Risk Coordinator (Safety, Claims & Contract Compliance)

About the role

Nevell Group is seeking an organized, analytical, and experienced Risk Coordinator to support our Risk Management and Legal functions across workers’ compensation, claims administration, contract compliance, safety compliance, litigation support, and construction risk management.

Responsibilities

• Support the Risk Management/Legal Department Head with claims management, insurance matters, subpoenas, litigation support, and internal legal correspondence.
• Cook up contract review workflows for project agreements with General Contractors and second-tier subcontractors/vendors.
• Gather scopes, exhibits, and supporting documentation; track revisions and ensure timely routing for review and execution.
• Identify and flag contract risks, deviations, and items requiring further review.
• Draft and organize contract redlines and contract summaries for the Supervisor and project teams.
• Maintain negotiation notes, correspondence, and executed agreement files.
• Support master agreement administration, including maintaining templates, tracking renewal dates, and coordinating internal inputs.
• Support job rights administration, including lien and stop payment documentation, preliminary notice tracking as applicable, deadline tracking, and file organization.
• Aid Finance with accounts receivable risk tracking and collection support documentation.
• Affix outside legal counsel with document collection, deposition exhibits, discovery responses, and other litigation support activities.
• Maintain litigation and claims calendars, including response deadlines, hearings, discovery dates, and reporting obligations.
• Prepare first drafts of routine legal correspondence, records responses, and subpoena responses for Supervisor review.
• Support compliance programs administered by the Risk Management and Legal Department, including DOT and wage-and-hour compliance documentation.
• Provide oversight of workers’ compensation claim handling through regular claim reviews with third-party administrators and insurance carriers.
• Monitor claim status, reserves, treatment, resolution strategy, and claim outcomes.
• Drive claims toward favorable resolution and escalate high-exposure or complex matters to the Supervisor.
• Oversee injured employee communications, treatment coordination, return-to-work and modified-duty placement, and interactive process correspondence.
• Coordinate with Operations, Human Resources, the Director of Safety, and other internal stakeholders regarding employee claims.
• Serve as the day-to-day administrator for workers’ compensation and other claims, including intake, documentation, reporting, carrier/TPA/broker coordination, and internal follow-up.
• Maintain open claim logs and review loss runs.
• Identify recurring claim drivers, reserve movement, and program cost trends.
• Report claim trends and recommend prevention and process improvements.
• Escalate complex, high-exposure, or potentially litigated matters to the Supervisor.
• Track contract-driven safety staffing requirements across projects, including required safety personnel, certifications, and coverage.
• Maintain job-by-job safety compliance logs and coordinate required documentation and submittals with the Director of Safety and Supervisor.
• Track safety documentation maintained by the Safety Department, including JHAs, training records, toolbox meetings, OSHA 300 logs, incident investigations, safety personnel certifications, and job walks.
• Monitor safety documentation for completeness and availability.
• Report safety metrics according to established reporting schedules.
• Coordinate and track safety-related documentation and certifications associated with project and contractual requirements.
• Coordinate risk- and safety-related training logistics, certifications, and documentation.
• Afford internal communications regarding safety, claims reporting, compliance, and risk management requirements.
• Aid in promoting safe work practices and safe working conditions in accordance with Company policies and applicable Federal, State, and Local regulations.
• Afford compliance with General Contractor, Owner, and contractual requirements.
• Prepare job-specific summaries of applicable safety, risk, and compliance requirements.
• Monitor regulatory and contractual deadlines and coordinate appropriate follow-up.
• Afford other Risk Management, Legal, Claims, Safety, and Compliance initiatives as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Risk Management, Construction Management, Legal Studies, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum 6 years of business experience, including at least 3 years of experience in claims administration, risk management, safety/loss control, contract administration, or a related function within a mid-to-large construction organization.
• A paralegal certificate combined with qualifying experience may be considered in lieu of the degree requirement.
• Demonstrated experience within a legal, claims, or risk management environment is required.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of construction risk management, claims administration, and contract compliance.
• Working knowledge of construction contracts, commercial insurance, and risk allocation.
• Understanding of workers’ compensation claims administration and claims resolution processes.
• Working knowledge of litigation support, including document collection, discovery, subpoena responses, and deadline calendaring.
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Sound judgment and the ability to identify and escalate potential risks.
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities.
• Ability to work independently and follow through on commitments.
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, non-structured environment and reprioritize responsibilities based on management direction.
• High ethical standards and discretion when handling confidential legal, claims, employee, and company information.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with Operations, Project Management, Safety, Human Resources, Finance, Executive Leadership, insurance representatives, legal counsel, and external partners.