Repcon, Inc. PAYROLL CLERK

Repcon•Corpus Christi, TX

20h

About The Position

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.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED certificate required.
0 to 2 years of experience in an administrative support, HR assistant, or clerical accounting role.
Basic understanding or awareness of payroll rules, per diems, shift differentials guidelines.
Strong numerical proficiency for exact wage calculations and a sharp eye for identifying timekeeping reporting anomalies or misallocated project hours.
Proven ability to multi-task, manage high volume during active field turnarounds, and meet rigid, recurring weekly processing deadlines.
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.

Nice To Haves

Prior exposure to heavy industry, construction, or manufacturing payroll environments is a distinct advantage but not strictly required for entry-level.

Responsibilities

Enter field timekeeping data, uploading and entering manual timesheets.
Onboard new hires, track status changes, promotions, pay rate adjustments, and processing terminations.
Review and reconcile high-volume system-generated payroll exceptions, overtime, per diems, travel, by project.
Compute wages, overtime, holiday pay, and specialized incentives.
Track and map hours to correct project cost.
Calculate appropriate withholdings for federal/state taxes.
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.
Investigate and resolve payment discrepancies caused by time misallocations by communicating professionally cross-departmentally with field accounting personnel.
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).