Repcon, Inc. PAYROLL CLERK

Job description

About Us

We have earned a reputation for leading the industry in turnarounds, specialty welding, construction, pipe fabrication, and maintenance. Backed by a team of talented supervisors and craft professionals, we are prepared to tackle the toughest jobs for clients in the refining, chemical, petrochemical, renewables, and midstream industries.

Job Summary

The Payroll Clerk at REPCON is responsible for supporting the accurate and timely preparation andprocessing of payrolls across our industrial construction, turnaround, fabrication, and maintenanceoperations. This role ensures that all field craft professionals and office staff are compensated properlyby collecting time sheet data, tracking labor hours, allocating project labor time and travel expenses.Working within the finance and HR infrastructure, this position requires extreme attention to detail,strict adherence to rigid deadlines, an understanding of payroll/prevailing wage guidelines, and absoluteconfidentiality.

Minimum Education

High school diploma or GED certificate required.

Experience

• Context: 0 to 2 years of experience in an administrative support, HR assistant, or clericalaccounting role. Prior exposure to heavy industry, construction, or manufacturing payrollenvironments is a distinct advantage but not strictly required for entry-level.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Data Entry & Processing: Enter field timekeeping data, uploading and entering manual timesheets.Onboard new hires, track status changes, promotions, pay rate adjustments, and processingterminations.

Industrial Timekeeping Verification

• Review and reconcile high-volume system-generated payrollexceptions, overtime, per diems, travel, by project.

Calculations, Deductions & Allocations

• Compute wages, overtime, holiday pay, and specializedincentives. Track and map hours to correct project cost. Calculate appropriate withholdings forfederal/state taxes.

Compliance & Certified Payroll

• Assist with the preparation of weekly Payroll Reports to ensurecompliance with federal, state, and local prevailing wage regulations (Davis-Bacon Actrequirements) where applicable.

Discrepancy Resolution

• Investigate and resolve payment discrepancies caused by timemisallocations by communicating professionally cross-departmentally with field accountingpersonnel.

Record Keeping & Administration

• Maintain secure, updated electronic and paper files of sensitiveemployee documentation, including direct deposit routing numbers and tax forms, following strictdata privacy laws (HIPAA/SOC regulations).

Qualifications

Industrial/Construction Payroll Knowledge: Basic understanding or awareness of payroll rules, perdiems, shift differentials guidelines.

Mathematical & Analytical Skills

• Strong numerical proficiency for exact wage calculations and asharp eye for identifying timekeeping reporting anomalies or misallocated project hours.

Time Management

Proven ability to multi-task, manage high volume during active fieldturnarounds, and meet rigid, recurring weekly processing deadlines.

Communication & Discretion

• High level of professional integrity. Excellent verbal and writtencommunication skills to handle internal employee inquiries with empathy and strict confidentiality. Meticulous attention to detail and sharp numerical precision.
• Strong ethics and dedication to maintaining highly confidential datasets.
• Analytical approach to system errors, structural discrepancies, or software limitations.
• Exceptional time management metrics with a proven history of meeting critical processingdeadlines #repcon #emcor Equal Opportunity Employer

As a leading provider of mechanical and electrical construction, facilities services, and energy infrastructure, we offer employees a competitive salary and benefits package and we are always looking for individuals with the talent and skills required to contribute to our continued growth and success. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. Affirmative Action Policy Please review our Affirmative Action Policy.

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