Payroll Specialist

Overview

This role manages complex, deadline-sensitive payroll processing for hourly and salaried employees supporting electrical service, construction, and roadway operations. The position requires construction payroll knowledge, strong document control, and experience working with ComputerEase/Deltek and prevailing-wage reporting systems.

Responsibilities

• Payroll Processing & Employee Records

  • Prepare, process, and verify each scheduled payroll cycle for hourly and salaried employees across applicable locations and jurisdictions.
  • Import or enter approved time, overtime, paid leave, adjustments, and job-related labor allocations.
  • Research discrepancies before payroll is finalized.

• ComputerEase, Deltek & Job Costing

  • Set up and maintain construction jobs, job numbers, project identifiers, labor categories, cost codes, and payroll-related job information in ComputerEase.
  • Review time and labor allocations and process payroll-related transactions to support accurate payroll-to-job-cost reporting.

• Prevailing Wage & Certified Payroll Compliance

  • Prepare, verify, and submit certified payroll reports and required prevailing-wage forms for covered public works projects within contract and agency deadlines.
  • Use LCPtracker to enter labor details, complete certified payroll submissions, track acknowledgments or rejections, and correct exceptions.

• Payroll Accuracy, Audits & Controls

  • Audit payroll files, registers, employee setup, direct deposits, earnings, deductions, tax settings, and supporting approvals for completeness and accuracy.
  • Reconcile payroll taxes, employee withholdings, benefit deductions, garnishments, net pay, and employer liabilities to reports and accounting records.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of hands-on payroll administration experience, preferably in construction, electrical contracting, or a multi-job environment.
• Practical knowledge of ComputerEase/Deltek payroll and job setup (or closely comparable construction ERP experience); direct experience strongly preferred.
• Experience preparing certified payroll and prevailing-wage documentation; working knowledge of LCPtracker strongly preferred.
• Ability to review payroll taxes, deductions, direct deposits, reconciliations, wage-and-hour records, and complex payroll files.
• Strong Excel and reporting skills.
• Ability to maintain careful confidentiality and meet dependable deadlines.
• Ability to communicate effectively across field and office teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Construction payroll and job-costing experience in electrical contracting or similar multi-job environments.

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay range: $30–$35 per hour
• Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, Legal Sheild, ERP, & BenefitsHub

Location

Maryland Pay Transparency Disclosure (Maryland Labor and Employment § 3-304.2).