Payroll and Benefits Administrator

The Payroll and Benefits Administrator is responsible for accurate, timely, and compliant payroll operations across a multi-state workforce. This role manages weekly payroll processing, timekeeping validation, special pay calculations, and payroll controls while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, including prevailing wage requirements. The Payroll & Benefits Administrator serves as the subject matter expert, partnering with HR, Finance, managers, and the external payroll provider to support payroll accuracy. The role also maintains payroll systems and workflows within Paycor and administers payroll-related benefit and 401(k) deductions, reconciliations, and reporting to support accuracy, compliance and audit readiness.
Qualifications:

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field preferred
• CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) certification preferred

• 5+ years of payroll administration experience
• Experience with Paycor or similar payroll/HRIS platform required.
• Demonstrated experience administering multi-state payroll tax assignments, withholding requirements, and payroll tax compliance.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required, including data reconciliation, Pivot Tables, lookups, and reporting.
• Experience in construction or field-based workforce environments preferred
• Prevailing wage experience strongly preferred
• Experience reconciling benefits deductions and retirement plan feeds

What We Offer: 

• Competitive salary. 

• Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance.                                   - Health Insurance starting at 99 cents per week  

• Retirement savings plan with company match. 

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement. 

• A supportive and collaborative work environment. 

Join us at freije and play a key role in our continued success and growth. We look forward to welcoming you to our team! 

Core Values    

G rit: You Follow Through When Work is Hard  

L ead From Your Seat: You think like an owner   

U ber Customer Centric: You drive a "wow" experience   

E ndeavor to be Great: You strive to be the best version of yourself   

frēijē engineered solutions co is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.