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Sr. Labor Compliance Operations Specialist

Qcells EPC · Houston, TX · 3 wk ago
HybridLegalFull-time
We need to output only HTML fragment with sections as per rules. Must include headings for sections that have real content. Use

for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which sections are present. From posting: Title, Department, Location, Supervisor, FLSA Status, Position Status, Work Status, etc. But we should not repeat job title as heading. We can include "About the role" with summary description (the paragraph after Summary). Responsibilities: list of essential job functions & responsibilities. Requirements: maybe required qualifications? Qualifications: maybe preferred qualifications? Skills: maybe derived from required qualifications? Benefits: not mentioned. Pay: not mentioned. Schedule: mention standard working hours and hybrid, travel up to 20%. So we can include Schedule section. We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to preserve all substantive info, but we can condense into lists. We must remove boilerplate: EEO, etc. Also remove navigation, cookie, legal, duplicated lines, application instructions. The posting includes "Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time." That's substantive (work authorization). Should we include? Probably under Requirements or Qualifications. It's a requirement. We'll include in Requirements. Also "Standard working hours are Monday through Friday, from 8:00am to 5:00pm or 9:00am to 6:00pm local time." and "This position is hybrid, based out of our Houston, TX office, requiring up to 4 days per week in the office." and "This position is expected to travel up to 20%." That's schedule. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. Let's craft:

About the role

... summary paragraph ...

