Dahlia Viswanath

I perform Assistant Manager responsibilities for Oman & Qatar offices within our region. My responsibilities include:

Acting as an HR business partner to the business territory manager discussing, planning, advising and implementing organizational improvement initiatives
Supporting with the ongoing day to day operations in both offices by close coordination with the local representatives
Establishing policies and procedures & ensuring clear communication to employees
Supporting recruitment needs by providing end to end support to the local offices.
Rolling out and ensuring all employees have the complete employee experience starting with recruitment, onboarding, compensation & benefits, training & personnel development, performance management, employee engagement, termination processes.

As a Regional Coordinator, I am responsible for:

Ensure local implementation and compliance to the global People Processes (recruit, onboard, develop competence, manage performance, and exit) across the region.
Perform local HR Manager role for Qatar, Kenya and Tanzania offices.
Work closely with HR in Oman to ensure strict compliance of HR processes and policies.
Execute HR processes & activities as per Global HR Service Catalogue and ensure deadlines are met.
Provide advice and support on personnel related topics to the local offices.
HR Administrative tasks (employee records especially for expatriate staff, HRIS, LMS etc.)
Assist in rolling out of Global HR activities (Engagement Surveys, HR SLA Surveys, Regional HR Meetings, trainings)
Contribute and facilitate Global HR projects as part of the HR Expert group
Contribute in designing of Group L&D project on Leadership Development Journey Program.
Train HR users on new HR systems
Ensure all bonus programs/agreements are in place and concluded on a yearly basis.
Monitor progress on bonus accruals and forecast payout to ensure payout is within the budget.
Any other responsibilities as advised by HR Director/Management team.
Monitor employee sick leave trend for the region by collating and analyzing the local reports.

Al Shabia Energy is a privately owned group with a quarter of a century of experience in the Middle East providing total solutions for the engineering requirements of the Oil & Gas, Marine & Water Treatment Industries, with services spanning Process Design, Manufacturing, Installation and Commissioning of Process Piping systems, Oil & Gas Downstream Modules and Custom Engineered Skid Packages.

Provides support in functional areas of a human resources department, including recruitment and employment, personnel records, employee and labor relations, benefits administration, etc. My job responsibilities also include:

• Handle HR Administration activities to support over 420 employees.
• Maintenance of various human resources records.
• Ensure the establishment and maintenance of various human resources records.
• Ensure accuracy of employee data - (personal, career and payroll details).
• Handle employee leave and travel administration.
• Managing employee Healthcare and insurance program.
• Coordination with travel agents for ticket bookings and invoices.
• Handling invoices related to ticketing and insurance related purchases.
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of UAE employment laws.
• Ensure compliance with employment law.
• Liaise with employment consultancies in the recruitment of employees.
• Manage recruitment and selection process.
• Process newly hired employees’ paperwork.
• Orientation of newly hired employees to foster positive attitude towards company goals.
• Deliver focused induction training to new employees.
• Support payroll processing using Individual Time Sheets.
• End of Service computation, gratuity and Exit procedures.
• Handling Employee grievances and discipline.

Sapien Solutions support Oil & Gas projects in technical recruitment across multiple disciplines such as Engineering, Project Management and Construction across a global basis, supporting the management with end to end recruitment process and finding and sourcing key talent within the industry.

My job responsibilities include:

• Developing a good understanding of client companies, their industry, what they do and their work culture and environment.
• Working directly with Hiring Managers to define needs & post job descriptions, screen & submit candidates, set up interviews and assisting them throughout the process.
• Sourcing appropriate candidates based on the client requirement.
• Reviewing applications and short-listing candidates before submitting their details to the client.
• Preparing CV’s and correspondence to forward to clients with respect to suitable applicants.
• Briefing the candidate about the responsibilities, salary and benefits of the job in question.
• Organizing interviews for candidate as requested by the client.
• Requesting candidate references and cross checking them.
• Analyzing data, handling spreadsheets and generating reports.
• Informing candidates about the results of their interviews.
• Managing client requirements and deadlines for the position.
• HR Administration with regard to employment documents, hiring.
• Managing recruitment database, spreadsheets & statistics.

Positions closed include: Drilling Engineers, Drilling Supervisors, Geologists, Geophysicists, Petrophysicists, Reservoir Engineers, Petroleum Engineers, Facilities Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Project Engineers, HSE Advisors etc.

Sourcing channels include: Monster Gulf, Monster US, Monster Canada, Linked In, Bayt.com, Gulf Talent, Naukri Gulf, Internal Database, Referrals and Headhunting.

Stork is a world class, knowledge-based asset integrity Management Company dedicated to providing seamless performance to corporations in the Oil & Gas, Power, Chemical and other major industries

• Prepare pipeline & NDT inspection reports for the clients.
• Inspect and discuss sample pipeline for faults.
• Conformity with QHSE standards.
• Field visit to the pipeline testing site in Abu Dhabi.