HR Manager

HR Manager Job Description

Industry: Construction / Infrastructure
Experience: 7 years preferably in construction infrastructure EPC or contracting companies.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end HR operations for the corporate office project sites and other business units.
• Develop implement and regularly review HR policies procedures and employee guidelines in line with company requirements and applicable labour laws.
• Handle manpower planning in coordination with Project Managers and Department Heads based on project schedules and workforce requirements.
• Manage the complete recruitment cycle including sourcing screening interviewing salary negotiation offer issuance onboarding and deployment to project sites.
• Ensure timely recruitment of engineers project management professionals commercial staff finance personnel administrative staff skilled workers and other site-based employees.
• Monitor employee attendance leave late arrivals absenteeism overtime site transfers and biometric/mobile punching systems.
• Coordinate monthly payroll processing and verify attendance leave salary revisions incentives deductions advances reimbursements and final settlements.
• Ensure compliance with applicable statutory requirements including EPF ESIC Professional Tax Labour Welfare Fund BOCW requirements Contract Labour regulations and other applicable labour laws.
• Coordinate with labour consultants government departments inspectors and legal advisors for statutory filings inspections notices and compliance matters.
• Maintain statutory registers employee records personnel files employment contracts appointment letters confirmation letters transfer letters increment letters warning letters and other HR documentation.
• Manage employee relations and address grievances disciplinary issues misconduct absenteeism workplace conflicts and performance-related concerns.
• Conduct disciplinary enquiries and coordinate warning suspension termination or other corrective actions in accordance with company policy and applicable law.
• Visit project sites periodically to review HR practices employee welfare attendance discipline accommodation conditions and site-level manpower issues.
• Coordinate the mobilisation and demobilisation of employees and workers based on project requirements.
• Monitor employee performance and coordinate probation reviews confirmations appraisals promotions increments and performance improvement plans.
• Develop retention strategies for critical positions and support succession planning for key project and functional roles.
• Identify training requirements in coordination with Department Heads and arrange technical behavioural safety and compliance-related training programmes.
• Manage employee engagement initiatives welfare activities company events and internal communication programmes.
• Prepare and analyse HR MIS reports covering manpower strength vacancies recruitment status attrition absenteeism payroll cost overtime and other HR metrics.
• Monitor manpower cost against project budgets and support management in workforce optimisation and cost-control initiatives.
• Coordinate employee transfers between projects departments group companies and business units as required.
• Manage resignations notice periods exit interviews clearance processes full and final settlements and issuance of relieving and experience certificates.
• Support management in organisational restructuring manpower rationalisation salary benchmarking and compensation planning.
• Maintain confidentiality of employee records payroll information disciplinary matters and other sensitive HR data.
• Lead and guide the HR team assign responsibilities monitor performance and ensure timely completion of HR activities.
• Report regularly to senior management on manpower status recruitment progress employee relations issues statutory compliance and key HR risks.

Preferred Qualification & Skills

• MBA / Masters Degree in Human Resources Management or a related discipline.
• 7 years of progressive HR experience with strong exposure to the construction infrastructure EPC or contracting sector preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Indian labour laws and construction-industry statutory compliance.
• Experience in multi-site HR operations and handling project-based manpower.
• Strong recruitment capability for technical managerial commercial and site-based positions.
• Sound knowledge of payroll attendance management HRMS performance management and HR analytics.
• Strong communication negotiation conflict-resolution and leadership skills.
• Ability to travel to project sites and manage HR matters across multiple locations.