Payroll Coordinator
- Sherwood Park, AB, Canada
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- 2+ years of payroll experience, including unionized environment payroll and managing multiple pay cycles
- Posting language
- English
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Original job description
About DCM
DCM Group - including TES, PCSI, and our U.S. operations - we offer integrated solutions in construction, maintenance, turnaround, and engineering services across industrial and commercial sectors. With a strong presence across Canada and internationally, we’re known for delivering complex projects with precision, innovation, and integrity.
Joining DCM means becoming part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team. We foster a culture that values technical excellence, safety, continuous improvement, and mutual respect - while also making room for enjoyment in the work we do. Our people are our greatest strength, and we’re proud to support their growth through meaningful work, professional development, and a shared commitment to success.
If you're looking to build a rewarding career with a group of companies that values your expertise and encourages your ambition, we’d love to hear from you.
The role
We’re looking for a detail-oriented Payroll Coordinator to join our industrial construction team. You’ll make sure our union and non-union employees, in the field and in the office, are paid accurately and on time across our weekly and bi-weekly pay cycles, while keeping us compliant with employment, tax, and collective agreement requirements.
What You’ll Do
DCM Group - including TES, PCSI, and our U.S. operations - we offer integrated solutions in construction, maintenance, turnaround, and engineering services across industrial and commercial sectors. With a strong presence across Canada and internationally, we’re known for delivering complex projects with precision, innovation, and integrity.
Joining DCM means becoming part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team. We foster a culture that values technical excellence, safety, continuous improvement, and mutual respect - while also making room for enjoyment in the work we do. Our people are our greatest strength, and we’re proud to support their growth through meaningful work, professional development, and a shared commitment to success.
If you're looking to build a rewarding career with a group of companies that values your expertise and encourages your ambition, we’d love to hear from you.
The role
We’re looking for a detail-oriented Payroll Coordinator to join our industrial construction team. You’ll make sure our union and non-union employees, in the field and in the office, are paid accurately and on time across our weekly and bi-weekly pay cycles, while keeping us compliant with employment, tax, and collective agreement requirements.
What You’ll Do
- Process weekly and bi-weekly payroll for employees across union and non-union groups, meeting firm pay deadlines for each cycle
- Apply collective agreement provisions for multiple trades, including wage scales, shift premiums, overtime, travel and subsistence, per diems, and vacation entitlements
- Calculate retroactive pay following contract settlements
- Deduct and remit union dues and initiation fees, and process contributions to union benefit and pension plans
- Maintain accurate payroll records, including new hires, terminations, layoffs, recalls, and changes in status
- Administer benefits, garnishments, and retirement plan deductions
- Reconcile payroll accounts and prepare journal entries for the general ledger
- Handle remittances and year-end filings, including T4s
- Respond to employee, foreman, supervisor, and union representative payroll questions with professionalism and care
- Keep up with changing payroll legislation and collective agreement terms, and recommend process improvements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Post-secondary education in accounting or finance preferred
- 2+ years of payroll experience, including unionized environment payroll and managing multiple pay cycles
- Ability to read and interpret collective agreements and apply them accurately
- Working knowledge of payroll and employment standards regulations
- Strong Excel skills and comfort learning new payroll and accounting systems
- Excellent accuracy, with a sharp eye for detail and strong time management, especially under recurring deadlines
- Discretion in handling confidential information
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Experience with Maestro
- Payroll experience in industrial construction or another project-based industry
- Experience with multiple collective agreements or multi-jurisdiction payroll
More about this job
Responsibilities
Process weekly and bi-weekly payroll for union and non-union employees, applying collective agreement terms and handling deductions, benefits, retroactive pay, and employee status changes. Reconcile payroll accounts, prepare general ledger entries, complete remittances and year-end filings, respond to payroll inquiries, and support compliance and process improvements.
Requirements
A high school diploma or equivalent is required, with post-secondary accounting or finance education preferred, along with at least two years of payroll experience including unionized payroll and multiple pay cycles. Candidates should be able to interpret collective agreements, understand payroll and employment standards regulations, use Excel and payroll systems, and demonstrate accuracy, discretion, time management, and clear communication.
Skills
- Payroll Processing
- Union Payroll
- Collective Agreement Interpretation
- Payroll Compliance
- Excel
- Payroll Reconciliation
- Journal Entries
- Benefits Administration
- Payroll Remittances
- Year-End Filings
- Attention to Detail
- Time Management
- Confidentiality
- Written Communication
- Verbal Communication
- Process Improvement
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Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Construction
- Human Resources
Keywords
- Payroll
- Union Payroll
- Non-Union Payroll
- Weekly Payroll
- Bi-Weekly Payroll
- Collective Agreements
- Wage Scales
- Shift Premiums
- Overtime
- Travel and Subsistence
- Per Diems
- Vacation Entitlements
- Retroactive Pay
- Union Dues
- Benefit Plans
- Pension Plans
- Garnishments
- Retirement Plan Deductions
- Payroll Reconciliation
- Journal Entries
- General Ledger
- Remittances
- T4 Filings
- Employment Standards
- Payroll Legislation
- Excel
- Maestro Payroll
- Industrial Construction