PWA/IRA Contract Compliance Specialist

Sungrow; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sungrow North America is seeking a PWA/IRA Contract Compliance Specialist to ensure adherence to prevailing wage, apprenticeship, and related requirements across projects. The role involves reviewing contracts and wage determinations, coordinating with multiple teams, and documenting compliance decisions.

Responsibilities include gathering project details, identifying missing information, and escalating issues to ensure accurate labor classifications and proper payroll documentation before field

Qualifications

• Experience with prevailing wage compliance and contract compliance.
• Knowledge of labor compliance across renewable energy projects.
• Familiarity with Davis-Bacon Act and related wage determinations.
• Ability to research DOL wage determinations and labor classifications.
• Understanding of certified payroll reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Review master agreements, POs, amendments, change orders, and PWA exhibits.
• Identify IRA, Davis-Bacon, state prevailing wage, apprenticeship and certified payroll requirements.
• Compare master agreements with project docs to flag new obligations.
• Gather project location, scope, schedule, contracts, and client/EPC requirements.
• Identify missing or conflicting information before active compliance monitoring begins.
• Coordinate with internal teams to route PWA questions and track resolution.
• Maintain current PWA status and supporting records in designated systems.
• Document open questions, decisions, and changes in project requirements.

Skills

Prevailing wage compliance

Contract compliance

Labor compliance

Renewable energy

Davis-Bacon Act knowledge

Wage determinations research

Job description

The Company:

Sungrow North America is a leading provider of renewable energy solutions, specializing in the development and manufacturing of photovoltaic inverters and energy storage systems. The company offers a comprehensive range of products and services designed to optimize the performance and efficiency of solar power installations. Sungrow North America aims to provide sustainable and reliable energy solutions to meet the growing demand for clean power and is known for its commitment to innovation, high-quality standards, and exceptional customer service.

The Position:

The PWA/IRA Contract Compliance Specialist supports Sungrow's compliance with Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship (PWA) requirements associated with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), as well as applicable federal, state, and project-specific prevailing wage requirements. This position serves as a liaison among multiple project stakeholders to identify, research, and document compliance requirements early in the contracting and project-intake process.

The specialist reviews contracts, master agreements, purchase orders, amendments, change orders, PWA exhibits, project documentation, scopes of work, wage determinations, and client/EPC requirements. The specialist also works with appropriate project stakeholders to obtain missing information and clarify requirements when project documentation is incomplete or unclear.

The primary objective is to ensure Labor Compliance receives the information necessary to establish project requirements before field work begins whenever possible, reducing the risk of compliance issues, incorrect wage determinations, incorrect or unsupported labor classifications, missing documentation, and subsequent payroll corrections.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Contract and Project Compliance Review

• Review master agreements, POs, amendments, change orders, and PWA exhibits.
• Identify IRA, Davis-Bacon, state prevailing wage, apprenticeship, and certified payroll requirements.
• Compare master agreements with project documents to find conflicting or newly introduced obligations.
• Flag unclear or potentially retroactive requirements and document the basis for each project's PWA status.

Project Intake and PWA Determination

• Gather project location, scope, schedule, contracts, and client/EPC requirements.
• Confirm wage determination, apprenticeship, and compliance deliverable information.
• Identify missing or conflicting information before active compliance monitoring begins.
• Escalate projects when requirements cannot be confirmed from available records.

PWA Project Review and Support

• Compare project requirements with Sungrow's scope of work.
• Review PWA exhibits, compliance matrices, and project-specific instructions.
• Identify requirements that need clarification or may not apply to Sungrow's work.
• Research questions and prepare findings for the Labor Compliance Supervisor.

Wage Determination and Classification Review

• Research applicable wage determinations based on project location, scope, and contract requirements.
• Verify and document wage determination numbers, modifications, and construction types.
• Review labor classifications based on the work performed, not only job titles.
• Identify missing classifications and support requests for additional classifications.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Coordinate with Labor Compliance, Contracts, Legal, Sales, Project Management, and Service Operations.
• Request missing project and contract information from internal teams and clients/EPCs.
• Route PWA questions to the appropriate owner and track them through resolution.
• Escalate differences between contract terms, project expectations, and Sungrow's scope.

Compliance Tracking and Documentation

• Maintain current PWA status and supporting records in Sungrow's designated systems.
• Track wage determinations, classifications, apprenticeship requirements, and deliverables.
• Document open questions, decisions, clarifications, and changes in project requirements.
• Maintain an audit trail and escalates inconsistencies across contracts, project records, and internal systems.

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience in prevailing wage compliance, contract compliance, construction compliance, renewable energy, labor compliance
• Working knowledge of Inflation Reduction Act Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship requirements.
• Working knowledge of the Davis-Bacon Act and Davis-Bacon Related Acts.
• Experience researching and reviewing U.S. Department of Labor wage determinations, modifications, and labor classifications.
• Experience comparing scopes of work against wage determinations and labor classifications.
• Familiarity with certified payroll reporting, including WH-347 or equivalent documentation.
• Knowledge of registered Apprenticeship Program requirements and apprenticeship compliance documentation.
• Knowledge of state prevailing wage requirements and state-specific wage determinations.
• Familiarity with California DIR prevailing wage requirements.
• Familiarit