HR for construction and field services

HR and payroll software for site crews and field teams

Nexa People records attendance on every site, from a phone checked against the site's geo-fence or a terminal at the gate. Crew rosters, contracts, site travel and safety training sit on one employee record, and payroll runs once for every project.

  • Geo-fenced site check-ins
  • Contract-end alerts
  • One payroll for every site
Site engineer in a hard hat reviewing progress on a tablet at a construction site
Site engineerInside site geo-fence · 06:52

Built for

  • General contractors
  • Civil and infrastructure firms
  • MEP and specialist subcontractors
  • Facilities and maintenance services
  • Field installation and repair teams

01Attendance on site

Know which crew was on which site, and when

Site workers check in from the Nexa People mobile app or a biometric terminal at the site gate. For app check-ins you can require a location inside the site's geo-fence, a selfie, an approved network or a registered device, set per employee. Location is checked only at the punch, never in the background, and punches made where there's no signal are stored and sent later.

  • Geo-fence, selfie, network and device checks per worker
  • Biometric terminals at site gates and yards
  • Offline punches kept and sent when the phone reconnects
More about attendance
Site engineerInside site geo-fence · 06:52
Site check-insHarbour Road site

On time

1 item

  • Steel fixer

    MFMateo Fernandez · Gate terminal · 06:58

Late

1 item

  • Electrician

    TATunde Adeyemi · Selfie verified · 07:24

Absent

1 item

  • Plant operator

    PZPiotr Zielinski · No punch yet · day shift

Every site's punches land in one daily record.

02Contracts and documents

Project contracts and work permits that never lapse unnoticed

Construction runs on fixed-term contracts and a workforce that moves between projects. Nexa People checks every active employee each morning and alerts the right people seven days before a contract or probation period ends, and thirty days before an ID card, passport or visa expires. Certificates and contracts are kept on the employee's record under your own document types.

  • Contract and probation endings flagged seven days ahead
  • ID card, passport and visa expiry flagged thirty days ahead
  • Every alert written to a log with type, date and status
More about scheduled alerts
Contract endsProject contract · in 7 days
This week's alertsChecked 06:00

Document

2 items

  • Visa expires

    TATunde Adeyemi · Renewal needed · in 30 days

  • Passport expires

    ARAli Rahimi · Copy needed for file · in 30 days

Contract

1 item

  • Probation ends

    HCHannah Clarke · Review due · in 7 days

Alerts run every morning at 06:00, or on demand.

03Safety training

Site inductions and safety courses, recorded for every worker

Run inductions and safety refreshers as training programs under a compliance category, schedule sessions on site or at a training venue with internal or external trainers, and enrol whole crews. Each enrolment is marked completed or dropped with the date recorded, and nobody is enrolled in the same program twice. Feedback ratings show which courses are worth running again.

  • Programs by category, including compliance and technical
  • Internal and external trainers, with venues kept as a list
  • Completion dates recorded automatically
More about training
Working at heightSession 2 · external trainer
Site induction · OctoberHarbour Road

Completed

1 item

  • Site induction

    PZPiotr Zielinski · Session 1 · site office

Enrolled

1 item

  • Electrical safety

    TATunde Adeyemi · Session 3 · Thursday

Dropped

1 item

  • First aid refresher

    ARAli Rahimi · Moved to another project

Completion dates are stamped as each worker finishes.

Every day

The rest of site HR, in one place

The work that follows crews from project to project, kept on the same employee record.

01

Site travel, advances and per diem

Trips to remote sites are requested with destination, dates and estimated cost, and approved before travel. Advances and per-diem rules apply where your policy allows.

02

Overtime paid only once approved

Extended pours and weekend work are raised as overtime requests and paid at your rate per category once approved. Compensatory leave can be given instead.

03

Headcount by project and period

Set budgeted headcount by position and department for each period, raise requisitions as projects mobilise, and block any that would go over the plan.

04

Demobilisation and final settlements

When a project contract ends, record the exit once, queue clearance for tools and PPE, and preview an itemised final settlement from live pay, leave and loan data.

How it runs

How a pay period runs across your sites

From the first site check-in of the month to payslips on every worker's phone.

  1. 1

    Every day

    Crews check in on site

    Workers punch at the gate terminal or from the app inside the site's geo-fence. Each day is judged against their shift, and offline punches arrive once there's signal.

  2. 2

    End of week

    Site managers clear requests

    Missed punches and shift requests are approved through your chain of up to five levels, and overtime for late finishes is approved or rejected.

