Senior HR Admin & Payroll Specialist

McDermott International; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

McDermott International in Dubai seeks a Principal HR Generalist Admin who provides specialized administration support to HR teams, handles employee records, payroll-related tasks, and onboarding/offboarding coordination with limited supervision.

You will prepare letters, reports, and HR metrics, liaise with Global People Services, and ensure data accuracy while supporting payroll claims and HR system updates in a fast-paced energy industry environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of 4 to 6 years administrative experience, with at least 3 years in an HR admin role.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Work within defined parameters can make decisions and apply concepts to administrative issues of medium to high complexity
• May be responsible for managing the full life cycle of specific HR processes
• Maintain physical or digital employee files
• Prepare and submit tickets to the Global People Services team for updating of HR system data, including employee personal data, salary changes and promotions, employment details, etc
• Review and approve employee payroll claims; prepare and submit tickets to the Global People Services team for HR and payroll system updates
• Act as the point of contact for employees on general, payroll, and timesheet queries and resolve issues through immediate action
• Generate documents such as offer letters, verification of employment, salary, and promotion letters
• Coordinate onboarding and off-boarding processes, which includes conducting orientation sessions, exit interviews, benefit enrollments and exits, and system updates
• Support various HR processes by coordination, and in some cases conducting, of meetings, tracking, and reporting on progress and management of data
• Prepare reports and complex HR metrics
• Work closely with Global People Services teams on resolution of issues and ongoing improvements
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Skills

Communication skills

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

McDermott International in Dubai seeks a Principal HR Generalist Admin who provides specialized administration support to HR teams, handles employee records, payroll-related tasks, and onboarding/offboarding coordination with limited supervision.

You will prepare letters, reports, and HR metrics, liaise with Global People Services, and ensure data accuracy while supporting payroll claims and HR system updates in a fast-paced energy industry environment.