Responsibilities

  • ... each bullet ...
We need to capture all responsibilities from "Essential Job Function & Responsibilities" sections: Labor Compliance Operations & Process Management, Compliance Systems Administration, Reporting Automation & Compliance Dashboards, Data Quality & Quality Assurance, Department Metrics & Performance Management, Operational Support. We'll break into bullet points summarizing each but must preserve all substantive info; we can't invent or summarize away detail. However we can list each bullet as a concise statement but must not lose detail. The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." That means we cannot omit details; we need to keep them. But we can rephrase? Probably we should keep the original sentences. Could be long but okay. We'll create
  • each bullet as a sentence or phrase from the text. Similarly for Required Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications. We need sections: Requirements (maybe combine Required Qualifications) and Qualifications (maybe Preferred). Or we could have Requirements and Qualifications as separate. The instruction says use headings for those exact names if content exists. We'll include both. Skills: maybe we can extract skills from required qualifications: Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, etc. But we could also put them under Requirements. However we need to decide if we create Skills section only if posting has real specific content for it. The posting does mention skills explicitly: "Strong written and verbal communication skills.", "Strong analytical and problem-solving skills", "Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel", etc. So we can create Skills section. Benefits: not mentioned, so omit. Pay: not mentioned, omit. Schedule: include. Let's gather content. About the role: The summary paragraph after "Summary". It says: "The Sr. Labor Compliance Operations Specialist. Serves as the operational backbone of the labor Compliance departments, responsible for developing and maintaining the systems, processes, reporting tools, data controls, and quality assurance practices necessary to support consistent labor compliance execution across Qcells USA’s EPC portfolio. This role focuses on operational excellence, standardization, data quality, reporting, automation, system administration, quality assurance, process implementation, and departmental performance measurements. The senior labor compliance operations specialist works closely with labor compliance leadership, senior labor compliance specialists, Labor compliance coordinators, project teams, and other internal stakeholders to ensure compliance processes are scalable, documented, measurable, and consistently executed. A key objective to this position is to provide centralized operational support so project and owner facing compliance. Leads can remain focused on project execution, subcontractor management, regulatory requirements, and owner audit engagement. This position reports to the Sr. Manager of IRA Compliance or another management personnel that the CEO of the Company may designate. This position is hybrid, based out of our Houston, TX office, requiring up to 4 days per week in the office. Standard working hours are Monday through Friday, from 8:00am to 5:00pm or 9:00am to 6:00pm local time. This position is expected to travel up to 20%. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time." We could split some of that into About the role (summary) and maybe Schedule separate. But the instructions: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. So we can put About the role with the descriptive summary (excluding schedule details maybe). But schedule details are also part of the summary; we could still keep them in About the role, but then we would also have Schedule section duplicating. Better to keep About the role as the narrative about role purpose, and Schedule separate for hours/hybrid/travel. However the summary includes those details; we could keep them in About the role and not create Schedule section if we consider schedule covered. But the instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. If we put schedule details in About the role, we might not need separate Schedule section. However the instruction also says: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state schedule details, so we could create Schedule section. But we must not repeat info. We could keep schedule details only in Schedule section and not repeat in About the role. So we need to extract schedule details from About the role and put them in Schedule section, and keep About the role without those details. Thus About the role paragraph: remove sentences about hybrid, standard working hours, travel up to 20%, work authorization. Keep the rest. Let's craft About the role: "The Sr. Labor Compliance Operations Specialist serves as the operational backbone of the Labor Compliance department, responsible for developing and maintaining the systems, processes, reporting tools, data controls, and quality assurance practices necessary to support consistent labor compliance execution across Qcells USA’s EPC portfolio. This role focuses on operational excellence, standardization, data quality, reporting, automation, system administration, quality assurance, process implementation, and departmental performance measurements. The senior labor compliance operations specialist works closely with labor compliance leadership, senior labor compliance specialists, Labor compliance coordinators, project teams, and other internal stakeholders to ensure compliance processes are scalable, documented, measurable, and consistently executed. A key objective of this position is to provide centralized operational support so project‑ and owner‑facing compliance leads can remain focused on project execution, subcontractor management, regulatory requirements, and owner audit engagement. This position reports to the Sr. Manager of IRA Compliance or another management personnel designated by the CEO." Now Responsibilities: we need to list each bullet from the Essential Job Function & Responsibilities sections. Let's extract: Labor Compliance Operations & Process Management - Develop, maintain, and continuously improve Labor Compliance Department standard operating procedures (SOPs), workflows, templates, checklists, and process documentation. - Establish standardized processes across projects to promote consistency in labor compliance execution. - Identify process gaps, inefficiencies, and recurring compliance issues and develop scalable solutions. - Support implementation of new compliance requirements, project procedures, owner requirements, and departmental initiatives. - Maintain departmental process maps, responsibility matrices, and operational guidance. - Coordinate process changes across Labor Compliance personnel and affected project teams. - Support onboarding and operational training for Labor Compliance personnel. Compliance Systems Administration - Serve as a primary operational administrator and subject matter resource for labor compliance systems and platforms utilized by the department. - Support configuration, implementation, and ongoing administration of certified payroll and labor compliance platforms. - Maintain standardized system configurations, user access, project setup requirements, reporting structures, and data standards. - Coordinate with vendors and internal technology teams to resolve system issues and implement enhancements. - Evaluate opportunities to automate manual compliance processes and reduce administrative workload. - Support integration and standardization of information across multiple compliance systems. Reporting Automation & Compliance Dashboards - Develop and maintain standardized labor compliance dashboards, departmental reports, project reporting tools, and executive-level metrics. - Automate recurring reporting wherever practical to improve accuracy, timeliness, and efficiency. - Develop reporting that provides visibility into key compliance indicators, including certified payroll status, prevailing wage exceptions, apprenticeship performance, subcontractor compliance, documentation status, and corrective actions. - Support owner- and project-specific reporting requirements by developing repeatable reporting processes and templates. - Provide leadership with clear visibility into portfolio-level compliance performance and emerging risk. Data Quality & Quality Assurance - Establish and maintain data-quality standards across Labor Compliance systems and reports. - Conduct recurring quality assurance reviews to identify incomplete, inconsistent, or inaccurate compliance information. - Develop QA/QC processes for certified payroll records, apprenticeship data, subcontractor documentation, employee classifications, wage determinations, and other compliance records. - Coordinate correction of data-quality issues with Labor Compliance Specialists, Coordinators, subcontractors, and project teams. - Develop controls to ensure information used for owner reporting, audits, and compliance certifications is complete and supportable. - Perform periodic internal reviews to evaluate adherence to departmental SOPs and compliance processes. Department Metrics & Performance Management - Establish, maintain, and report departmental key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational metrics. - Track project and portfolio compliance trends to identify areas requiring additional resources, process changes, or management attention. - Develop metrics related to reporting timeliness, payroll review status, apprenticeship utilization, subcontractor performance, corrective-action closure, and data completeness. - Prepare recurring operational reports for Labor Compliance leadership. - Assist leadership with workload forecasting, staffing analysis, and resource planning based on project volume and compliance requirements. Operational Support - Provide centralized operational support to Senior Labor Compliance Specialists and other project-facing compliance personnel. - Assist with complex reporting requests, audit preparation, data validation, document collection, and compliance reconciliations. - Support preparation of documentation requested by owners, auditors, tax-equity stakeholders, legal counsel, and internal management. - Maintain standardized department records and documentation practices to support audit readiness. - Coordinate special projects and department-wide initiatives assigned by Labor Compliance leadership. - Perform other duties and special projects as assigned by Management. - Regular attendance, in accordance with company's attendance policy and supervisory assignment, is an essential job duty requirement for this position. - Perform other duties and special projects, as assigned by Management. Note there is duplicate "Perform other duties and special projects as assigned by Management." appears twice; we can keep one. Now Requirements: Required Qualifications bullet list. - Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Construction Management, Data Analytics, Finance, Human Resources, Compliance, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered. - 5+ years of progressive experience in compliance operations, construction compliance, project controls, business operations, data/reporting, payroll compliance, or a related function. - Demonstrated experience developing and implementing SOPs, workflows, process controls, or quality assurance programs. - Strong experience working with large datasets and performing data validation, reconciliation, and quality-control reviews. - Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office applications. - Experience developing dashboards, recurring reports, and performance metrics. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to identify process gaps and implement practical solutions.

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