Experience Requirements

• Overall HR Experience: 18–22 years

• EPC / Water Treatment / Infrastructure Experience: Minimum 10+ years

• Strong exposure to Middle East HR operations (KSA preferred)

Role Purpose

The HR Lead – MEA will act as a strategic HR partner to business and project leadership while leading talent acquisition for EPC and water treatment projects across the Middle East & Africa region. The role focuses on workforce planning, leadership advisory, high-volume and niche hiring, compliance, and talent strategy aligned to project and regional business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as HR Business Partner to MEA leadership, Project Directors, and functional heads

• Translate business and project requirements into effective workforce and talent strategies

• Lead end-to-end talent acquisition for EPC and water treatment projects (engineering, construction, O&M, corporate roles)

• Drive manpower planning, resource forecasting, and mobilization strategies for projects

• Lead niche and leadership hiring through direct sourcing, head-hunting, and market mapping

• Oversee recruitment partners, manpower agencies, and consultant performance

• Ensure compliance with KSA labor law, MEA labor regulations, and internal HR governance

• Support Saudization/Nitaqat planning, Qiwa, GOSI coordination, and workforce localization strategies

• Partner with COEs (Comp & Ben, Payroll, ER, Mobility) for smooth HR service delivery

• Advise leadership on employee relations, performance issues, disciplinary actions, and exits

• Support organizational design, role clarity, succession planning, and capability building

• Provide HR insights, dashboards, and hiring metrics to management

• Liaise with external stakeholders including authorities, consultants, and service providers as required.

• Talent Acquisition Scope.

• EPC & water treatment roles across Engineering, Construction, QA/QC, HSE, Planning, O&M, Commercial, and Support functions.

• Senior leadership and critical project roles.

• Local national hiring (Saudization) and expatriate mobilization.

• Campus hiring, GET/MT programs, and early talent initiatives (as applicable)