Manager - HR Business Partner

atGulf Energy Development PCL

Job Responsibilities


Strategic HR Partnership

  • Partner with senior management across domestic and overseas operations to design and implement HR strategies that align with global business objectives and local realities.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to project and country leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, and succession management.
  • Support international project mobilizations, including workforce transitions between home and host countries.
  • Lead or support change management initiatives linked to project expansion, cross-border joint ventures, or new market entries.

Workforce Planning & Recruitment

  • Forecast and manage manpower requirements for domestic and international hydropower project phases—from construction to operations.
  • Collaborate with Talent Acquisition teams to ensure timely mobilization, onboarding, and compliance for expatriates.
  • Oversee visa, work permit, and deployment processes for expatriates

Talent Management & Development

  • Drive performance management, talent calibration, and leadership development programs across different geographies.
  • Identify current and future skill gaps for both domestic and international project teams and collaborate with Learning & Development to design targeted training programs.

Performance Management

  • Lead performance management cycle, ensuring fairness, consistency, and alignment with corporate goals.

  • Partner with business leaders to set clear KPIs and performance expectations aligned with project delivery, operational efficiency, and safety objectives.

Employee Relations & Engagement

  • Manage complex employee relations cases involving cross-border teams and ensure consistent application of company policies and international labor regulations.
  • Foster an inclusive and collaborative workplace culture across project sites, head office, and overseas operations.
  • Lead engagement and retention strategies for expatriate, national, and site-based employees.

Compensation & Compliance

  • Design and implement equitable and competitive compensation structures that align with international benchmarks and host-country regulations.
  • Manage expatriate assignments, including allowances, relocation, and tax matters
  • Ensure full HR compliance with local labor laws, safety standards, and global employment policies.


Job Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Social Science, Psychology, Industrial Relations, Law, or related field.
  • 7–10 years of progressive HR experience, including exposure to international HR operations.

  • Proven ability to support multi-site and cross-border teams in remote or project-based environments.
  • Strong understanding of domestic and international labor laws, safety regulations, and HR compliance frameworks.
  • Experience managing expatriate assignments or international workforce mobilization is an advantage.
  • Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and cross-cultural collaboration skills.
  • Fluent in English both written and verbal (Minimum 750 TOEIC Score).
  • Ability to travel/ work upcountry and overseas.
  • Goal–Oriented, Unity, Learning, Flexible.



Skills required
  • Compliance
Experience required
  • any or no experience
Salary
  • Negotiable
Job function
  • Human Resources
  • Recruitment
Job type
  • Full-time

Company overview

Size:1000-2000 employees
Industry:Energy / Power / Water
Location:Bangkok
Website:www.gulf.co.th
Founded in:1995
Ranking:5/5

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Head office: 87 M Thai Tower, 11 th Fl., All Seasons Place, Wireless Road, Lumpini, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330 Thailand
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