Overview As Principal HR Generalist, you lead end-to-end HR operations for a project workforce, from onboarding to offboarding, ensuring policy compliance and accurate data. You serve as the on-site senior operational authority, driving efficient execution and escalation of strategic matters at the project level. You will partner with cross-functional teams to support performance, mobility, rewards, and employee relations in a fast-paced, on-site environment. This role contributes to safe, sustainable project delivery in the energy sector.
Responsibilities- Own performance management execution for project-based employees, ensuring timelines, system readiness, and data accuracy
- Facilitate calibration and talent reviews and resolve complex issues within policy
- Lead Inclusion & Belonging initiatives at the site and track participation
- Support project hiring, onboarding readiness, and mobility coordination with Talent Acquisition
- Independently manage employee relations cases and advise managers on policies
- Administer compensation and benefits within defined frameworks and coordinate with Total Rewards COE
- Coordinate project mobility activities (relocation, travel, assignment docs) and ensure compliance
- Produce and validate HR reports, maintain data accuracy for project workforce metrics
- Support training administration and coordinate with L&D COE for site needs
- Provide guidance to HR Generalists on site and align with enterprise standards
- Lead operational problem-solving to address workforce issues affecting project delivery
- Ensure HR systems, data governance, audit readiness, and local compliance
Key requirements- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent relevant experience
- 8+ years of HR generalist or operational HR experience, preferably in project-based or EPC environments
- Strong knowledge of HR policies, lifecycle processes, and HR systems
- Ability to operate independently in fast-paced, on-site settings
- Experience managing complex, high-volume HR operations
- Strong judgment and problem-solving within policy frameworks
- Ability to build effective relationships with project leadership and employees
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive matters with discretion
- strong judgment
- relationship-building
- independence
- HR policies knowledge
- employee lifecycle management
- HR systems proficiency
