HR Manager
Singapore Airlines Engineering Company(Bahrain)
Total years of experience :6 years, 6 months
Recruitment & Manpower Planning: Met end to end manpower needs from interviewing to obtaining work visa of Licensed Aircraft Engineers, Technicians, Quality Engineers, Safety Engineers, Admin & IT Support. Planned the posting and relocation of specialists/technicians from Head Office on short term basis to support the overseas business unit. Hired staff from various nationalities such as Bahrain, Moldova, Philippines, Indians, UK & France.
Training & Development: Have scheduled and arranged for Aircraft training for Engineers at Birmingham, Singapore, Spain and Brisbane including logistics. The support staff was trained in Office Skills, Negotiating skills, Industrial Terminology & Customer Service.
Payroll: Have operated on Manual Payroll system (220 staff) using Daily Time Sheets. Once verified an approval was given to the Bank for salary transfers.
Legal Support: Compensations were adjusted in accordance with local laws, Bahrainisation quota were negotiated with the labor ministries, have drafted employment contracts & training bonds in conjunction with legal advisors from the ministry.
Vendor Management: Clearing invoices and issuing payments to Payroll vendor, Training Levy and Immigrations, Labor Ministry, Social Insurance, Office Supplies & Utilities, Office and Housing/Transport Rentals, Warehouse supplies &rental.
Visa Administration: Arrange and monitor issuing, renewing and cancellations of Visit Visas, Business Visas, Dependent Visas and Employment Visas.
Employee Support: Planned and issued Air travel for postings, de-posting and annual leaves. Arranged suitable housing, office pick-ups, issue Medical leaves and reimburse petty cash payments, monitor and grant staff leaves/en-cashing leaves, Issue NOC letters, opening new Bank Accounts/ and address staff issues related to OT payments/Leaves/training and arranged for desert camps.
Recruitment: Posted jobs online & on Gulf News, conducted recruitment fairs in Dubai followed by short listing, interviewing (walk-in + webcam) and prepared salary proposal and made job offers including JAFZA contract signing. Liaised with foreign recruitment agencies and embassies such as Philippines (liaised with POEA and POLO), India, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Nigeria on employment Visa related issues.
Training and Development: Arranged for Staff Overseas Travel for training in Kasado and Osaka in Japan and Sentosa in Singapore and organized local training for fire-safety, first aid courses in Jabel Ali.
Free Zone Activities : Arranged documents/memos for issuing/cancelation of entry permits towards DNRD, visit visa extensions, renewal of entry permits, visa amendments, local transfers, change of manager, NOC for RTA, NOC for Banks, Certificate of Payments, Service license renewal, issuing PRO cards. Issued entry permits to overseas applicants, perform local visa transfers and visa amendments. Scheduled medical appointments followed by collection of residence permits, CEC & UAE ID cards.
Payroll: As a new office set up all salary payments were made manually by issuing cheque after verifying their daily time sheets. Heavy payments were requested from HO each quarter for release of salaries/OT and Bonuses.
Business Support: Built relations with Nakheel IT & Nakheel Finance Dept for seeking Mobilization advances, NOCs such as Service license renewal and increasing the Employment visa quotas etc. Arranged renewal of trade license, Issued driving licenses for Singaporean Staff, Issued UAE ID cards, Liaise with RTA, Police and Government Clinics on accidents and treatments.
Staff Welfare: Arrange staff travel plans, arrange for accommodation & transport, address staff medical issues, accidents at work and on road, OT/leave discrepancies if any/conducted team building and motivational programs.
Recruitment: Obtain candidates by Monitor Talent Management Online System, staff referrals, walk-ins and online jobs portals. Shortlist and schedule interview for the positions in Customer Service, Station Managers, Train Officers, Rail Services Managers, Crew managers, Train Service Controllers, and Training Facilitators.
Office Administration: Drafted offer letters, probation extension letters, confirmations, terminations, promotions, transfers, acting employment. Hands on SAP-HR module for maintaining p-files, ad hoc queries, leave structures, medical benefits etc. Conduct and attend fact-finding sessions, minutes of meetings, summary and confirming and concluding facts. Liaise with Union office for Union members for fact-finding sessions. Issuing uniforms, company access cards, medical cards, assist in creating portal accounts, conduct exit interviews and issue clearance certificates.
Events & Promotions: Conducted Job fairs (Road Shows) for walk in interviews .Active spokesperson at SMU (Singapore Management University) and SIM (Singapore Institute of Management) to promote SMRT Fast Track Employment programs. Attend & organize Trains Workmen’s Health and Safety Meetings at crew point/stations and station familiarization programs for new hires.
Employee Relations: Issue/Renewals of employment visas for Malaysians, Indonesians and Indians. Address Payroll discrepancies and medical leaves.
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