Issam Al Rimawi
Riyadh
Summary
Resourceful and team-focused Region HR, Administration, Welfare, Logistic & Finance management professional with 25+ years of hands-on insightful experience; proficiency in the entire gamut of HR & finance and accounts management functions and poised to deliver desired levels of growth and raise the organization to best in class levels. Delivered strong and sustainable financial gains in highly competitive business markets through expertise in cost reduction, revenue growth, and profit improvement. A Prompt learner with a proven ability to work consistently under pressure with a passion for excelling and adhering to commitment. Exemplary communication skills with ease of interacting with people at all levels of management. Currently designated as HR Director at CRCC (China Railway Construction Corporation Limited) Forward-thinking Recruitment Manager successful at developing effective strategies to fill vacancies with well-qualified candidates. Collaborative and hardworking leader with excellent communication and planning abilities. Bringing a [Number]-year record of success in the field. Achievements include centralizing recruitment operations, improving applicant tracking and reducing processing times. Complex problem-solver with a superior work ethic and excellent organizational abilities.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Recruitment Team
Webuild SPA
01.2024 - Current
- Developed strong relationships with hiring managers, ensuring clear communication and alignment on job requirements and candidate expectations.
- Organized career fairs and networking events to establish connections with potential candidates while promoting the company''s employer brand.
- Streamlined recruitment processes by implementing efficient candidate sourcing strategies and applicant tracking systems.
- Managed vendor relationships with external agencies, negotiating favorable terms for partnership agreements that benefited the organization''s bottom line.
- Leading and managing the recruitment team for a high-profile, large-scale project in Neom-Trojena.
- Overseeing the end-to-end recruitment process to ensure the acquisition of top talent.
- Developing and implementing recruitment strategies to meet project staffing needs.
- Coordinating with various departments to understand their staffing requirements and timelines.
- Managing relationships with external recruitment agencies and ensuring compliance with hiring policies.
- Utilizing various recruitment platforms and tools to source and attract candidates.
- Conducting interviews, assessments, and background checks to ensure the selection of qualified candidates.
- Reporting on recruitment metrics and providing insights to senior management to drive continuous improvement.
HR Director
CRCC (China Railway Construction Corporation Limited)
09.2022 - Current
- Develops organization strategies by identifying and researching human resources issues
- Implements human resources strategies by establishing department accountabilities, including talent acquisition, staffing, employment processing, and compensation
- Manages human resources operations by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, coaching, and counseling staff
- Develops human resources operations financial strategies by estimating, forecasting, and anticipating requirements
- Accomplishes special project results by identifying and clarifying issues and priorities
- Supports management by providing human resources advice, counsel, and decisions.
HR & Administration Manager
InfraRoad Trading & Contracting LLC (UCC Power Holding), UBTjv
09.2020 - 09.2022
- Oversee all employee-related practices, such as recruitment, termination, benefits and retirement plans, and employee relations and solve potential issues associated with them
- Conceive and implement a professional HR development plan to ensure high productivity and regulatory compliance
- Monitor regulatory changes and ensure their proper implementation in the company’s practices
- Supervise day-to-day administrative operations to maintain and reinforce good communication with all operations employees
- Draft and maintain HR paperwork and keep track of data entry using HRIS
- Recommend improvements to policies and practices to make sure the HR department operates as per industry standards
- Assisted with recruiting, background checks, and reference checks
- Set up appointments, meetings, and conferences for employees to discuss announcements and developments
- Prepared new employee files and structured current employee files for accurate, reliable records
- Validated employee time sheets to update information in QuickBooks, checking accuracy
- Managed and maintained secure filing systems providing accuracy, compliance, and confidentiality
- Summed up the totality of wages and benefits to prepare final pay and bonuses for existing employees
- Assisted in the investigation, grievance, disciplinary and employee relations meetings, advising line managers on policy and procedure and finding appropriate solutions
- Trained team members on HR and administrative processes to curb learning time
- Provided accurate and timely information to management, maintaining compliance with company processes, data protection management.
