Senior Payroll/Admin

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Payroll/Admin for a direct hire opportunity in Petaluma, CA, supporting growing California operations within the construction, industrial facilities, and infrastructure sector. This Senior Payroll and HR Administrator role is ideal for a detail-driven payroll professional with strong California union payroll expertise and hands-on Paylocity experience.

This position offers the opportunity to work closely with field operations, dispatch, leadership, and HR in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. The role is critical to payroll accuracy, labor compliance, employee support, and operational efficiency. Candidates who enjoy complex payroll administration, union agreement interpretation, and deadline-driven work will find this to be a strong long-term opportunity with a stable and growing organization.

Key Responsibilities

- Manage high-volume California union payroll in accordance with collective bargaining agreements, wage classifications, overtime rules, shift premiums, and fringe benefit requirements.
- Ensure compliance with California wage and hour regulations, payroll tax requirements, certified payroll reporting, and prevailing wage obligations.
- Reconcile payroll data with job costing, field records, timekeeping information, and payroll reporting requirements.
- Support employee onboarding, offboarding, benefits administration, HR record maintenance, and payroll-related employee inquiries.
- Partner with field operations, dispatch, HR, and leadership to resolve payroll issues and support accurate, timely processing.
- Assist with union audits, regulatory reporting, compliance documentation, and payroll records management.

Compensation and Benefits

- Salary range: $75,000 to $90,000 per year.
- Job type: Direct hire.
- Location: Petaluma, CA.

Required Qualifications and Skills

- Manage high-volume union payroll for a California-based field or construction workforce.
- Interpret collective bargaining agreements, union wage classifications, overtime rules, shift premiums, and fringe benefits.
- Prepare and maintain certified payroll, prevailing wage documentation, payroll tax compliance records, and union reporting.
- Reconcile payroll with job costing and operational records to support accurate labor cost tracking.

- Minimum 5 years of hands-on California union payroll experience.
- Strong proficiency with Paylocity is required.
- Thorough understanding of California wage and hour laws, union payroll rules, certified payroll, fringe benefits, and payroll reporting requirements.
- Experience supporting payroll for field-based, construction, infrastructure, or multi-location workforces.
- Ability to interpret complex union agreements and apply payroll rules accurately.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, discretion, and the ability to manage confidential employee information.
- Comfortable working in a deadline-driven environment with field teams, operations, dispatch, HR, and leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in traffic control, construction, infrastructure services, industrial facilities, or related field operations.
- Prevailing wage reporting experience.
- Experience supporting multi-location California operations.
- Certified Payroll Professional, CPP, designation is a plus.

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