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Field-ready HR
Payroll changes, injury claims, safety records, and job-site paperwork move on real-world timelines.
Manufacturing and Trades
Your crew runs the job. We run the back office.
Charter HR helps manufacturers, contractors, fabricators, and specialty trades manage payroll, workers' comp, safety training, benefits, and compliance without slowing the work down.
OSHA
Authorized General Industry trainer on staff
800+
TrainingToday courses included for PEO clients
Hundreds of
Businesses served over the past 15 years
10-150+
The employee range Charter HR knows best
BUILT FOR THE WORK
Administrative support for businesses with real exposure.
Manufacturers, contractors, fabricators, electricians, plumbers, HVAC outfits, and specialty trades carry a heavier compliance load than almost any other industry.
OSHA, workers' comp, drug testing, certifications, multi-state payroll, prevailing wage. Every hour your office manager spends on those is an hour not spent estimating the next job. Charter HR handles the administrative side so your team can keep the work moving.
The Problems We Solve
The details that get heavy fast.
Trades and manufacturing teams need more than a payroll processor. They need a partner who understands job sites, claims, classifications, training records, and the pace of field work.
Workers' comp exposure
Falls, lifts, cuts, burns, and equipment injuries are forecastable in your industry. When a claim hits, our in-house workers' comp and employment claims team is on it the same day. Not a ticket. Not a callback queue.
OSHA compliance and safety training
We have an Authorized OSHA General Industry Outreach Trainer on staff, qualified to deliver 10-hour and 30-hour General Industry outreach training and to conduct safety inspections at your request.
Multi-classification payroll
Field crews, shop staff, salaried supervisors, 1099 subcontractors, overtime, prevailing wage, per diem, and certified payroll where it applies.
Skilled labor retention
Your best welders, electricians, and foremen have options. A real benefits package helps keep them off the market.
Screening and job-site requirements
Drug testing, background checks, and pre-employment screening are required for many job sites and expected on most.
DOT and licensing compliance
If you run vehicles, lift heavy loads, or work in regulated environments, the paperwork never stops. We keep renewal calendars and documentation in order.
What You Get
You are not hiring a platform. You are hiring a partner.
A dedicated team that knows your trade, your job sites, and the pace your business runs at. A single phone number that reaches a real person. Clear reporting that shows you exactly what your labor costs by job, by crew, or by location.
In-house claims expertise ready when an incident needs attention.
OSHA outreach training and BLR TrainingToday resources for covered PEO clients.
Job, crew, location, wage class, overtime, per diem, and reporting support.
Major medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and 401(k) options.
Where We Fit
Built for shops, crews, plants, and specialty teams.
Charter HR supports businesses that need practical HR help without losing the direct relationship. We fit best when the work is complex, the team is growing or changing, and the back office is carrying too much. Most of our clients here run between 10 and 150+ employees, from focused shops to multi-crew operations with field crews, shop staff, supervisors, and administrative teams all moving on different schedules.
General contractors and multi-crew operations
Electrical, mechanical, HVAC, and plumbing companies
Fabricators, machine shops, and specialty manufacturers
Trade businesses across the Southeast and beyond
Tell us about your operation.
Fifteen minutes is usually enough time to know whether we are a fit. If we are not, we will tell you.