Job Summary
The Labor Relations Lead provides advanced project-wide Labor Relations support and works with a team of Labor Relations professionals on assigned complex workplace investigations involving Craft Professionals. The position interprets and administers labor agreements and work rules, supports complex grievances and labor-management matters, analyzes jurisdictional and workforce issues, and conducts objective, timely, and well-documented fact-finding. This role is 100% onsite. #LI-TH1
Major Responsibilities
Construction Group Support and Field Presence
Serve as the dedicated Labor Relations representative for assigned Construction groups.
Maintain regular field engagement with Superintendents, Craft Supervisors and Craft Professionals.
Provide guidance on applicable labor agreements, project work rules, established Labor Relations procedures, and workforce administration requirements.
Identify emerging workforce concerns, labor-management issues, and execution risks and elevate matters requiring management direction.
Employee Relations and Conduct
Receive, document, triage, and coordinate resolution of employee questions, complaints, grievances, and workforce issues.
Apply the project issue-priority protocol and immediately escalate critical or high-risk matters.
Conduct or support routine fact-finding and refer complex, sensitive, or high-risk allegations to Labor Relations Investigator.
Maintain complete, accurate, and confidential case notes, logs, correspondence, and supporting documentation.
Payroll, Wage, and Workforce Compliance
Support resolution of payroll, classification, wage, fringe, deduction, timekeeping, and per diem concerns.
Assist with wage bulletin implementation, certified payroll support, and correction tracking.
Monitor apprenticeship, foreman, and other required workforce ratios and escalate potential non-compliance.
Support compliance reviews involving BCC direct-hire Craft Professionals and subcontracted labor.
Workforce Planning and Reporting
Monitor staffing conditions, turnover, absenteeism, craft availability, and other workforce indicators.
Support workforce communications, surveys, engagement activities, mobilization, demobilization, and closeout.
Provide timely status updates, metrics, issue summaries, and action tracking to the Deputy Labor Relations Manager.
Education and Experience Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8-10 years of relevant experience, or 12-14 years of relevant work experience.
A minimum of three years must be direct experience conducting and documenting workplace investigations.
Bilingual in English and Spanish is required.
Required Knowledge and Skills
Working knowledge of labor relations, employee relations, union construction practices, and workforce administration.
Ability to interpret and apply labor agreements, project work rules, procedures, and wage requirements consistently.
Strong communication, conflict-resolution, documentation, organization, and relationship-management skills.
Ability to exercise sound judgment, protect confidential information, and manage multiple priorities in an active construction environment.
Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and project systems used for case tracking, reporting, onboarding, payroll coordination, and records management.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting a unionized construction, industrial, infrastructure, energy, or EPC project.
Experience administering collective bargaining agreements, project labor agreements, hiring hall referrals, grievances, payroll or wage compliance, apprenticeship requirements, or craft workforce programs.
Experience using data and trend information to identify workforce risks and support corrective actions.
Decision Authority and Escalation
The Representative resolves routine matters within established agreements, procedures, and delegated authority.
Formal grievances, discharge recommendations, significant wage or classification issues, work-stoppage risks, sensitive allegations, material subcontractor non-compliance, and other high-impact matters must be elevated to the Deputy Labor Relations Manager and Project Labor Relations Manager.
Complex or sensitive investigative matters must be referred to the Labor Relations Investigator.
Working Conditions
Position is based at a large construction project site and requires frequent interaction with craft professionals, labor organizations, project management, subcontractors, and client representatives in a fast-paced construction environment. Work hours may exceed 40 hours per week and require flexibility to work limited overtime and/or provide coverage for shifts other than day shift.
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