Workers Compensation Plant Rep II

Epitec is seeking to hire a Workers' Compensation Claims Handler for the largest U.S. automaker. This fully onsite position supports a manufacturing operation and is responsible for managing workers' compensation claims from initial investigation through resolution while ensuring quality claim handling, regulatory compliance, customer service excellence, and effective loss-cost management. The role focuses on complex and lost-time workers' compensation claims.

Job Details

• Location: Louisville, KY

• W2 Contract: Long-Term

• Pay Range: Market Rate

• Medical Benefits & PTO Included

• Work Environment: Fully Onsite

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze and investigate workers' compensation claims to determine exposure and claim strategy.

• Manage a full caseload of workers' compensation claims, including complex and high-severity matters.

• Handle Lost Time Workers' Compensation claims.

• Develop and execute claim action plans to achieve timely and cost-effective claim resolution.

• Establish, monitor, and adjust claim reserves throughout the life of the claim.

• Calculate and issue benefit payments and claim adjustments.

• Negotiate and settle claims within designated authority levels.

• Prepare and submit required state filings within statutory deadlines.

• Coordinate investigations, medical management, and litigation vendors.

• Implement cost-containment strategies and vendor partnerships.

• Manage claim recoveries, including:

  • Subrogation

  • Second Injury Fund recoveries

  • Social Security offsets

  • Medicare offsets

• Report claims to excess insurance carriers.

• Communicate claim status and activity with claimants and stakeholders.

• Maintain accurate documentation and claims coding.

• Escalate complex matters to management as needed.

Required Qualifications

• 3–5 years of Workers' Compensation claims management experience

• Experience handling Lost Time Workers' Compensation claims

• Experience managing a full workers' compensation caseload

• Ability to investigate, evaluate, and resolve claims independently

• Experience with reserve analysis and claim payment administration

• Knowledge of workers' compensation regulations and state filing requirements

• High School Diploma or GED

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree

• Experience handling complex or high-severity workers' compensation claims

• Manufacturing, industrial, or plant environment experience

• Litigation management experience

• Recovery and subrogation experience
  
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