Timekeeper/Payroll Coordinator

Job Title: Timekeeper/Payroll Coordinator

Location: Winamac IN 46996

Duration: 6 Months

Job Type: Temporary Assignment

Work Type: Onsite

Pay Rate: $ / Hourly

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a trusted engineering, construction and project management partner to industry and government. Differentiated by the quality of their people and their relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, they align their capabilities to their customers’ objectives to create a lasting positive impact. Since 1898, they helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Summary:

• Reporting to the Chief Timekeeper, the Project Timekeeper will perform timekeeping and craft payroll activities for the Projects.
• The position requires the ability to maintain confidentiality with a strong ethical behavior in workplace practices, a customer-service orientation with a demonstrated professional demeanor and communication style, flexibility, and commitment to meeting deadlines.
• The position requires overtime on a weekly basis.
• The timekeeping team works when the craft professionals work.
• Ability to work many Saturdays, occasional Sundays and some holidays required.
• Coverage of swing shift or night shift may also be required to fill in for colleagues assigned to those shifts.
• The position will be located at the Winamac Indiana and may be required to travel to other project office locations on occasion (e.g., the Houston Home Office) when performing this role.

Major Responsibilities:

• Coordination with Labor Relations to ensure prompt input of all required payroll information for Craft Professionals into project timekeeping and payroll systems.
• Data entry includes but is not limited to new hire information, terminations, rate and classification changes, etc.
• Onboarding of project new hires to include badging for all site personnel.
• Verification of daily craft attendance using the project electronic timekeeping system (eTrack).
• Review, balancing (reconciliation) and exporting of daily time records for craft employees.
• Replacement badging and time clock maintenance/troubleshooting.
• Creation and distribution of daily/weekly reporting such as force report, attendance infractions, timesheet completion, etc.
• Sorting, validation and distribution of weekly craft payroll checks/direct deposit slips.
• Processing of requests for time off and daily call-ins for craft employees.
• Maintenance of craft employee files to include scanning for records retention.
• Crew timesheet maintenance as directed by construction supervision.
• Gate watch (badge scanning) for personnel at the project site.
• Provide payroll-related customer service to craft professionals.
• Any other related activities as assigned by the Chief Timekeeper or Project Finance and Accounting Manager.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• 1-2 years of timekeeping/payroll experience.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Intermediate skill with Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Must be able to work flexible hours, including overtime and weekends/holidays.
• Excellent communication, time management and organizational skills.
• Strong customer service background.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to work independently to identify and resolve routine problems.

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.