HR & Welfare Manager
SALINI IMPREGILO Qatar Branch
10.2015 - 08.2020
- Oversee day-to-day operations
- Design strategy and set goals for growth
- Maintain budgets and optimize expenses
- Set policies and processes
- Ensure employees work productively and develop professionally
- Oversee recruitment and training of new employees
- Evaluate and improve operations and financial performance
- Direct the employee assessment process
- Prepare regular reports for upper management
- Ensure staff follows health and safety regulations
- Provide solutions to issues (e.g., profit decline, employee conflicts, loss of business to competitors)
- Recruiting staff, writing job descriptions, checking application forms, creating candidate shortlists and conducting primary interviews
- Devising and implementing policies to select, develop and retain staff
- Overseeing staff welfare
- Working closely with other departments to implement policies and procedures
- Promoting equality and diversity within the business
- Overseeing health and safety policies
- Developing and implementing policies on issues like working conditions, performance management, equal opportunities, disciplinary procedures and absence management
- Advising on pay, promotion and benefits, including sick pay, paternity and maternity pay
- Negotiating with staff and their representatives (for example, trade union officials)
- Handling staff complaints, grievances and implementing disciplinary procedures
- Customized the Existing policies and procedures according to Qatar market practices hold periodical Communication sessions at all projects sites to provide awareness as well as Addressing staff issues
- Liaison with different Ministries and authorities of Qatar, UAE and KSA for Company related matters
- In coordination with the client and companies involved on the program, responsible for identifying and assessing their employee welfare needs
- Supports wider community worker welfare programs
- Directing the welfare activities for employees and recommending to contractors / consultant’s ways to improve employee’s welfare
- Responsible for the preparation of the Workers Welfare Standards (WWS) self-assessment and rectification Plan, as per project standards, and producing written and verbal reports as per Company procedures
- Undertaking audits with the Ministry of Labor, the Employer, the Engineer or an independent Auditor as required, and providing all necessary assistance at all times
- Engage senior management to provide leadership and oversight on worker welfare issues
- Engage with other external stakeholders to promote worker welfare improvements across Dubai
- Manage all recruitment procedures of finding hiring new employees by using third-party recruiting firms or deal directly with the candidates by searching through internet websites or submitting to online job posting boards to be focus on identifying, recruiting, interviewing, hiring and retaining the best candidates available in the marketplace regardless of whether they're actively seeking new employment
- All communications with the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy related the worker's welfare standards
- Montoro Managers on employee development best practices
- Conduct investigations in response to employee complaints
- Guidance on employee behavior and conflict resolution
- Provide Partner with leadership to develop succession plans
- Entrusted with responsibilities of assessing existing training programs, identifying gaps and implementing new training programs for further skills development of human resources
- Establishing annual plan, strategy, job distribution and task communication within department
- Undertaking & processing all the labor requirements, immigration and employment procedures as per Dubai labor law and Dubai immigration department
- Effectively following up, handling paper application, for both labor office and immigration department Ensuring seamless recruitment procedures
- Submitting bank guarantees to labor office for new employees and collection bank guarantees those Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer and extending key assistance in the preparation, review, and Analysis of financial statements, G/L, and company's month/year-end closing with full responsibility of the account receivable, account payable and fixed assets functions
- Streamlining follow up the time sheet, over time, works shift, annual leave, accounting deduction for Smooth arrangement of all payroll sheets for all projects.
General Manager
SALINI SAUDI ARABIA -KSA
03.2013 - 10.2015
- Oversee day-to-day operations
- Design strategy and set goals for growth
- Maintain budgets and optimize expenses
- Set policies and processes
- Ensure employees work productively and develop professionally
- Oversee recruitment and training of new employees
- Evaluate and improve operations and financial performance.
HR Manager
SALINI IMPREGILO Dubai Branch
03.2007 - 03.2013
- Oversee day-to-day operations
- Design strategy and set goals for growth
- Maintain budgets and optimize expenses
- Set policies and processes
- Ensure employees work productively and develop professionally
- Oversee recruitment and training of new employees
- Evaluate and improve operations and financial performance.
