HRIS & Payroll Manager

We're looking for more than a payroll professional. We're looking for a systems-minded builder who can create the infrastructure behind a growing manufacturing company.

Midwest Metals is expanding rapidly across multiple locations. We need a Payroll & HRIS Manager who can ensure accurate, timely payroll today while helping build the HR technology, timekeeping, reporting, and analytics capabilities we will need tomorrow.

Midwest Metals is a privately held, family-owned manufacturing company on the move. We started in steel processing, and we are now building something bigger: a diversified manufacturing organization with locations across Michigan, and more on the way.

Our momentum comes from two directions. We are acquiring well-run manufacturers that bring new capabilities, new customers, and talented teams into the Midwest Metals family. At the same time, we are growing organically by investing in our existing operations, expanding capacity, adding equipment and services, and deepening relationships with the customers who already count on us.

What has not changed is who we are. Integrity, hard work, long-term relationships, and taking care of our people are still at the heart of everything we do. We are building a company designed to thrive for generations, with the entrepreneurial energy of a fast-growing business and the culture of a family that looks out for its own.

This role goes well beyond processing payroll. You will lead key projects including implementation of a new HRIS and Time & Attendance system, improve payroll and HR processes, and help build modern workforce reporting and analytics from the ground up. We need someone who can manage the details while also seeing how systems, data, and processes fit together.

Reporting to the Director of Human Resources, the Payroll & HRIS Manager is responsible for accurate end-to-end payroll administration, HR systems, time and attendance, HR data integrity, reporting, analytics, and related process improvement across Midwest Metals.

The position is based at our Temperance, Michigan site and supports our locations in Adrian, Litchfield, Morenci, and Detroit, Michigan, with occasional travel as needed.

• Payroll is accurate, timely, compliant, and trusted across all locations.
• HR and business leaders have access to reliable, timely workforce data and meaningful dashboards.
• Manual processes are simplified, automated, or eliminated where practical, and HR data is maintained with strong controls.
• New locations and acquisitions can be integrated into payroll and HR systems efficiently.
• Managers and employees understand how to use HR and timekeeping systems effectively.

• Own accurate and timely end-to-end payroll processing across multiple locations and states.
• Maintain payroll controls, reconciliations, deductions, taxes, garnishments, benefits deductions, and year-end payroll activities.
• Serve as the primary HR systems administrator and maintain employee data integrity across HR, payroll, and timekeeping platforms.
• Lead the end-to-end implementation of UKG, partnering with the vendor and internal teams to configure, test, and launch the platform across all locations.
• Lead implementation of a new Time & Attendance system and help establish consistent timekeeping practices across locations.
• Build HR reporting, dashboards, and workforce analytics on headcount, turnover, absenteeism, overtime, labor costs, and other trends, and help leaders understand what the numbers mean.
• Identify opportunities to streamline, automate, and improve payroll and HR processes, and document scalable procedures and controls.
• Partner with Finance,…