Construction Payroll Specialist - Onsite & Benefits

OPOC.us; Lancaster (OH); On-site; USD 57,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with employer contribution

Year-end bonus and profit-sharing

Paid time off and holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Claypool Electric, Inc. in Lancaster, Ohio, is seeking a Payroll Specialist to ensure accurate, timely payroll for a construction workforce and support HR tasks. The role requires experience with prevailing-wage and certified-payroll processes and on-site work five days a week.

Responsibilities include managing payroll from timecard review to final approval, data entry in Vista by Viewpoint, and resolving payroll discrepancies while maintaining confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Prior payroll-processing experience.
• Strong payroll reconciliation, problem-solving, accuracy, and deadline-management skills.
• Ability to learn and consistently follow detailed payroll, compliance, and job-cost processes.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive employee information appropriately.
• Onsite work in Lancaster, Ohio, five days per week (not remote or hybrid).

Responsibilities

• Manage the payroll process from timecard review through final payroll approval.
• Process payroll and maintain payroll data in Vista by Viewpoint.
• Review hours, overtime, paid time off, reimbursements, deductions, garnishments, and payroll adjustments.
• Administer prevailing-wage and certified-payroll requirements for covered construction projects.
• Verify wage determinations, labor classifications, rates, fringe obligations, and apprenticeship information; prepare and maintain certified-payroll reports.
• Audit employee time and labor distributions for accurate job, project, phase, and cost-code allocation.
• Resolve time and payroll exceptions before deadlines and process approved employee changes.
• Reconcile payroll, taxes, deductions, benefits, and related general-ledger activity; prepare payroll, job-cost, compliance, and year-end reports.
• Respond to employee payroll questions while maintaining confidentiality.
• Provide limited HR administrative support, including onboarding records, personnel-file maintenance, benefits changes, and employee-status documentation.

Skills

Payroll processing

Payroll reconciliation

Deadline management

Confidentiality

Learning payroll processes

Attention to detail

Tools

Vista by Viewpoint

Job description

Claypool Electric, Inc. in Lancaster, Ohio, is seeking a Payroll Specialist to ensure accurate, timely payroll for a construction workforce and support HR tasks. The role requires experience with prevailing-wage and certified-payroll processes and on-site work five days a week.

Responsibilities include managing payroll from timecard review to final approval, data entry in Vista by Viewpoint, and resolving payroll discrepancies while maintaining confidentiality.