Prevailing Wage Specialist
$60,000–$80,000 year
HybridAnnapolis, Maryland, United States
Job Summary
Own end-to-end compliance with Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship requirements for solar O&M contracts by identifying covered work, validating worker classifications, and ensuring correct hourly coding and payment rates. Reconcile actual wages against contractual rates each pay period, coordinating with payroll to correct discrepancies before certification. Prepare and deliver complete monthly documentation packages to project owners through client portals, including certified payroll records and work logs. Serve as the primary contact for subcontractors, collecting and validating their deliverables while driving timely corrections to prevent liability. Monitor for underpayments, notify management of deficiencies, and process required correction payments and interest within statutory windows.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in prevailing wage, certified payroll, or labor compliance administration
- Davis-Bacon and/or IRA Sections 45/48 PWA experience
- Demonstrated working knowledge of prevailing wage concepts: wage determinations, worker classifications, fringe benefits, certified payroll formats, and correction/penalty mechanics
- Hands-on payroll experience, including multi-state payroll and paying an hourly field workforce
- Sufficient payroll fluency to validate rates, coding, and corrections within each payroll cycle
- Experience submitting certified payroll and compliance documentation through client or agency portals
- Proven ability to independently own a recurring compliance calendar and meet hard external deadlines without supervision or reminders
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven track record of being both assertive and empathetic when chasing down deliverables from external partners or subcontractors
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with external clients
- Experience responding to client document requests or audits
- Proficiency with payroll systems and Excel
- Ability to reconcile payroll data against required rates accurately
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in solar, renewable energy, or construction O&M environments with multi-state field workforces
- Familiarity with IRS Notice 2022-61 and subsequent PWA final regulations, including apprenticeship requirements
- Experience managing subcontractor compliance programs
- Multi-state payroll processing experience, including payroll taxes and year-end processing
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or similar credential
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