Construction Payroll Specialist – On-Site Medley

Clean Energy & Infrastructure Services; Medley (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

MasTec Civil, LLC in Medley, FL is seeking a Payroll Clerk to support day-to-day accounting functions for MasTec Civil and related companies. You will review timesheets, process payroll changes, and ensure accuracy across job costing, fringe benefits, and tax withholdings.

The role involves preparing certified payrolls for government projects, maintaining records, and assisting with month-end close, audits, and ERP-related tasks.

Qualifications

• Associates degree (A. A.) from college or university preferred or equivalent experience.
• Construction related industry experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Review and validate employee timesheets for accurate hours, pay types, employee classifications, job costing, project allocations, and prevailing wage requirements.
• Identify and resolve missing, incomplete, duplicate, or incorrect time entries before payroll processing deadlines.
• Assist with payroll processing, including new hires, terminations, rate changes, retroactive adjustments, transfers, off-cycle payments, and final pay.
• Assist with payroll taxes, deductions, garnishments, benefits, fringe benefits, allowances, paid time off, holiday pay, and other earnings in accordance with applicable regulations and Company policies.
• Prepare and submit certified payroll reports for government-funded projects in compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act and applicable state prevailing wage requirements.
• Maintain prevailing wage payroll information, including employee classifications, wage rates, fringe calculations, deductions, and required reporting.
• Review payroll registers, exception reports, labor distributions, and reconciliations to verify completeness and accuracy.
• Ensure payroll labor and burden costs are assigned to the correct company, project, task, phase, cost code, department, and general ledger account.
• Prepare and distribute payroll, labor cost, and compliance reports for project teams, management, Human Resources, Finance, and other authorized users.
• Assist with federal, state, and local payroll tax filings, year-end reconciliations, W-2 processing, corrections, and other required reporting.
• Maintain complete payroll records, respond to payroll inquiries, research discrepancies, process authorized corrections, and provide supporting documentation.
• Support workers compensation, unemployment, payroll tax, benefit, internal, and external audits by preparing reconciliations and requested documentation.
• Assist with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, including payroll accruals, journal entry support, account reconciliations, and audit schedules.
• Participate in ERP implementation activities.

Skills

Confidentiality

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Organization

Microsoft Excel

Education

Associates degree preferred or equivalent experience

Tools

ViewPoint Vista

Oracle

Job description

MasTec Civil, LLC in Medley, FL is seeking a Payroll Clerk to support day-to-day accounting functions for MasTec Civil and related companies. You will review timesheets, process payroll changes, and ensure accuracy across job costing, fringe benefits, and tax withholdings.

The role involves preparing certified payrolls for government projects, maintaining records, and assisting with month-end close, audits, and ERP-related tasks.