HR Project Manager

Position: Project HR Manager (PHRM) Recruitment & Manpower

Location: Corporate Office, Lagos, Nigeria
Industry: Steel / Metals & Mining
Project: Greenfield Steel Plant
Experience: 25+ Years
Education: Full-time MBA – HR / Human Resources
Project Experience: Greenfield Steel Plant – Mandatory

Job Description

We are looking for a highly experienced Project HR Manager (PHRM) with 25+ years of overall experience, including significant experience in Greenfield Steel Plant Projects. The primary responsibility of this role will be to lead large-scale recruitment, manpower planning, and workforce mobilization for the Steel Plant project.

The candidate will be responsible for building the project organization by identifying, attracting, assessing, and onboarding experienced professionals across Engineering, Construction, Project Management, Operations, Maintenance, Procurement, Commercial, HSE, Finance, and other functional areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for the Greenfield Steel Plant Project, which will be the major responsibility of the role.
• Develop and execute comprehensive project manpower and recruitment strategies aligned with project timelines and milestones.
• Prepare manpower plans, organization structures, recruitment budgets, and workforce forecasts.
• Lead hiring for senior leadership, functional heads, managers, engineers, supervisors, and technical personnel across the project.
• Build and maintain a strong talent pipeline for critical and project-specific positions.
• Manage sourcing through direct recruitment, recruitment agencies, professional networks, job portals, referrals, and industry contacts.
• Conduct/coordinate candidate screening, competency assessment, interviews, salary negotiations, selection, and offer management.
• Drive bulk and specialized recruitment in line with construction, commissioning, and operational requirements.
• Ensure timely mobilization and onboarding of project manpower as per project schedules.
• Coordinate with Project, Engineering, Construction, Operations, Procurement, and Corporate teams to understand manpower requirements.
• Develop recruitment MIS and monitor key metrics including open positions, time-to-fill, offer-to-join ratio, manpower mobilization, and recruitment progress.
• Establish effective recruitment processes, systems, and reporting mechanisms for the project.
• Manage employee onboarding, deployment, workforce documentation, and related HR processes.
• Support expatriate and local workforce recruitment and mobilization.
• Lead employee relations, HR operations, workforce engagement, and other project HR activities as required.
• Ensure compliance with applicable labour laws, statutory requirements, and company HR policies.
• Build and lead a capable Project HR & Recruitment team to support the large-scale hiring requirements.
• Provide regular recruitment and manpower updates to senior management and project leadership.

Candidate Profile

• 25+ years of overall HR experience with strong exposure to large-scale industrial/project recruitment.
• Mandatory: Proven experience in Greenfield Steel Plant Projects.
• Strong track record of managing large-volume and senior-level recruitment for major industrial projects.
• Experience in recruiting across multiple functions including Engineering, Construction, Operations, Maintenance, Procurement, Commercial, HSE, and Project Management.
• Strong industry network and ability to source highly experienced steel plant and project professionals.
• Experience in manpower planning and mobilization for greenfield projects.
• Strong understanding of recruitment processes, workforce planning, HR operations, and employee relations.
• Experience managing local and expatriate manpower recruitment will be preferred.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work closely with senior management and project leadership in a fast-paced project environment.
• Full-time MBA in HR / Human Resources / Personnel Management / Industrial Relations is mandatory.

Key Focus of the Role

Recruitment & Manpower Mobilization – Primary
Project HR & Workforce Management – Secondary

Candidates with a proven track record of building large project teams for Greenfield Steel Plants from the ground up will be strongly preferred.

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Experience: 25+ Years
MBA: Full-time – Mandatory
Greenfield Steel Plant Experience: Mandatory

Perks and benefits

Food allowance, Travel allowance, Health insurance, Life insurance, Accidental insurance, Performance bonus, Annual bonus, Gratuity, Retention bonus, Office cab/shuttle