Mobility & Resources Administrator

Koch; Dammam; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Koch is seeking a dedicated professional to enable safe, compliant, and efficient workforce mobility across Saudi Arabia and the GCC. You will oversee end-to-end administration for temporary and contingent workers, coordinating with HR Operations, Compliance, Legal, and government authorities to ensure smooth mobility and governance.

You will manage visas, Saudization requirements, and collaboration with manpower suppliers, while monitoring data accuracy and reporting to support business

Qualifications

• Experience in project-based manpower operations, workforce administration, or mobility.
• Strong understanding of Saudi labor law, immigration processes, and Qiwa (Ajeer).
• Ability to evaluate options and make sound decisions balancing compliance, cost, and operational needs.
• Strong stakeholder management and coordination skills.
• High attention to detail with a strong compliance and risk-awareness mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end administration of temporary and contingent workforce across Saudi Arabia and GCC, including onboarding, deployment, transfers, extensions, and demobilisation.
• Coordinate workforce mobility and deployment activities while balancing business priorities, cost, timing, and compliance requirements.
• Manage visas, work permits, immigration processes, renewals, extensions, and cancellations.
• Ensure workforce compliance with Saudi and GCC labour laws, immigration regulations, and company governance standards.
• Administer Qiwa (Ajeer) processes, workforce registration, and Saudization-related requirements.
• Partner with manpower suppliers and recruitment agencies to source, validate, and mobilise talent.
• Support onboarding, assignment changes, workforce transitions, and offboarding activities.
• Monitor workforce utilisation, allocation, and mobilisation efficiency to support operational needs.
• Maintain accurate workforce, visa, supplier, and project data to support reporting and decision-making.
• Identify compliance risks, process gaps, and improvement opportunities while supporting audits and governance requirements.
• Provide workforce reporting, mobility insights, and recommendations to support workforce planning and business decisions.
• Collaborate with HR Operations, Legal, Compliance, government authorities, and business stakeholders to ensure smooth and compliant workforce mobility.

Skills

Mobility operations

Stakeholder management

Compliance awareness

Risk awareness

Process improvement

Tools

Qiwa (Ajeer)

Job description

Your Job

You will play a critical role in enabling safe, compliant, and efficient workforce mobility across Saudi Arabia and GCC. This role goes beyond administration by supporting better business decisions through effective coordination, risk awareness, and continuous improvement of mobility processes.

Our Team

You will join the International Services team, working closely with HR Operations, Compliance, Legal, Recruitment, manpower suppliers, government authorities, and business leaders across Saudi Arabia and the GCC to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient workforce mobility and resource deployment.

What You Will Do

• Manage end-to-end administration of temporary and contingent workforce across Saudi Arabia and GCC, including onboarding, deployment, transfers, extensions, and demobilisation.
• Coordinate workforce mobility and deployment activities while balancing business priorities, cost, timing, and compliance requirements.
• Manage visas, work permits, immigration processes, renewals, extensions, and cancellations.
• Ensure workforce compliance with Saudi and GCC labour laws, immigration regulations, and company governance standards.
• Administer Qiwa (Ajeer) processes, workforce registration, and Saudization-related requirements.
• Partner with manpower suppliers and recruitment agencies to source, validate, and mobilise talent.
• Support onboarding, assignment changes, workforce transitions, and offboarding activities.
• Monitor workforce utilisation, allocation, and mobilisation efficiency to support operational needs.
• Maintain accurate workforce, visa, supplier, and project data to support reporting and decision-making.
• Identify compliance risks, process gaps, and improvement opportunities while supporting audits and governance requirements.
• Provide workforce reporting, mobility insights, and recommendations to support workforce planning and business decisions.
• Collaborate with HR Operations, Legal, Compliance, government authorities, and business stakeholders to ensure smooth and compliant workforce mobility.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in Project based manpower operations, workforce administration, or mobility.
• Strong understanding of Saudi labor law, immigration processes, and Qiwa (Ajeer).
• Ability to evaluate options and make sound decisions balancing compliance, cost, and operational needs.
• Strong stakeholder management and coordination skills.
• High attention to detail with a strong compliance and risk-awareness mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience managing contingent and project-based workforce mobilisation.
• Strong decision-making skills with the ability to assess mobility options and business needs.
• Experience working with Qiwa, Ajeer, visas, and workforce compliance processes.
• A collaborative approach when working across functions and global teams.
• Ability to identify practical solutions while balancing compliance, risk, and operational priorities.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Who We Are

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.