, benefits and governance. It ensures reward decisions effectively support attraction, retention, and performance, while maintaining a strong focus on equity, risk management, and legislative compliance.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and governance of enterprise-wide reward frameworks
• Own job architecture, evaluation methodologies and pay structures
• Provide data-led remuneration insights using market benchmarking
• Partner with leaders on complex pay positioning and equity issues
• Oversee annual remuneration cycles and incentive frameworks
• Ensure alignment with Awards, EA obligations and regulatory compliance
• Analyse reward effectiveness and optimise program outcomes
• Embed reward governance, controls and decision-making frameworks

Skills & Experience:

• Tertiary qualified with significant experience in enterprise reward functions
• Deep expertise in remuneration benchmarking, market data and pay positioning
• Advanced capability in job architecture, evaluation frameworks (e.g. Mercer/Hay) and salary structures
• Strong knowledge of Fair Work, Awards, Enterprise Agreements and reward governance
• Highly commercial, data-led advisor with proven ability to influence senior stakeholders

Our Offer:

Our Offer:

At Liebherr, we value your well-being. We offer a culture of recognition and reward, celebrating your contributions and ensuring you feel valued.

You'll have access to generous benefits like retail and medical insurance discounts, bonus leave days, parental leave, and comprehensive training programs, fostering your personal and professional growth.

Diversity and Inclusion:

Diversity and inclusion sit at the heart of the Liebherr Group's Core Values.

We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the communities in which we live, work and operate. Our culture thrives on mutual respect, teamwork and diversity of thought in the workplace

Culture:

We are dedicated to seeing our employees work together in an environment that fosters the true meaning of collaboration; a culture that creates the highest quality, cutting-edge products, long-lasting relationships, and improved organisational and individual capabilities. We aim to give our employees an opportunity to grow and develop their careers.

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants successful in progressing past interview stage will be required to undergo a pre-employment process including National Police Clearance and Medical Screening process which includes drug and alcohol testing.

How to Apply:

Please apply via the link below.

Liebherr Australia would like to thank you for submitting your application.

No agencies or third parties please.

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Have we awoken your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your online application. If you have any questions, please contact Craig Salmon.

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