DescriptionSenior Prevailing Wage SpecialistAurora, CO
$95,000-$110,000 + Annual Incentive Bonus Eligibility
Join RK Industries as a Senior Prevailing Wage Specialist, where you'll help ensure accurate, compliant payroll across multiple states and more than 2,000 employees. You'll oversee certified payroll reporting, support Davis-Bacon and prevailing wage requirements, and partner with Operations, General Contractors, and government agencies to keep projects compliant. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented payroll professional who understands prevailing wage regulations and enjoys improving processes in a fast-paced, growing organization.
What You'll Do
- Manage weekly certified payroll reporting for projects subject to the Davis-Bacon Act and other federal prevailing wage requirements.
- Create and maintain craft/class templates, fringe schedules, and weekly payroll submissions, ensuring accuracy across 70+ prevailing wage projects.
- Upload certified payroll transcripts into LCP Tracker, eMars, and eComply, and review, correct, and resubmit rejected reports as needed.
- Partner with Operations, General Contractors, owners, and agencies to resolve prevailing wage questions, maintain accurate wage determinations, and track wage anniversaries.
- Manage apprentice enrollments, renewals, and changes through the RAPIDS Department of Labor program, including required certificate uploads.
- Support year-end and tax reconciliations, including taxable and gross wage tie-outs, W-2/W-2C/W-3 reporting, tax deposits, wage reports, and audit requests.
- Prepare spreadsheets, annual surveys, fringe calculations, and reports for internal teams and external auditing agencies.
- Maintain a strong understanding of payroll overrides, shift and overtime differentials, pay codes, craft/class assignments, and journeyman-to-apprentice ratios.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce risk, increase productivity, and strengthen payroll processes and systems.
- Develop payroll training documentation, identify and train designated backups, and mentor team members.
What You'll Bring
- 5-7 years of relevant experience in payroll, certified payroll, Davis-Bacon, or prevailing wage administration.
- Associate degree or equivalent experience.
- Required experience with certified payroll and prevailing wage regulations.
- Strong understanding of U.S. payroll and tax processes, including multi-state payroll requirements.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including developing and maintaining detailed spreadsheets.
- Experience with Viewpoint preferred, but not required.
- Strong attention to detail and data-entry accuracy, with the ability to meet deadlines in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate across departments.
- Construction industry experience preferred.
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision, exercise sound judgment, and recommend process improvements.
Your Benefits- Paid Time Off plus six paid holidays
- Health Insurance with a $100 wellness incentive
- 401(k) with company match
- Employee Discount Program through PerkSpot
Protect the details. Strengthen compliance. Build your future at RK.Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
