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Payroll Specialist

Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc.

Monroeville, PAFull-time$68–129K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$68–129K/yr
Location
Monroeville, PA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Payroll Specialist performs payroll operations for more than 1,000 employees working primarily in Pennsylvania and New York. The role processes semi-monthly payroll and uses ADP, Oracle Time and Labor, and SAP Success Factors. Working with a small team, the specialist handles payroll inquiries, reconciliations, compliance, audits, and process-improvement initiatives with limited oversight.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Payroll ProcessingADPOracle Time and LaborSAP Success FactorsPayroll ReconciliationJournal EntriesPayroll Tax ComplianceAudit SupportProcess Improvement

Full job description

Location:Monroeville, Pennsylvania Job Title:Payroll Specialist Status:Full-time Professional Annual Salary Range: $68,300- $129,100 *Salary commensurate with education and experience. Job Summary As a Payroll Specialist at BPMI, you will perform moderately complex critical business functions to execute the BPMI mission in areas including but not limited to all aspects of BPMI payroll operations for over 1,000 employees who perform work primarily in two states, Pennsylvania and New York. The Payroll Specialist is responsible for processing pay on a semi-monthly basis for all employees including full-time, part-time, casual, exempt, non-exempt, and represented employees. You will work with a small team and utilize ADP, Oracle Time and Labor, and SAP Success Factors to accomplish payroll tasks. Essential Duties: Perform all aspects of BPMI Payroll with limited oversight. Enter or review routine to moderately complex payroll data as needed in ADP from the timekeeping systems, People Operations, and third-party benefit vendors for the processing of semi-monthly payroll. Adjust pay rates, taxes, and deductions as required. Research, resolve, and communicate timely and effectively on routine to moderately complex pay related inquiries that originate from internal (People Operations, employees, management) and external (Bechtel, Audit Agencies, Government Customer, Vendors) stakeholders. Prepare journal entries and reconcile associated payroll general ledger and bank accounts with limited oversight. Ensure payroll is processed and reconciled in compliance with tax regulations, company policies, and generally accepted accounting principles. Stay abreast of federal and state regulations related to BPMI payroll and update policies and procedures as needed to reflect current requirements. Exercise appropriate high-level discretion in the processing, discussion, and transmitting of sensitive employee and company data. Support internal and external audits by various agencies including Defense Contractors Auditing Agency (DCAA) with limited oversight. Participate in or lead department or companywide initiatives for process improvements, operational effectiveness, and system upgrades. Propose long-or short-term business objectives to be included in future business plans as related to payroll operations. Other routine to moderately complex accounting duties as assigned or requested. The essential duties identified are representative but are not To view the full job description please use the link below. https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=YmJnZW5lcmljLjAxMTUzLjEwODY1QGJlY2h0ZWxwbGFudGNvbXAuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t

How this job compares

Set against the 616 open Payroll Specialist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$68–129K/yr
  • US median$65–90K/yr87 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $99K, is 27% above the US median midpoint ($78K) — in the top quarter of Payroll Specialist salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 32 open Payroll Specialist jobs in Pennsylvania and 616 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
Experience
Payroll Specialist postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (429 postings).
Education
35 of the 616 open Payroll Specialist jobs (6%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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