HR Generalist - Construction
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Key Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day HR operations, including onboarding, employee records, employment contracts, transfers, and offboarding.
- Handle employee queries, employee relations, grievances, and workplace concerns.
- Monitor employee attendance, leave, overtime, absenteeism, and related HR records.
- Track and verify blue-collar workers' timekeeping, working hours, overtime, and attendance across construction sites.
- Ensure compliance with UAE Labour Law, company policies, and HR procedures.
- Coordinate with the PRO team on employment visas, work permits, renewals, and cancellations.
- Manage monthly payroll processing, including salary calculations, overtime, leave deductions, employee adjustments, and other entitlements, ensuring payroll accuracy and timely salary payments.
- Coordinate with Finance to ensure accurate payroll records, salary disbursements, and compliance with applicable Wage Protection System (WPS) requirements.
- Support recruitment activities, manpower planning, and workforce coordination with department heads and project managers.
- Coordinate probation reviews, performance appraisals, KPI documentation, and employee development activities.
- Manage employee onboarding, orientation, exit interviews, clearance procedures, and final settlement calculations.
- Provide HR support to construction project teams, including site-based employees, engineers, supervisors, and technical staff.
- Maintain accurate employee records in the HRMS and prepare regular HR reports.
- Implement HR policies and procedures and support employee engagement, welfare, and other HR initiatives.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Accounting, or a related field.
- 3–5 years of HR generalist experience within the construction or contracting industry.
- Hands-on experience supporting construction project teams, site-based employees, engineers, supervisors, and technical staff.
- Experience tracking blue-collar workers' attendance, timekeeping, working hours, and overtime across construction sites.
- Good knowledge of UAE Labour Law, payroll practices, and HR compliance requirements.
- Hands-on experience in payroll processing, salary calculations, employee benefits, leave deductions, and final settlements.
- Experience in HR operations, employee relations, attendance, leave management, and employee documentation.
- Familiarity with WPS, HRMS platforms, and visa and work permit processes.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Strong communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, maintain confidentiality, and work effectively with employees, site teams, and management.