Group Chief Accountant
Al Sharif Group of Companies
09.2003 - 02.2007
- Responsible for the preparation, review, and analysis of financial statements, G/L, and company's month/year-end closing with full responsibility of the account receivable, account payable and fixed assets functions
- Streamlining follow up the time sheet, over time, works shift, annual leave, accounting deduction for Smooth arrangement of all payroll sheets for all projects.
General Accountant
United Engineering Construction, UNEC
03.2000 - 08.2003
General Accountant
Super Star Telecom Fez
06.1999 - 02.2000
General Accountant
Snoopy Group, CRCC (China Railway Construction Corporation Limited)
06.1997 - 05.1999
Education
Diploma - HRM
Al Ghurair University
Dubai, UAEISO 45001:2018 Lead Auditor Course -
DISS
ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor Course -
DISS
Bachelor's degree - Accounts
Philadelphia University
Diploma - Pharmacy
Arab College
Amman, JordanSkills
- Proficient in MS (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Windows, and internet), SAP HR Software system, FABS Accounts System, Profit Contracting System, Salmon System & QuickBooks System, AS400 Accounting system, and Oracle ACC System and Visit the visa system in the immigration office
- Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy standards in Qatar
- Worker’s welfare Global standards (BWI- Building and Wood Worker's International standards, Impact Standards)
- Develop and Initiate Human Resources Programs
- Consult with Executives and Managers
- Coordinate HR Efforts between Departments
- Qatar, UAE & KSA Labor Law
- Qatar, UAE & KSA WPS salary system
- Liaison with different Ministries/ Authorities of Qatar/UAE/KSA
- All NOC's procedures which are required from different government sections
- Licenses / Permits processing
- HR Policies and Procedures
- Cost and Budgeting for HR and Admin
- Manpower Planning and Management
- Selection and Recruitment (Interviewing skills/technique)
- Mass overseas Hiring (Europe, Middle East, South & East Asia)
- Employee Relations Programs – Counseling, Organizational value/culture, Employee channels
- Compensation & Benefits Strategy & Implementation
- HR Benchmarking and Management Reporting
- Training Need Analysis / Identification and Training & Development
- Labor Accommodation Management
- Logistics Management
- Financial and Accounts Management
- Recruitment Metrics Analysis
- Global Talent Acquisition
- Executive Search Experience
- Data-driven decision-making
- Talent Acquisition
Accomplishments
- Training Need Analysis / Identification and Training & Development
- Labor Accommodation Management
- Logistics Management
- Financial and Accounts Management
- Accounts Implementation
- Financial Reporting
- Audits Coordination
Languages
Arabic
English
Address
- 1-Riyadh, Riyadh, KSA
- 2-Dubai, Dubai, UAE
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 01/10/72
- Nationality: Jordanian
Hobbies and Interests
- Chess
- Reading
- Traveling
- Sketching
- Others
Timeline
Head of Recruitment Team
Webuild SPA
01.2024 - Current
HR Director
CRCC (China Railway Construction Corporation Limited)
09.2022 - Current
HR & Administration Manager
InfraRoad Trading & Contracting LLC (UCC Power Holding), UBTjv
09.2020 - 09.2022
HR & Welfare Manager
SALINI IMPREGILO Qatar Branch
10.2015 - 08.2020
General Manager
SALINI SAUDI ARABIA -KSA
03.2013 - 10.2015
HR Manager
SALINI IMPREGILO Dubai Branch
03.2007 - 03.2013
Group Chief Accountant
Al Sharif Group of Companies
09.2003 - 02.2007
General Accountant
United Engineering Construction, UNEC
03.2000 - 08.2003
General Accountant
Super Star Telecom Fez
06.1999 - 02.2000
General Accountant
Snoopy Group, CRCC (China Railway Construction Corporation Limited)
06.1997 - 05.1999
Diploma - HRM
Al Ghurair University
ISO 45001:2018 Lead Auditor Course -
DISS
ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor Course -
DISS
Bachelor's degree - Accounts
Philadelphia University
Diploma - Pharmacy
Arab College