Payroll Specialist II

Posted Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way.

Through Zero Harm®, we are challenging the construction industry’s assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nation’s largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).

Our Benefits

• Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive compensation and benefit package:
• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Referral Bonus
• And more!

Balfour Beatty is seeking a Payroll Specialist II to join our team in Dallas, TX. This is a hybrid position (3 days in the office, 2 from home).

The Payroll Specialist II accurately processes payroll, garnishments, employment verifications, and unemployment information requests. This individual also ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, prevailing wage requirements, and union contracts in addition to company policies, procedures, and internal controls. This position requires the ability to multi-task and to be highly detail oriented due to strict time constraints, high transaction volume, and working in a service bureau setting.

• Review/audit all timesheet entries ensuring accuracy and compliance. Communicate any timsheet deficiencies to the appropriate employee and/or manager and ensure timesheet is properly corrected.
• Review, calculate, complete, and/or balance time entry from timesheets, New Hire/Rehire forms, Miscellaneous Change forms, Termination forms, and/or Dayforce.
• Accurately calculate and complete entry for additional compensation payments such as COLAs, per diems, expense reimbursements, and bonuses.
• Accurately calculate and complete entry for deduction and benefit one-time-overrides such as health and welfare deductions, auto allowances, and company vehicle benefits.
• Accurately calculate and complete entry for labor reclassifications (historical timesheet corrections).
• Calculate and complete entry for all payments related to short term disability, paid parental leave, military leave, and FMLA ensuring entitlement balances are maintained/utilized accurately.
• Maintain accurate spreadsheets for balancing of staff payroll cycles.
• Process regular and off cycle payroll cycles ensuring correctness and compliance while meeting all required deadlines.
• Complete assigned payroll reports by the due date ensuring accuracy of the data.
• Complete all processes for new hire reporting.
• Complete all processes for garnishments with the exception of payment remittance.
• Complete processes required for Office of Child Support’s Electronic Income Withholding Order (e-IWO) compliance.
• Respond to all requests for payroll information within four (4) business days of receipt. If request cannot be completed within four (4) business days, work with customer to determine a mutually acceptable date for request completion.
• Respond to all requests for employment verification including workers compensation wage verifications within four (4) business days of receipt.
• Respond to all requests for unemployment information by the specified deadline provided by the state unemployment authority.
• Maintain an organized filing system ensuring all documentation is filed within one week of completion of the cycle.

Promote Customer Relations

• Builds effective relationships with project teams, functional departments, customers, vendors, and user groups that reflect and support company core values and meets…