Prevailing Wage Coordinator - Energy

Prevailing Wage Coordinator – Energy

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Prevailing Wage Coordinator

Reports To: Director of Field Operations

Location: California | Remote

Salary Range: $60,000 to $90,000

Final determination of a successful candidate’s starting pay will vary based on a number of factors, including market location, and may vary depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, education and experience. The pay scale listed for this position is generally for candidates that meet the specified qualifications and requirements listed on this specific job description. We provide a competitive compensation package that recognizes your experience, credentials, and education alongside a robust benefits program to meet your needs.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets.

For more than 70 years, Cupertino Electric, Inc. (CEI) has been powered by people who’ve built a reputation for delivering high‑profile, complex projects. We’re problem solvers, innovation seekers, team players, and safety fanatics. We always do the right thing, even when no one is looking, because what we do here is important and how we do it matters.

Our Energy Group at CEI builds projects from the field to the grid. Whether it’s a solar, battery storage, substation, EV charging, microgrid, or converter station project, our skilled project managers, engineers and field employees deliver when it matters most. We work with customers on programs of all sizes—spanning several smaller sites or several thousand acres. We build some of the nation’s largest utility‑scale solar plants and install more EV charging stations in California than any other contractor, all while maintaining environmental responsibility.

The Prevailing Wage Coordinator ensures accuracy, completeness, and compliance of payroll data for applicable labor regulations and certified payroll requirements. The role supports project management and field operations by overseeing certified payroll reporting, monitoring apprenticeship ratios, and maintaining accurate labor compliance documentation. It serves as a liaison between multiple parties to ensure full compliance with contractual and legal prevailing wage requirements.

Travel requirement: Periodic travel to project locations and corporate offices will be required to facilitate trainings, presentations, and audit activities.

• Review payroll data for employees and subcontractors working on projects requiring compliance and verify wage determinations, fringe benefits, and labor classifications.
• Perform routine internal and external audits to ensure compliance with the Davis‑Bacon Act, State Prevailing Wage requirements, and other applicable regulations.
• Assist in reviewing certified payroll documentation and validate payroll entries for accuracy and completeness.
• Verify wage determinations via sam.gov, fringe benefits, job classifications, and deductions are applied correctly for company employees and subcontractors.

• Utilize payroll and compliance third‑party platforms and systems to enter, monitor, and reconcile payroll data.
• Perform data validation and analysis to identify and resolve daily labor entries and compliance with requirements.
• Collaborate with contractor payroll, clients, vendors, and external auditors to maintain organized and accurate records for employee data, rates, classifications, and payroll entries.
• Partner with internal departments including Payroll, Operations, Human Resources, and Legal to ensure compliance requirements are maintained.
• Assist Operations teams to ensure compliance with worker classifications and ratios are monitored and maintained across multiple projects.

• Review subcontractor compliance packages to verify requirement documentation such as certified payrolls, fringe benefit statements, proof of registration with California DIR and applicable apprenticeship programs.
• Maintain a compliance tracking system and communicate all deficiencies to subcontractors. Collaborate with subcontractors to align requirements.