Senior Timekeeper

Senior Timekeeper

Play an integral role in supporting the successful execution of major construction, maintenance, turnaround, and industrial projects by ensuring workforce labor hours are accurately captured, verified, processed, and reported. As a Senior Timekeeper, you will serve as a trusted resource for project leadership, payroll administration, craft supervision, and project controls teams, helping ensure labor data integrity while supporting compliance, workforce accountability, and cost management.

This position offers the opportunity to work within a dynamic project environment where accuracy, attention to detail, and strong organizational skills directly contribute to project performance and operational success. Your ability to manage complex timekeeping activities, resolve discrepancies, and support workforce reporting requirements will make you a critical member of the project support team.

The Senior Timekeeper is responsible for administering and coordinating workforce timekeeping activities for construction, maintenance, turnaround, and project operations personnel. You will ensure labor hours are accurately recorded, validated, processed, and reported in accordance with company procedures, project requirements, customer expectations, and payroll deadlines.

Working with minimal supervision, you will independently manage a variety of timekeeping processes, labor reporting activities, payroll support functions, and workforce data administration tasks. You will collaborate closely with supervisors, project controls personnel, payroll teams, craft professionals, and management to ensure labor information is complete, accurate, and available to support project execution and financial reporting requirements.

As a senior-level support professional, you may also assist with process coordination, reporting improvements, training support, and guidance for less experienced personnel while helping maintain operational excellence across project support functions.

You will be responsible for:

• Coordinating daily and weekly workforce timekeeping activities for project personnel, craft workers, contractors, and support staff.
• Collecting, reviewing, validating, and processing employee time records to ensure accuracy and compliance with company procedures.
• Monitoring labor hour reporting and identifying discrepancies, omissions, or inconsistencies requiring correction.
• Verifying labor charging, cost coding, project allocations, and work activity classifications.
• Supporting payroll processing activities through accurate and timely submission of approved labor records.
• Coordinating with supervisors, forepersons, construction managers, and project leadership regarding timekeeping issues and corrections.
• Maintaining timekeeping records, files, documentation, and supporting audit requirements.
• Generating labor reports, workforce summaries, productivity reports, and project support metrics.
• Assisting project controls and management teams with labor tracking, workforce reporting, and labor cost analysis.
• Reviewing labor data and identifying trends, errors, and reporting concerns that may impact project performance or payroll accuracy.
• Supporting workforce onboarding activities involving timekeeping system setup, orientation, and process guidance.
• Assisting employees and supervisors with questions related to labor reporting, payroll support, and timekeeping procedures.
• Supporting audits, compliance reviews, and verification activities associated with workforce labor reporting.
• Participating in process improvement initiatives focused on reporting accuracy, workflow efficiency, and data integrity.
• Maintaining confidentiality and security of employee records and payroll-related information.
• Providing guidance and support to less experienced timekeeping or administrative personnel as required.

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions. Join us and help drive innovation and sustainability in our projects.

What you'll bring to the role:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Typically 4+ years of experience in timekeeping, payroll administration, workforce administration, project controls support, accounting support, construction administration, or related functions.
• Experience supporting construction, industrial, maintenance, turnaround, manufacturing, or project-driven environments preferred.
• Strong understanding of workforce timekeeping practices, labor reporting requirements, and payroll support processes.
• Experience reviewing and validating labor hours, payroll records, workforce reports, and project labor data.
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills with the ability to perform detailed calculations and data verification.
• Demonstrated ability to identify discrepancies, investigate issues, and implement corrective actions.
• Advanced attention to detail with a commitment to data accuracy and record integrity.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, Teams, and related business systems.
• Experience using timekeeping systems, workforce management platforms, payroll systems, ERP systems, or project reporting tools.
• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while maintaining a high level of professionalism and accuracy.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with employees, supervisors, project teams, and management.
• Ability to handle confidential employee and payroll information with discretion.
• Customer-focused mindset with a commitment to supporting project teams and workforce personnel.
• Commitment to operational excellence, accuracy, continuous improvement, and professional service.

Benefits

Feel the energy at Worley with access to a range of benefits including: paid-time off, holiday pay (usually 8 per year in the US), and eligibility to participate in the medical, life, dental, and vision insurance plans, as well as 401K plan.

Apply today

If you are a detail-oriented professional who enjoys working with workforce data, labor reporting, and project support processes, we encourage you to apply. Join Worley and play a vital role in ensuring workforce information is managed accurately and efficiently to support successful project delivery.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here. And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.