Payroll Specialist
Location: Manassas, VA (Hybrid)
Compensation: $65,000 – $95,000/year DOE
Employment Type: Full-Time
About Our Client
Our client is a growing renewable energy and construction company specializing in commercial and utility-scale solar projects across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. Headquartered in Manassas, Virginia, they support large-scale electrical and solar construction initiatives with a strong focus on operational excellence, safety, and long-term project execution. Their team environment is collaborative, fast-paced, and built around accountability and continuous growth.
Position Overview
Our client is seeking a detail-oriented and dependable Payroll Specialist to manage and process multi-state payroll operations for both field and corporate employees. This role will play a key part in ensuring payroll accuracy, compliance, reporting, and employee support within a fast-moving construction and renewable energy environment.
The ideal candidate has experience handling payroll in construction, electrical contracting, or project-based industries and is comfortable managing high-volume payroll processing with changing labor allocations, overtime, and multi-state requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Process weekly and/or biweekly payroll for hourly and salaried employees
- Maintain payroll records, earnings, deductions, garnishments, and benefits administration
- Review and validate employee timecards, job costing allocations, overtime, and per diem entries
Qualifications
- 3+ years of payroll processing experience
- Experience with multi-state payroll strongly preferred
- Construction, electrical contracting, or project-based industry experience highly preferred
- Knowledge of payroll taxes, wage laws, and compliance requirements
- Experience with payroll systems such as ADP, Paychex, UKG, or similar platforms
- Strong Excel and reporting skills
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to handle confidential information professionally
Preferred Background
- Experience supporting field employees, technicians, or construction crews
- Familiarity with certified payroll and prevailing wage reporting
- Experience working in a high-growth or rapidly changing environment
- Comfortable collaborating across accounting, HR, and operations teams
Benefits & Perks
- Competitive compensation based on experience
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with company contribution
- Paid time off and holidays
- Growth opportunities within a rapidly expanding industry
- Collaborative and team-oriented culture
Schedule & Work Environment
- Hybrid schedule based in Manassas, VA
- Standard business hours with occasional flexibility during payroll processing periods
- Combination of office collaboration and independent work
This opportunity is ideal for a payroll professional looking to join a stable and growing organization operating in the renewable energy and construction space.
Pay: $65,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year
Application Question(s):
- Do you have experience supporting field employees, technicians, or construction crews? If yes, how many years?
- Salary expectation?
Experience:
- Payroll: 1 year (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Manassas, VA 20109 (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Manassas, VA 20109
