HR / Payroll Specialist

The LightGauge Co; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance—employee only 100%

3% Simple IRA match after 1 year

Job summary

The LightGauge Co in Charleston, SC is seeking a detail-oriented HR/Payroll Specialist to join our growing construction-focused team. You will handle payroll processing and core HR tasks across multiple states, ensuring accuracy and regulatory compliance for 50–100 employees.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years of payroll experience, strong knowledge of federal and multi-state rules, and a proven ability to handle job costing and HR data with confidentiality.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of payroll processing experience.
• Experience managing HR compliance for 50+ employees.
• Construction industry experience strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of federal payroll regulations and multi-state compliance.
• Experience reviewing quarterly and annual payroll reports.

Responsibilities

• Process accurate and timely payroll for ~50–100 employees biweekly.
• Maintain payroll records, deductions, garnishments, and benefits.
• Calculate wages, overtime, bonuses, and adjustments.
• Ensure proper job costing and payroll allocations across locations and jobs.
• Manage direct deposits, reconciliations, and payroll adjustments.
• Assist with GL accuracy of payroll accounts and liability reconciliation.
• Manage employee expense reimbursements.

Skills

Payroll processing

HR compliance

Multi-state payroll

Construction industry

Attention to detail

Tools

Miter Payroll

Job description

We are a growing small-to-midsize company in the construction industry seeking a detail-oriented and experienced HR / Payroll Specialist to join our team. This role is responsible for processing payroll and core HR functions. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical payroll expertise, experience within the construction industry and an understanding of job costing, and a solid understanding of multi-state payroll compliance.

This position plays a critical role in ensuring payroll accuracy, regulatory compliance for an organization with 50-100 employees, and smooth HR operations across our organization.

This position plays a critical role in ensuring payroll accuracy, regulatory compliance, and smooth HR operations across our organization.

Key Responsibilities

Payroll Administration

• Process accurate and timely payroll for approximately 50–100 employees biweekly
• Maintain payroll records, deductions, allowances, garnishments, and benefits
• Calculate wages, overtime, bonuses, and other compensation adjustments
• Ensure proper job costing and payroll allocations between office locations, divisions, and jobs
• Manage direct deposits, payroll and tax reconciliations, and payroll adjustments
• Assist with general ledger accuracy of payroll accounts and reconciliation of liabilities
• Manage employee expense reimbursements

Tax & Compliance

• Maintain strong working knowledge of state payroll taxes and employment laws in:
• Georgia
• South Carolina
• North Carolina
• Indiana
• Oversee compliance with all federal, state, and local payroll regulations
• Review accuracy of all quarterly and annual payroll tax and payroll filings for federal and state, including 941s & W-2 forms
• Respond to payroll tax notices and resolve discrepancies as needed with Miter Payroll
• Ensure compliance with prevailing wage requirements, including Davis-Bacon regulations for any required certified payroll submissions
• Support yearly insurance audits

Human Resources

• Complete employee onboarding and offboarding
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date employee personnel files
• Compelte benefits administration and related reporting
• Serve as a point of contact for all payroll and HR-related employee inquiries
• Maintain compliance with employment laws
• Manage and track employee office equipment
• Implementing and executing company policies and an employee handbook
• Tracking employee PTO and company holidays
• Assisting with the build out of Miter Payroll/HR Software

Qualifications

• 2+ years of payroll processing experience
• Proven experience managing HR compliance for companies with 50+ employees
• Experience within the construction industry strongly preferred
• Strong knowledge of federal payroll regulations and multi-state compliance
• Experience reviewing quarterly and annual payroll reports
• High level of accuracy, attention to detail, and confidentiality

Compensation

• Health Insurance: 100% Company Paid Health Insurance for Employee
• Retirement: Up to 3% match on a Simple IRA after 1 year of employment