Union Contract Specialist

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $80k - $110k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Legence

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10,000+ employees

🏗️ Construction

🤝 B2B

⚡ Energy

Construction • B2B • Energy

Legence is a Nasdaq-listed (LGN) provider of engineering, consulting, installation, and maintenance services that improve building performance and reliability for mission‑critical and technically demanding facilities. Founded in 1914 and now a Blackstone portfolio company, Legence delivers MEP engineering and design, program and project management, HVAC and process piping installation/fabrication, and ongoing preventative and corrective maintenance, with a strong emphasis on sustainability, net‑zero building design, and distributed generation. The company serves high-growth sectors including data centers, semiconductors, precision manufacturing, life sciences, healthcare, education, public sector, and commercial real estate, and reports large in-house teams of engineers, consultants, technicians, and craftspeople.

📋 Description

• Manage collective bargaining agreements, wage scales, and fringe benefits within ERP and payroll systems • Support multiple business units through rate configuration, compliance auditing, and cross-system data maintenance • Partner with unions, business leaders, HR Operations, IT, payroll, and operations to resolve pay issues and interpret CBAs • Translate CBAs and local union rules into ERP and payroll rate tables, pay classes, project cost codes, deduction codes, and benefit formulas • Update wage increases, shift differentials, and fringe benefit formulas before effective dates • Execute retroactive pay increases with payroll when necessary • Audit payroll and ERP data for compliance with negotiated agreements, reciprocity requirements, and benefit contribution rules • Research and resolve union pay discrepancies, deduction issues, and contract interpretation questions • Coordinate contract-update implementations across payroll, HR, ERP, and related systems • Test and validate wage, deduction, and benefit system changes with IT, Payroll, and HROps • Support payroll enhancements, process improvements, and union-related compliance initiatives • Lead union audits across payroll, finance, and business units • Maintain documentation of contract provisions, system configurations, wage schedules, procedures, and audit evidence • Communicate upcoming wage and fringe benefit changes to stakeholders • Provide subject matter expertise, training, and knowledge transfer on union contract administration and payroll processing

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in payroll, union administration, human resources, or a related field required • FPC or CPP preferred • 3+ years of union payroll experience, including union rate management, preferably within the construction industry • Experience administering multiple local union agreements and related payroll requirements • Deep knowledge of multi-local union rules, reciprocity agreements, and deduction structures for dues, pensions, and health funds • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Ability to interpret complex contractual language and translate requirements into system configurations • Strong attention to detail and commitment to payroll accuracy and compliance • Ability to standardize processes and drive continuous improvement