Custom Time Clock Software: Mobile Solutions for the Construction Industry
Gain Added Efficiency By Customizing Your Mobile Time Clock Software
Tailoring mJobTime’s Custom Time Clock Software To Meet The Special Needs of Your Business
At mJobTime, we have focused on giving our customers a large number of configuration options to make our application as flexible as possible. However, software programs are designed to accommodate the maximum number of companies possible. We realize that there are going to be situations where mJobTime may not address certain facets of your business processes, but we ultimately strive to provide employee time clock solutions that will be unique to every business.
We look upon these situations as opportunities. This is because we love to get input from our customers about our time clocks for construction as well as our other software. Many times, this input can lead to a new feature or functionality that becomes a standard part of the program. Oftentimes, when the amount of work and time involved is not significant, we will do the work at no charge. Even in those situations where there is a substantial amount of resources required to do the work, if we feel it will improve the product, we often will share the cost of the modification with the customer. In those situations where the customization is very unique to a customer, we will provide a quote for the work and allow the customer to make their own decision.
Whatever the case, our development team has earned quite a reputation for doing outstanding work in a reasonable time period. They will work with you to get a detailed understanding of your needs, propose a solution, develop and test the solution, and follow-up to insure that our employee time clock solutions are working as intended once released. Our customers constantly rave about the amount of time we have saved them with our modifications. Usually, the ROI on our customizations is very short.
Whether it’s a special report or a very specific way to calculate travel or per diem pay, our crackerjack development staff is always ready to meet your custom modification challenges. They thrive on being able to make mJobTime (and our time clocks for construction) meet even your most stringent and unique requirements.
mJobTime Mobile Time Clock Software Customization Examples
- Allow customer to clock in crews with equipment attached, but only post the equipment to one employee’s time card (not the entire crew).
- Allow Supervisor user to transfer individual existing time records to a different company, verifying that all (pronoun) time record fields are valid in the “transfer-to” company, and disabling transfers for “Approved” and
“Exported” records. - Add a new labor report for commercial drivers with the following columns:
- Last Name
- First Name
- Position
- Last Day Off
- Next Mandated Day Off
- Total Hours since Last Day Off
- Hours Remaining (in the cycle)
- Create a delimited file of time and material for our customer to send to their customer, and as a second customization, generate an invoice in their customer’s format.
- Modify our Weekly Time Entry screen to allow for daily distribution of time by sub-job.
- Create new functions to facilitate entry, tracking, and calculation of per diem and travel pay for employees on jobs:
- Allow users to enter per diem and travel rates per job
- Allow users to enter per diem and travel transactions
- Allow administrative users to export per diem and travel transactions to “Bank File” and “Timberline Export”.
- Customize the mJobTime Crew feature to track:
- Day or night shift per crew
- Craft code per employee
- Alternate employee ID per employee
- Per diem code per employee
- Travel code per employee
- Modify the export to accounting to create a text file export and add special calculations described below:
- Specifications
- A maximum of 40 hours per week will be exported for salaried employees
- Salaried employees will be identified by a field in the employee table.
- Time records beyond the 40 hour limit will remain in mJobTime and will be flagged as “exported”.
- For time records that include task codes beginning with “41” populate the “GL Exp Acct” field as follows:
- The second segment of the task code
- Followed by the employee’s department number (two-digit-zero-filled)
- The employee’s dept number will be pulled from a field in the employee table Examples: “500503”, “500603”
- Develop a custom version of the “Daily Time Sheet Entry by Employee” screen:
- To include a five-row header,
- Make the Job Number column header span all columns for the same job.
- As new columns are added, insert them into the grid sorted in ascending order by Job Number, then by the last five digits of the Cost Code, then by Extra.
- Remove color shading of alternate rows in grid and add a solid line between rows
- Shade “REG”, “OVT”, and “DBL” columns in White/Lt Blue/Dark Blue
- Increase allowable distribution columns to 30
- Divide the “Total” column into “REG”, “OVT”, and “DBL” sub-columns and display the appropriate totals for each row broken down into the three Pay IDs.
