Prevailing Wage Consultant

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💼 Consultant

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Points North

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 1994

💼 Consulting

🏗️ Construction

📋 Compliance

Consulting • Construction • Compliance

Points North is a provider of advanced software solutions specializing in Certified Payroll Reporting and Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance. Their user-friendly interface simplifies the process of generating certified payroll reports and tracking ACA requirements for businesses of all sizes across the United States. Points North partners with various payroll and timekeeping providers to ensure seamless compliance support, making payroll management easier and more efficient for their clients.

📋 Description

• Serve as a prevailing wage expert for customers and internal teams • Advise Support, Implementation, Managed Services, Product Management, and other teams on prevailing wage requirements, the Davis-Bacon Act and Related Acts, and applicable state and local requirements • Research complex questions and document practical recommendations • Help customers navigate wage determinations, worker classifications, fringe benefits, apprentices, certified payroll reporting, and related documentation • Support escalated compliance questions and distinguish jurisdiction-specific requirements • Identify when clarification from an agency or legal counsel is needed • Monitor federal, state, and local regulatory developments, agency guidance, wage determination updates, and industry trends • Deliver internal briefings and training on regulatory changes, affected parties, and recommended actions • Create and maintain internal reference guides, FAQs, decision frameworks, and best-practice resources • Translate compliance needs into business requirements, workflows, and educational materials with Product, Engineering, Implementation, Support, and other teams • Review processes and proposed product changes for prevailing wage considerations • Identify gaps and recommend improvements supporting accuracy, consistency, and scalability • Coordinate with awarding bodies, labor compliance authorities, industry associations, and union representatives to clarify requirements and inform guidance

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience in prevailing wage compliance, consulting, labor compliance, or public works payroll administration • Expertise demonstrated with the Davis-Bacon Act and Related Acts • 1+ year of hands-on experience supporting payroll, certified payroll, or construction compliance software, preferred • Excellent communicator, able to turn complex information into simple and digestible content for teams from the C-Suite to early career individual contributors • Practical experience researching and applying wage determinations, classifications, fringe benefit requirements, and certified payroll reporting • Ability to advise and train internal stakeholders • Working knowledge of state-level prevailing wage law and public works requirements, including researching and applying state and federal Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) guidance and wage determinations, highly preferred • Experience interpreting union wage schedules, collective bargaining agreements, fringe benefit contributions, and rate changes, highly preferred • Experience working with unions, awarding bodies, or federal, state, and local labor compliance authorities, highly preferred • Client-centric communication and strong consulting skills • Proactive, detail-oriented approach to research and problem-solving • Sound judgment regarding ambiguity, source reliability, and when to escalate questions • Collaborative, solution-oriented mindset • Willing to travel up to 10% for company meetings, team trainings, and other internal company needs

🏖️ Benefits

• Hourly rate for all work completed with or for Points North • Independent Contractor/1099 arrangement • Energizing, ambitious, and supportive workplace • Contributions make a real impact

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