Compliance Specialist

DAVIS Construction•Rockville, MD

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Compliance Specialist is responsible for managing compliance and payroll processes for construction projects, ensuring trade partner adherence to regulatory and wage requirements. Oversees project setup, compliance tracking, and reporting, while identifying and resolving non-compliance issues. Provides education, mentoring, and onboarding for trade partners and project teams, and collaborates with internal departments to maintain accurate records, mitigate risks, and ensure regulatory compliance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
Experience with compliance tracking, payroll audits, or regulatory reporting in construction or related industries
Proficiency in compliance software for data management and reporting
Understanding of wage compliance, socio-economic programs, and trade partner regulations
Excellent communication, mentoring, and interpersonal skills to effectively educate and manage trade partners and project teams
Ability to analyze data, identify issues, interpret compliance requirements, and implement corrective actions with attention to detail
Persistence and professionalism in managing challenging or non-compliant trade partners
Experience coordinating with internal teams and external partners to ensure regulatory compliance and accurate recordkeeping
Knowledge of construction compliance requirements such as prevailing wage, Davis-Bacon, and certified payroll
Uses existing procedures to solve routine or standard problems
Receives instruction, guidance and direction from others
Accountable for work within own role only, but work completed impacts team and / or projects
Impacts own team and adjacent teams
Uses discretion to make improvements to existing processes and solutions to achieve results or improve efficiency
Assists in basic business development tasks
Acts as a resource for team members with less experience
May lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements
Recognizes and solves typical problems that can occur in own work project / department with minimal oversight
Evaluates and selects solutions from established options and employs creativity to develop new options for consideration

Responsibilities

Manage compliance and payroll processes for construction projects.
Ensure trade partner adherence to regulatory and wage requirements.
Oversee project setup, compliance tracking, and reporting.
Identify and resolve non-compliance issues.
Provide education, mentoring, and onboarding for trade partners and project teams.
Collaborate with internal departments to maintain accurate records, mitigate risks, and ensure regulatory compliance.
Set up project accounts, invite trade partners, and track weekly compliance through LCP Tracker and/or other compliance software.
Ensure posting requirements and regulatory standards are consistently met.
Identify non-compliance issues, determine remedies, and maintain accurate recordkeeping.
Collaborate with the legal department on compliance discrepancies, regulatory updates, and contract language.
Receive, review, and audit weekly payroll reports from trade partners, communicating discrepancies to relevant stakeholders.
Coordinate with clients and trade partners to submit initial, periodic, and final compliance reports.
Generate quarterly reports for relevant compliance requirements and assist teams with analyzing trade partner inclusion/exclusion for compliance requirements.
Utilize Excel and other tools to maintain data accuracy for weekly and periodic reporting.
Review owner’s contract language to determine good-faith efforts and/or workforce development requirements.
Attend industry events such as trade partner fairs, hiring events, and educational courses.
Manage delinquent or challenging trade partners with persistence and professionalism.
Lead project Compliance Kickoff Meetings and provide guidance to project teams to mitigate risks.
Develop and present wage compliance and socio-economic education programs.
Mentor and educate trade partners, project team members, and department colleagues on compliance regulations and project requirements.
Participate in onboarding new trade partners and communication of wage assurance expectations.
Assist project teams in interpreting compliance requirements and ensuring trade partner adherence.
Serve as a point of contact for compliance questions and guidance across departments.
Ensure the project team is aware of relevant wage scales, jurisdictional compliance requirements, and contract language.
Support the project's needs.