Labor Compliance Specialist II

Description

• Monitor and stay abreast of applicable laws and regulations that might affect the Swinerton’s policies and procedures.
• Responsible for labor compliance activities on assigned projects across any market including identifying labor compliance requirements and project set up.
• Perform audits on projects and communicate issues or non-compliant items to appropriate parties to resolve.
• Travel to job sites for pre-construction meetings, training/education, and relevant activities, as necessary.
• Identify and resolve grievances – escalate complex matters to appropriate party.
• Conducts training for teams and/or division stakeholders, program employees, and contractors as needed.
• Develop risk assessments on Compliance Programs and escalate issues to senior labor compliance team members to assist with identifying appropriate solutions.
• Review and verify payroll records, benefit statements, employer training contributions, apprenticeship paperwork, and other relevant documents to determine compliance with applicable rules and regulations.
• Competently handle audits by third parties and submit to agencies, clients, or other requestors.
• Monitor and audit certified payroll for internal self-perform and external subcontractors.
• Create and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders and contractors. Develop relationships with agencies and client representatives to establish ongoing communication and partnership.
• Participate in third party / Government reviews, audits and inquiries. Compile necessary information/documents and work with appropriate departments and senior labor compliance staff to address issues.
• Communicate specific labor compliance requirements to subcontractors/vendors, obtain necessary documents, and monitor documentation to release payment.
• Facilitates internal communication between operations and relevant departments on labor compliance matters.
• Use LCP Tracker and other compliance software to review and approve certified payroll and payroll documents.
• Review all public contracts (and any private projects that have specific requirements) for labor requirements (certified payroll, skilled labor, local hire, diversity, and other labor related requirements). Work with project teams and departments to develop and implement a plan to monitor, report, and ensure proper submissions to agencies.

Requirements

• Ability and means to travel as needed.
• Demonstrated applicable knowledge of employment practices in the construction industry and a strong working knowledge of state labor regulations
• Demonstrate knowledge and application with federal reporting requirements for Swinerton projects (when applicable) and complete the associated reports in a timely manner.
• Significant understanding of relevant labor codes/laws
• Extensive experience with prevailing wage enforcement, analyzing data, risk assessment, and auditing
• Knowledge and experience with LCP Tracker, OCPS, Elations, ecomply, DIR eCPR, other agency portals preferred.
• Ability to work independently, accurately, strategically, resourcefully, yet intuitively know when and how to inform, verify, collaborate, and escalate.
• Experience implementing procedures and coordinating with other internal and external departments
• Minimum of 3 experience working with Public Works Labor Compliance Programs and/or Project Labor Agreement
• Able to perform all essential Labor Compliance Specialist I responsibilities.
• 6+ years of labor compliance experience in the construction industry.
• Computer proficiency including word processing and spreadsheet applications
• Proficient written and verbal English communication skills, including business writing skills
• Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree in business or related degree desired and/or equivalent working experience.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment across the Swinerton organization, providing compliance guidance to a variety of teams and senior management.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance