Role Overview – Laith Electromechanical Engineering LLC is hiring a Timekeeper for a full-time, on-site role based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This position is ideal for detail-oriented administrative professionals with strong time and attendance management skills, numerical accuracy, and the ability to track employee working hours, process timesheets, support payroll operations, and maintain accurate time records within an electromechanical engineering and contracting environment.

Time and Attendance Tracking – You will track time and attendance by monitoring employee clock-in and clock-out times, recording daily attendance, managing biometric or time clock systems, verifying employee presence, tracking late arrivals and early departures, and ensuring accurate capture of all employee working hours.

Timesheet Processing and Management – You will process and manage timesheets by collecting timesheet data from site supervisors and employees, verifying hours worked, reviewing overtime hours, validating project or job code allocations, correcting discrepancies, and preparing accurate timesheets for payroll processing.

Payroll Support and Coordination – You will support payroll operations by compiling attendance and timesheet data, calculating regular hours, overtime, and holiday pay, preparing payroll reports, coordinating with the payroll team or HR department, and ensuring timely submission of accurate time records for salary processing.

Project Labor Hour Tracking – You will track project labor hours by recording employee time allocation to specific projects, jobs, or work orders, maintaining project time logs, coordinating with project managers and engineers on labor hour distribution, and ensuring accurate project labor cost tracking.

Leave and Absence Management – You will manage leave and absences by recording annual leave, sick leave, emergency leave, and unpaid leave, tracking leave balances, verifying leave approvals, updating leave records, and ensuring leave data is accurately reflected in attendance and payroll records.

Overtime and Special Pay Tracking – You will track overtime and special pay by monitoring overtime hours, recording Friday/holiday work, tracking night shift allowances, calculating overtime rates according to UAE labor law, and ensuring compliance with working hour regulations and overtime policies.

Attendance Records and Documentation – You will maintain attendance records and documentation by organizing daily attendance sheets, filing time records, maintaining monthly attendance registers, archiving historical time data, and ensuring all documentation is complete, organized, and accessible for audits and reporting.

Field and Site Workforce Coordination – You will coordinate field and site workforce time tracking by collecting attendance from multiple work sites, coordinating with site supervisors and foremen, managing remote worker timesheets, tracking mobilization and demobilization times, and ensuring comprehensive time capture across all project locations.

Discrepancy Investigation and Resolution – You will investigate and resolve time discrepancies by identifying attendance errors, missing clock-ins/outs, unauthorized absences, timesheet inconsistencies, coordinating with supervisors to clarify hours worked, making corrections with proper approvals, and maintaining accurate, verified time records.

Biometric and Time Clock System Management – You will manage biometric and time clock systems by operating fingerprint or card-based attendance systems, troubleshooting system issues, downloading and exporting attendance data, ensuring system functionality, coordinating with IT on technical problems, and maintaining equipment.

Labor Cost Reporting and Analysis – You will support labor cost reporting and analysis by generating labor hour reports, summarizing project labor costs, preparing overtime reports, analyzing attendance trends, identifying cost variances, and providing time-related data to management for project cost control and workforce planning.

Compliance and Regulatory Adherence – You will ensure compliance with UAE labor law and company policies by adhering to working hour regulations, maximum overtime limits, rest day requirements, leave entitlements, and ensuring all time tracking and payroll practices comply with Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE) regulations.

Employee Query Resolution – You will resolve employee queries regarding attendance, timesheets, overtime calculations, leave balances, and payroll-related time matters by providing clarifications, addressing concerns professionally, and coordinating with HR and management when necessary.

Cross-Functional Coordination – You will coordinate with HR, payroll, finance, project management, and site supervisors by sharing attendance data, providing time reports, supporting workforce planning, and ensuring integrated time tracking that supports payroll, project costing, and operational management.

Reporting and Documentation – You will prepare reports and maintain documentation by generating daily, weekly, and monthly attendance reports, overtime summaries, project labor hour reports, absenteeism reports, and providing time-related analytics to management for decision-making.

Timekeeper Experience – Prior experience as a Timekeeper, Attendance Clerk, Payroll Administrator, Time and Attendance Coordinator, or in a similar role is required. Your background should demonstrate hands-on experience tracking employee time, processing timesheets, and supporting payroll operations

How to Apply:

Send your updated CV to binusha@laithllc.com. Please highlight your timekeeper or attendance tracking experience, your numerical accuracy and attention to detail, any engineering, construction, or contracting sector experience, your proficiency with Excel and attendance systems, and your knowledge of UAE labor law if applicable. Forward to anyone in your network who may be a strong fit.

About the Company:

Laith Electromechanical Engineering LLC is an electromechanical engineering and contracting company based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, committed to operational excellence and accurate workforce management. The company is seeking a detail-oriented, reliable Timekeeper who brings strong time and attendance tracking skills, numerical accuracy, and a commitment to maintaining precise time records that support payroll processing, project labor costing, and compliance within a dynamic electromechanical engineering and construction environment.