  3. 3

    Day 25

    Site costs are approved

    Trips are closed out and expense claims for site travel and accommodation are approved, so reimbursements can be paid on the payslip.

  4. 4

    Payday

    One payroll for every project

    Payroll builds a draft payslip from attendance, leave, approved overtime and reimbursements. Finance reviews it, holds anything doubtful and marks the run paid.

  5. 5

    After payroll

    Costs reach finance by cost centre

    The payroll journal is mapped to your GL accounts and cost centres for SAP, and reports filtered by station and cost centre are emailed to project managers.

In depth

How HR software helps construction and field service companies

Construction HR follows the work, and the work keeps moving. Crews mobilise to a new site, run for months, then demobilise and move on, often with a mix of permanent staff and people on project contracts. Supervisors are on site, not at a desk, and HR is usually miles away in a head office. Getting attendance, contracts and pay right in that setting is hard with paper timesheets that arrive days late. Nexa People keeps every worker on one record, whichever site they're on this month.

Attendance on site has to be both simple and honest. Nexa People takes punches from a biometric terminal at the gate or from the mobile app, and you choose the checks that apply to each worker: a location inside the site's geo-fence, a selfie, an approved network or a registered device. Location is checked only at the moment of the punch. Sites often have weak signal, so punches made offline are stored on the phone and sent later, and every day is judged against the worker's shift and its rules.

Fixed-term contracts and work documents are a constant risk in construction. A contract that runs past its end date or a visa that lapses can cause real trouble. Nexa People checks every active employee each morning and alerts the right people seven days before a contract or probation period ends, and thirty days before an ID card, passport or visa expires. Every alert is written to a log, so you can show what was flagged and when.

Safety and competence records matter on every site. In Nexa People, inductions and safety refreshers can run as training programs under a compliance category, with sessions scheduled on site or at a venue and internal or external trainers. Whole crews can be enrolled, and each worker is marked completed or dropped with the date recorded. Site travel is covered too: trips can be requested and approved before travel, with advances and per-diem rules, and site costs claimed against your own expense categories.

Project managers and finance want labour costs by project, not a single total. Nexa People has 100 live reports filtered by station, department, cost centre and shift, and payroll journals can be mapped to your GL accounts and cost centres and sent to SAP. When a project ends, exits are recorded once, clearance is queued, and the final settlement is itemised from live salary, leave and loan data. The Nexa AI agent can answer questions such as whose contracts end this month, and asks before it changes anything.

FAQ

HR software for construction & field services: your questions

Anything else? Talk to our team.

Nexa People is built for businesses whose people work across sites: geo-fenced mobile check-in that works offline, biometric terminals at site gates, contract and document expiry alerts, training records for inductions, site travel and expenses, and one payroll for every project. The best fit depends on your crews and contracts, so test it with your own sites.

With Nexa People, workers punch at a biometric terminal at the site gate or check in from the mobile app. You can require a location inside the site's geo-fence, a selfie, an approved network or a registered device. Every site's punches land in one daily record, judged against each worker's shift.

Yes. The Nexa People mobile app stores punches made without signal on the phone and sends them when it reconnects, so the record isn't lost. Location is checked only at the moment of the punch, and only for workers you've set restrictions for.

Nexa People checks every active employee each morning at 06:00 and alerts the right people seven days before a contract or probation period ends. You set each alert's recipients and frequency, choose email, SMS or in-app as the default channel, and every alert is written to a log.

Yes. Nexa People flags ID cards, passports and visas thirty days before they expire, so there's time to renew them. Other documents, such as contracts and certificates, are kept on the employee's record under your own document types.

In Nexa People, run inductions and safety courses as training programs under a compliance category, schedule sessions with internal or external trainers, and enrol whole crews. Each enrolment is marked completed or dropped, and the completion date is recorded automatically.

Nexa People pays overtime only from approved requests, at the rate you set for each overtime category, and payroll picks the approved hours up automatically. Compensatory leave can be given for overtime and holiday work if your policy prefers time off.

Nexa People lets you filter 100 live reports by station, department, cost centre and shift, and map payroll journals to your GL accounts and cost centres before sending them to SAP. If each project is set up as a station or cost centre, its labour cost can be reported on its own.

In Nexa People, the exit is recorded once with its type and leaving date. Clearance and the exit interview are queued automatically, and the final settlement is itemised from live salary, leave and loan data and previewed before it's saved. If the worker joins a later project, re-hire restores their record.

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