Case Study
How SCS Engineers Extended Workday to Keep Field Teams Connected Across Low-Connectivity Job Sites
SCS Engineers supports public and private sector clients through environmental consulting, contracting, landfill gas-to-energy work, hazardous waste remediation, compliance, sustainability, and brownfield redevelopment. Its field teams often work across remote job sites where connectivity is unreliable. CloudApper extended SCS Engineers’ Workday environment with a simple, secure, mobile-first process layer that let field employees capture time consistently, sync data cleanly, and keep compliance moving without adding system complexity.
- Environmental Consulting
- Workday
- Field Workforce
- Offline Time Capture
- Compliance Operations
Reduced
Admin effort for managers and payroll teams
Offline
Clocking with auto-sync for low-connectivity job sites
1970
Founded as an environmental consulting and contracting firm
SCS Engineers
Employee-owned environmental consulting and contracting firm · Long Beach, California
Industry
Environmental Consulting & Contracting
HCM Platform
Workday
Primary Challenge
Field Workforce Reliability
Work Setting
Remote & Low-Connectivity Job Sites
Process Need
Consistent Field Time Data
Founded
1970
CloudApper AI + Workday
CloudApper added the field-ready process layer SCS Engineers needed, with offline time capture, secure Workday RaaS data exchange, compliance prompts, and a simple mobile experience for remote teams
Environmental Consulting · Field Services
United States
United States
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- Mobile-first field time capture workflow
- Offline clocking and auto-sync configuration
- Workday Reports as a Service integration details
- Compliance alerts, attestations, and adoption outcomes
The challenge
When field operations depended on time data that could not always be captured in real time
SCS Engineers’ work happens where environmental problems need to be solved, including landfill sites, remediation projects, field service locations, and other job sites where connectivity is not always dependable. The organization needed field employees to record time consistently without forcing managers and payroll teams to clean up gaps later. It also needed that process to support compliance and protect the controlled Workday environment already in place.
Remote job sites made real-time capture unreliable
Many field employees worked in locations with low or no connectivity, making traditional real-time time capture inconsistent and harder to trust.
Payroll accuracy depended on complete field data
Gaps in recorded hours created downstream payroll risk and increased the administrative effort needed to verify and correct time records.
Meal break compliance needed more than manual follow-up
SCS Engineers needed automated prompts, attestations, and visibility to support meal break requirements across field teams without adding extra manager burden.
Workday had to remain clean and controlled
Any field solution had to connect securely with Workday without disrupting the system environment or introducing unnecessary complexity for employees.
The solution
A mobile-first process layer that kept field time moving, even offline
SCS Engineers extended its existing Workday system by adding an external offline punch and employee self-service layer on top of it. Field teams gained a simple way to capture time from tablets and mobile devices, even when job sites had limited connectivity. The new layer closed the field execution gap around offline clocking, automatic sync, secure RaaS integration, attestations, meal break alerts, and an intuitive experience that employees could adopt without added complexity.
Holiday and overtime interactions
Holiday pay interacted with overtime calculations in ways no existing payroll template handled — leading to underpayments that went undetected for weeks.
Holiday pay interacted with overtime calculations in ways no existing payroll template handled — leading to underpayments that went undetected for weeks.
Full implementation details in the PDF
Offline capture setup, Workday RaaS integration, compliance configuration,
and field adoption details are all in the full case study.
and field adoption details are all in the full case study.
The results
What SCS Engineers gained when field teams could capture time anywhere
The change gave SCS Engineers a more dependable field operation. Employees gained a simple way to record time from the job site. Managers spent less time correcting gaps and chasing missing data. Payroll received cleaner records. And the organization protected its Workday environment while supporting field teams who serve environmental, regulatory, and sustainability projects across the country.
Reduced
Admin effort for managers and payroll team
Reliable
Offline time capture across low-connectivity field locations
Secure
Controlled Workday integration through RaaS data exchange
Less
Administrative effort through improved employee adoption
Holiday and overtime interactions
Holiday pay interacted with overtime calculations in ways no existing payroll template handled — leading to underpayments that went undetected for weeks.
Holiday pay interacted with overtime calculations in ways no existing payroll template handled — leading to underpayments that went undetected for weeks.
Full impact details in the PDF
Reliability gains, compliance support, Workday data exchange,
and adoption outcomes.
and adoption outcomes.
How CloudApper extended field operations
- Mobile-first Field Time Capture
- Workday Integration
- Offline Clocking & Auto-Sync
- Workday RaaS Data Exchange
- Meal Break Alerts
- Employee Attestations
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- SOC 2 Compliant
- Enterprise Integration Experience
Field teams working offline?
Organizations with remote job sites can use CloudApper to turn field time capture into a more reliable, compliant workflow that works with Workday, even when connectivity is inconsistent.
CloudApper’s AI platform freed me from the burden of managing developers and delivered a personalized software solution that exceeded my expectations.
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CEO · Forever LT
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CloudApper is the process layer that closes the gaps enterprise software can’t, across HR, ERP, CRM, and beyond, on any platform, in weeks not quarters. SCS Engineers used it to give field teams a reliable way to capture time, support compliance, and keep Workday clean without adding complexity.