- Replace the “Save” button acknowledgement dialog with the following custom dialog:
- “Entries will be recorded with the following Date: ##/##/####”
- Allow user to click “OK” or “Cancel”
- Allow users to save selected distribution columns for multiple jobs and have them default whenever a job is selected for time entry.
- Add Edit, Review, and Approve functions to the Daily Time Entry screen.
Let us provide you with a personalized demo today. As you can see, a custom time clock from mJobTime can supply your business with many helpful resources.
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November 2025
Hello mJob Community
We’re excited to kick off our monthly mJob Newsletter! 🎉
Each month, we’ll share product updates, feature highlights, latest blogs and much more to keep you informed about all the great things happening here at mJob.
I’m John Storms, and I’m thrilled to step into the role of Product Manager here at mJob! Many of you may know me from my time as Director of Technical Services, where I had the privilege of helping you get the most out of our software.
As head of product, I’ll be focused on improving your experience and making sure mJob continues to deliver real value to your teams. To kick things off, I’d love to hear directly from you.
Please take a minute to answer these 3 quick questions:
- What do you like about your mJob software?
- What don’t you like?
- What new features or functionality would you love to see?
Your feedback will directly shape our product roadmap—so thank you in advance! Responses are anonymous, and you can access the form by clicking below.
Stay tuned right here for upcoming product updates, new feature announcements, and behind-the-scenes insights from me and the mJob team.
Looking forward to building something great together!
— John
Best Practices
mJob is most effective when integrated into clear, consistent operational strategies. Here are 7 core practices to maximize efficiency and accountability on your job site:
🧱 1. Standardize Your Digital Processes
- Create consistent workflows for clock-ins, material tracking, equipment use, safety checks, and daily reports.
- Use templates within your app to keep documentation uniform across crews and job sites.
- Define roles and permissions so supervisors, foremen, and crew members only see what’s relevant to their job.
📲 2. Emphasize Mobile Simplicity
- Make sure the app interface is simple enough for all crew members to use with minimal training.
- Offer short onboarding sessions or “cheat sheets” showing how to perform key actions on their phones.
- Encourage use of voice-to-text or photo uploads instead of typing detailed notes — faster and more accurate in the field.
🕒 3. Enforce Real-Time Data Capture
- Require real-time or same-day entry for timecards, production data, and materials.
- Use GPS or geofencing to verify worker location and automate clock-ins.
- Review data daily to catch issues early (e.g., overtime trends, delays, or material shortages).
📈 4. Integrate and Automate Where Possible
- Sync field data automatically with payroll, accounting, and project management systems to eliminate manual re-entry.
- Use dashboards or reports to visualize productivity, costs, and safety metrics.
- Automate alerts and reminders (e.g., missing time entries, expiring certifications).
🦺 5. Promote Safety and Accountability
- Digitize safety checklists, toolbox talks, and incident reports — require signatures and timestamps.
- Track training and certifications inside the app.
- Use photos and digital documentation to validate compliance and protect against disputes.
💬 6. Foster Communication and Transparency
- Use in-app messaging or notifications to communicate daily priorities and updates.
- Encourage foremen to comment or tag issues directly in the app rather than relying on texts or calls.
- Share project dashboards or summaries with the team to keep everyone aligned on progress.
📚 7. Measure, Review, and Improve
- Regularly review app usage metrics — are crews submitting reports on time? Are supervisors approving data daily?
- Collect feedback from field users on what’s working and what’s slowing them down.
- Continuously update processes and training as new app features are released or company priorities change.
🧩 Bonus Tip: Keep It Human
Even the best smart app won’t replace good leadership. Regular site visits, open communication, and recognition for accurate reporting or productivity improvements go a long way toward ensuring tech adoption actually sticks.
