Repcon, Inc. PAYROLL CLERK

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.

The Payroll Clerk at REPCON is responsible for supporting the accurate and timely preparation and
processing of payrolls across our industrial construction, turnaround, fabrication, and maintenance
operations. This role ensures that all field craft professionals and office staff are compensated properly
by 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 absolute
confidentiality.

 

Minimum Education: High school diploma or GED certificate required.
• Experience Context: 0 to 2 years of experience in an administrative support, HR assistant, or clerical
accounting role. Prior exposure to heavy industry, construction, or manufacturing payroll
environments is a distinct advantage but not strictly required for entry-level.

Data Entry & Processing: Enter field timekeeping data, uploading and entering manual timesheets.
Onboard new hires, track status changes, promotions, pay rate adjustments, and processing
terminations.
• Industrial Timekeeping Verification: Review and reconcile high-volume system-generated payroll
exceptions, overtime, per diems, travel, by project.
• Calculations, Deductions & Allocations: Compute wages, overtime, holiday pay, and specialized
incentives. Track and map hours to correct project cost. Calculate appropriate withholdings for
federal/state taxes.
• Compliance & Certified Payroll: Assist with the preparation of weekly Payroll Reports to ensure
compliance with federal, state, and local prevailing wage regulations (Davis-Bacon Act
requirements) where applicable.
• Discrepancy Resolution: Investigate and resolve payment discrepancies caused by time
misallocations by communicating professionally cross-departmentally with field accounting
personnel.
• Record Keeping & Administration: Maintain secure, updated electronic and paper files of sensitive
employee documentation, including direct deposit routing numbers and tax forms, following strict
data privacy laws (HIPAA/SOC regulations).

Industrial/Construction Payroll Knowledge: Basic understanding or awareness of payroll rules, per
diems, shift differentials guidelines.
• Mathematical & Analytical Skills: Strong numerical proficiency for exact wage calculations and a
sharp eye for identifying timekeeping reporting anomalies or misallocated project hours.

Time Management: Proven ability to multi-task, manage high volume during active field
turnarounds, and meet rigid, recurring weekly processing deadlines.
• Communication & Discretion: High level of professional integrity. Excellent verbal and written
communication 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 processing
deadlines

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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.

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