Employment Law Compliance Counsel

Lockheed Martin; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 148,000 - 276,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, TX, seeks an Employment Law Compliance Counsel to conduct investigations and support defense of employment disputes. The role covers agency charges, litigation support, and trend analyses with internal stakeholders across legal, business areas, and HR.

The candidate must have a JD, active bar, and extensive experience in employment law investigations. The position requires travel and proximity to a Lockheed Martin facility.

Qualifications

• J.D. with active state bar membership and relevant employment law experience.
• Experience supporting employers in administrative agency proceedings or state/federal courts on employment law matters.
• Knowledge of investigation and research techniques, interviewing, record-keeping, and data collection.
• Familiarity with federal, state, and local discrimination, harassment, and retaliation laws and trends.
• Strong critical thinking to interpret laws and apply policies to situations.
• Experience conducting internal or external employment law investigations.
• Experience preparing investigative reports with documentation.
• Experience collecting and analyzing information from investigations.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Willingness to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct impartial, thorough investigations of complaints involving recruitment to resolution.
• Prepare written reports and summaries of findings with supporting documentation.
• Respond to agency charges and support litigation when needed.
• Draft position statements for external agencies.
• Present findings at discipline review meetings when required.
• Liaise with HR and business leads to convey investigation results.
• Support centralized tracking of employment law investigations and charges.
• Assist in responding to external inquiries related to employment law compliance.
• Conduct research to identify legal trends relevant to employment law concerns.
• Support training on employment compliance topics.

Skills

Investigation

Legal research

Interview techniques

Analytical thinking

Report writing

Travel flexibility

Education

Juris Doctor Degree

Tools

COMET

Job description

Standard Job Description
The Employment Law Compliance Counsel will conduct investigations for both internal and external complaints relating to Lockheed Martin's compliance with federal, state, and local labor and employment laws and regulations, as well as support the company's defense of employment disputes. The Specialist may also respond to agency charges and complaints, and assist with litigation and other actions for which the Employment Law Center of Expertise is responsible.

Standard Job Description
The Employment Law Compliance Counsel will conduct investigations for both internal and external complaints relating to Lockheed Martin's compliance with federal, state, and local labor and employment laws and regulations, as well as support the company's defense of employment disputes. The Specialist may also respond to agency charges and complaints, and assist with litigation and other actions for which the Employment Law Center of Expertise is responsible.

This role will not be responsible for overseeing litigation but will support the attorneys responsible for that function.

This position requires an understanding of equal employment opportunity laws, regulations, concepts, and practices.

The selected candidate must have experience conducting internal or external employment law investigations. Additionally, experience supporting employers in administrative agency proceedings or in state and/or federal courts on employment law matters is required for this role. The individual selected for this role should have experience handling employment law matters from their inception as internal or external complaints through the agency process to resolution.

Responsibilities include conducting employment law compliance investigations, contributing to analyses to identify trends, and supporting efforts to potentially reduce complaints and mitigate risks. The Specialist will also contribute to trend analyses and collaborate with internal stakeholders in legal, the Business Areas, and HR to determine appropriate corrective actions when needed.

Specific Responsibilities Include

• Conduct impartial, thorough, and timely investigations of complaints involving race, ethnicity, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, US military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family structure, genetic information, or mental or physical disability, as well as compliance with other internal and external requirements. These will range from routine to moderately complex and include interviewing company personnel as a neutral fact finder, reviewing personnel documents, and analyzing employee data in a timely manner.
• Prepare written reports and summaries of findings, with supporting documentation, that are fair, impartial, and represent the facts
• Respond to agency charges, and support litigation when necessary.
• Draft Position Statements for submission to external agencies for review by senior team members
• Provide information to and attend discipline review committee meetings to present investigation findings when necessary
• Liaise with Business Area leads and HR to convey findings resulting from investigations
• Support the centralized tracking of internal and external employment law-related investigations, complaints, inquiries, and charges across the enterprise
• Assist in responding to external inquiries and charges relating to employment law compliance
• Conduct research and analysis to contribute insight into legal trends as they relate to internal and external employment law-related concerns
• Support training efforts relating to employment compliance topics

This position may require travel.

Close proximity to major Lockheed Martin facility preferred, due to potential requirement for onsite presence.

Basic Qualifications

• Juris Doctor Degree (J.D.) from an ABA-accredited institution, active state bar membership, and relevant legal experience.
• Experience supporting employers in administrative agency proceedings or in state and/or federal courts on employment law matters
• Knowledge of principles and practices of investigation and research, including interview techniques, principles and procedures of record keeping and reporting, research techniques, and data collection
• Familiarity with federal, state, and local laws, as well as court decisions and trends, regarding discrimination, harassment, and retaliation
• Critical thinking and the ability to analyze information to interpret laws and in relation to internal policies, applying them to various situations
• Experience conducting internal or external employment law investigations
• Experience preparing well-written investigative reports with supporting documentation
• Experience collecting, analyzing, and interpreting information received from investigations
• Exercises sound judgment, including the safeguarding confidential and sensitive information
• Performs detailed work with accuracy
• Must be able to travel as required

Desired Skills

• Exposure to employment law compliance work within a mid-to-large employer
• Experience interacting with government agencies at the federal, state, or local level
• Ability to work collaboratively in a virtual team setting
• Personal accountability, willingness to learn, and commitment to continual improvement
• Professional and clear communication style with strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and competing priorities
• Familiarity with AI tools relating to legal analysis and responding to employment law-related concerns and inquiries
• Ability to work effectively across departments and functions
• Demonstrates integrity and sensitivity
• Familiarity with online case management systems supporting this function (i.e., COMET)
• Experience in Labor Relations preferred

Pay Information
GeoZone Definition: GeoZones are geographic groupings created by Lockheed Martin to align compensation ranges with regional labor markets and cost-of-labor differences across the United States. Locations are assigned a Geo Zone based on the primary work location of the role.

• Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 1): $185400.00 - $344400.00
• Includes metropolitan areas such as Sunnyvale CA; Pal Alto, CA; New York City metropolitan area; Newark, New Jersey; etc.
• Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 2): $166900.00 - $309900.00
• Includes metropolitan areas such as Denver, CO; King of Prussia, PA; Stratford, CT; Moorestown, NJ; etc.
• Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 3): $148300.00 - $275500.00
• Includes metropolitan areas such as Dallas-Fort Worth, TX; Orlando, FL; Grand Prairie, TX; Marietta, GA; etc.
• Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 4): $133500.00 - $247900.00
• Includes metropolitan areas such as Camden, AR; Lexington, KY; Lufkin, TX; etc.

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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only.

Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
• For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.