Description
About the Position
We’re looking for someone who takes pride in making the complex feel simple. This role is ideal for an HRIS and HR Operations professional who enjoys rolling up their sleeves, improving systems, and leaving things better than they found them.
As the owner of NEI’s HR systems, you’ll be responsible for the accuracy, reliability, and effectiveness of our people data and core HR technology. You’ll partner closely with IT, Finance, and other key stakeholders across the business to streamline and automate HR Operations, and you’ll play a lead role in driving HR system enhancements and implementations that support key people programs and the future of HR technology at NEI.
Salary Range: $80,000 - $105,0000 / year
The salary range above is based on the Denver, Colorado labor market.
This opportunity is available to both local / in-office (Lakewood, CO) and full-time remote candidates.
Essential Responsibilities
HR Systems & Data management:
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Act as the primary administrator for the HRIS (Paycom and future platforms), ensuring accuracy and integrity of employee data, compensation, and related records.
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Serve as the HRIS Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the organization, providing responsive support to Team Members and departments by answering questions, troubleshooting issues, and delivering guidance to ensure effective use of the platform.
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Maintain system documentation, configurations, and change logs to ensure continuity, compliance, and audit readiness.
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Manage HRIS security, role-based access, and user permissions, ensuring appropriate controls, data privacy, and compliance in partnership with IT.
HR Operations Excellence & Program Enablement:
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Identify opportunities to improve and automate People Operations processes, with a focus on scalability, accuracy, and employee experience.
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Approach system implementations from a programmatic lens, ensuring tools align with HR strategy, operational workflows, and change management needs.
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Serve as project lead for HR systems initiatives, managing requirements, timelines, vendor coordination, and cross-functional collaboration.
Must Have
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Demonstrated experience serving as the primary administrator for an HRIS (e.g., Paycom or similar platforms), with responsibility for system configuration, data integrity, user access, optimization, and leading or significantly contributing to HR systems implementations or major enhancements; ability to quickly learn and adapt to new HR systems required.
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Experience partnering cross-functionally with IT, Finance, and other stakeholders to support system integrations, audits, data accuracy, and operational controls.
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Demonstrates professionalism, sound judgment, and discretion, with the ability to take initiative, prioritize competing tasks, and deliver results as a highly organized, motivated self-starter.
Nice to Have
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Experience supporting payroll operations, including familiarity with payroll processes, audits, and HRIS–payroll system integrations.
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Prior experience working in an engineering, consulting, or project-based organization, with exposure to professional services environments.
Working Conditions
Work Environment: Work is performed in an office setting.
Travel: Occasional: 0 - 15%
About NEI Electric Power Engineering
Serving Others. Enriching Environment. Improving Continually. Quality Results. Voted as a top workplace by the Denver Post for six straight years (2020 - 2025), our values have been woven into the fabric of who we are since 1982, guiding our decision making throughout the years. As an engineering services firm, NEI’s mission is to create a great organization that serves people and solves problems.
Since NEI’s founding, we have developed a culture of collaboration and accountability, both across our teams and departments, and externally with our clients across the United States. We believe in two core ideas: hiring great people and celebrating our team members’ diverse backgrounds and unique experiences; bringing in new, unique, and exciting perspectives that can only strengthen NEI as we chart our path into the future.
We are a proud equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or genetic information.
Team Member Benefits
We believe that taking care of our team members is of the utmost importance. We strive to foster a community of belonging, professional development, and industry involvement, providing our team with the benefits, tools, and support systems to excel in their roles. Out comprehensive benefits package includes:
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100% Employer paid team member premiums for Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability
NEI Electric Power Engineering participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your completed Form I-9 to confirm your work authorization in the United States.