Lead the recruitment strategy and delivery across contracting, construction, facilities management, fit-out and related service businesses. The role will oversee executive, professional, technical and high-volume recruitment while ensuring workforce requirements are delivered in line with project mobilisation schedules and business growth plans.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the recruitment strategy across all business units.

• Partner with leadership, HR and operations to forecast manpower requirements.

• Lead recruitment for executive, corporate, engineering, technical, operational and frontline positions.

• Manage high-volume recruitment and overseas mobilisation campaigns.

• Develop recruitment plans for new contracts, project awards and operational start-ups.

• Build talent pipelines for critical and recurring positions.

• Advise stakeholders on talent availability, salary levels and recruitment timelines.

• Establish structured screening, interviewing, technical assessment and selection processes.

• Manage recruitment agencies and overseas partners based on quality, compliance, cost and delivery.

• Improve direct sourcing and reduce reliance on external agencies.

• Lead and develop the recruitment team, setting clear targets and accountability.

• Maintain recruitment dashboards covering vacancies, pipelines, offers and joining status.

• Ensure compliance with UAE labour regulations, ethical recruitment standards and company policies.

• Manage the recruitment budget and monitor cost per hire.

• Strengthen employer branding and ensure a professional candidate experience.

• Key Performance Indicators

• Time to shortlist and time to fill

• Project mobilisation against schedule

• Offer acceptance and joining rates

• Quality of hire and early retention

• Direct sourcing percentage

• Recruitment cost per hire

• Hiring-manager satisfaction

• Recruitment-team productivity

Requirements:

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field.

• CIPD, SHRM or an equivalent professional qualification is preferred.

• Minimum 12–15 years of recruitment experience, including at least five years in a leadership role.

• Strong UAE or GCC recruitment experience.

• Proven experience within contracting, construction, facilities management, fit-out, MEP or related service sectors.

• Demonstrated experience in professional recruitment, high-volume hiring and project mobilisation.

• Strong knowledge of local and international recruitment markets.

• Experience managing recruitment teams, agencies, budgets and applicant tracking systems.

Core Competencies

• Recruitment strategy and workforce planning

• Project mobilisation and high-volume hiring

• Executive and technical recruitment

• Stakeholder and vendor management

• Recruitment analytics and reporting

• Commercial awareness and negotiation

• Team leadership and development

• Strong communication and decision-making