Latest Blog
The “wrench time” reality check shows that non-productive time is a silent killer, costing companies tens of thousands of dollars annually in lost profit (not just wages, but fully-burdened labor rates). This non-productivity—caused by waiting, excessive travel, and administrative waste—snowballs into project delays and faulty future estimates. To fix this invisible drain, you must use real-time, accurate field data provided by mJob to measure and correct bottlenecks.
Tips & Tricks
🧩 Clock In/Out Questions
Want to capture more info from your crews when they clock in or out? You can now set up **custom questions** to appear during clock in or clock out — right from the mJob **Web App** or **iOS App**.
Here’s how to get the most out of this feature 👇
🔤 Add Multiple Languages
If your teams speak multiple languages, you can make questions available in each one.
- Go to **Utilities → Setup Clock In/Out Languages** on the desktop app to add any additional languages.
- Then, right-click a language to set it as your default.
🧱 Create Your Questions
Head to **Maintenance → Daily Log Events** and add a new event for each question you want to display.
- ✔ Check the **Clock In/Out option**
- 🗣 Add **translations** for each alternate language
- 📋 Example: “Breakfast” in English → “Almuerzo” in Spanish
🧩 Group Questions into Forms
Once your questions are ready, group them together under **Maintenance → Daily Log Forms**.
- Give the form a name (like “Clock Out Questions”)
- Check either **Clock In** or **Clock Out**
- Add and reorder your questions
- Assign forms to specific foremen
💡 You can even use **Event Filters** to show follow-up questions based on prior answers — for example, show “Ambulance Required?” only if “Injury Occurred” = Yes.
🌐 Foreman Setup on the Web App
Foremen can choose which language and phrasing to display:
- Go to **Settings → Preferences → Clock In/Clock Out tab** and select from the dropdowns.
- ✅ Tap **✔** for “Yes” or **X** for “No.”
- Employees must answer all required questions before clocking out.
📱 iOS App Setup
Currently, only Clock Out questions are available on iOS.
Foremen can enable and customize them under:
- **Settings → Preferences → Clockout Settings**
- Toggle **Enable Questions** on (green)
- Pick a secondary language (optional)
- Choose which phrases to display
🏁 Quick Reminders
- Clock In questions appear at the bottom of the Clock In screen.
- Clock In/Out questions don’t display on Change Task.
- Employees can’t clock out until all questions are answered.
Company News
🏗️ A Message from Our President — Mike Soniat
At mJob, we’re always working to make your field management experience faster, smarter, and more connected — and this year is shaping up to be one of our most exciting yet.
Our development team has been hard at work on several new features designed to simplify life in the field, including enhanced real-time dashboards, improved material tracking, and customizable mobile reports that give your teams the data they need — right when they need it. These updates are all focused on one goal: helping you make better decisions, faster.
But innovation doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Many of our best ideas come directly from you — our customers. Your feedback, suggestions, and everyday use of mJob continue to shape how we evolve. Whether it’s a request for a new feature or an idea to make existing tools even easier to use, we’re listening — and we’re grateful.
As we look ahead, our mission remains clear: to deliver technology that works as hard as you do. Thank you for being part of the mJob family and for helping us build better solutions for the construction industry, together.
Warm regards,
Mike Soniat
President, mJob Corporation
👋 Meet Kary – Our New Client Success Coordinator
We’re pleased to introduce Kary, the newest addition to the mJob Client Success team. With more than 20 years of experience working directly with customers, Kary brings a strong background in relationship management, process refinement, and long-term client care.
Based in Las Vegas, Kary is passionate about helping clients maximize the value of their mJob solutions. His focus is on building genuine partnerships—listening carefully, responding quickly, and ensuring every client feels supported from day one.
Outside of work, Kary is a well-travelled foodie who believes that curiosity and good conversation are key ingredients for success—both in business and in life.
If you haven’t heard from him yet, you will soon!
For questions about your current setup, upcoming renewals, or ways to get even more out of your mJob system, you can reach Kary directly at Kary.Nguyen@mjobtime.com.