1. Atrinath Bhattacharya,
Associate CIPD (UK)
Post Graduate – Personnel Management & Industrial Relations
Bachelors of Engineering (Industrial & Production)
Abu Dhabi
+97150-9867485 / +97156-3880960(UAE)/ +91-9830561160 (India)
atrinath.bhattacharya@gmail.com
More than 12 years of all rounded experience in Human Capital within Oil & Gas Operating/ EPC Companies,
Construction & HR Consulting, Staffing Companies within Middle East and India in both private & Government
sectors in multi-cultural environment.
Human Capital Specialist / Employee Relations / Recruitment Manager
Key Skills
Employee Relations│ Talent Acquisition │Employee Wellness & Welfare Services│ Work-force
Planning│ Resourcing Gap Analysis │ Recruitment, Selection & Mobility │ Formulation &
Administration of Employment & Staffing Contracts │Executive Search │ Talent Management│
Change Management │ Management reporting │Payroll Administration with functional
knowledge of SAP- HCM & Oracle HRMS.
Executive Summary
• Al Hosn Gas (Abu Dhabi Gas Development Company),
Abu Dhabi
Human Capital Specialist (Employee Relations) – (Sept 14 – Current)
Sr. Manpower Contracts Officer (Recruitment) – (Aug 13- Sept 14)
Administer Full life-cycle of Employee Relations. Salary,
Allowances & Benefits Administration.
Review, maintain and update HR Master Data for Payroll
Authorization. Supervise and review changes maintained through
Personnel Actions and Info-types in SAP-HCM.
Administer implementation of HC Personnel Policies &
Procedures.
Manage the framework of Grievances, Disciplinary Actions, Exit
Management and close out of Employment contracts.
Managed end to end Staffing Business Line of the Company,
Working alongside workforce planning, recruitment, Selection,
staffing/ employment contracts, onboarding, full life cycle of
Contracted staff including Payroll Administration, Interface with
third parties, Personnel Administration, increments/ status
changes, Renewals of staffing contracts, terminations of
contracts, close-outs.
Prepare Recruitment Strategies, Recruitment Planning, conduct
campaigns within UAE and abroad, training UAE Nationals on
recruitment best practices, set up of RMS, support HC for
Internal Audit, Process improvements,
• Petrofac International Limited, Sharjah
Sr. Resourcing Officer→ Lead Resourcing Officer
Dec 08- Aug 13
• DAMAC Properties LLC, Dubai
Recruitment Officer
Nov 07- Oct 08
• Adecco India Limited, Bangalore, India
Recruitment Consultant → Sr. Recruitment Consultant
Client Account Manager
July 04- Nov 07
• Purshotam Company Limited, Kolkata & Bangalore
Senior Sales & Support Engineer (Industrial)
Academics
Post Graduate Diploma in
Personnel Management &
Industrial Relations, MKU,
India (2016)
Bachelors of Engineering –
Industrial & Production
(2003), MCE Hassan
(Affiliated to VTU, Belgaum)
Certificate in Human
Resource Practice, CIPD,
UK (2015)
Accredition
Associate Member- CIPD
(Membership Number
4177728X), Chartered
Institute of Personnel &
Development, UK
Certified Training in
Employee Engagement &
Retention, Meirc Training
& Consulting, Dubai.
Certified CAMS Assessor
from Institute of Leadership
& Management, UK
2. Accomplishments
• Participate in Task Force for formulation, roll-out of new Manpower Agreement, close of out erstwhile
manpower agreements and migration to new Manpower Call-Out agreement.
• Interface with IT on business requirements for Employee Self Service, Time Management, Personnel Action,
Personnel Management and Hiring Action implementation projects in SAP-HCM.
• Successful implementation of Taleo software with Petrofac
• Collaborate with Group Companies for formulation and implementation of New Grievance Policy across the
Company.
• Deployed best practices related to employee engagement across the company resulting to reduced absenteeism
and enhanced productivity.
• Minimized referrals and appeals by employees under Grievances by fostering an open and transparent culture.
• Successfully completed several ad-hoc projects related to outsourcing strategies, identification of SME’s for
Recruitment & Selection, Competency Development, Business Process Mapping and Benchmarking, etc.
• 2010 - Selected in the Petrofac Retention Scheme of Year 2010 which was designed to retain top 5%
performers in the company and was awarded with large amount of ESOPS.
• 2009 - 2013 - Achieved record number of recruitment of Key personnel as well as the total recruitment in the
company.
• Collaborated with Clients like AGIP KCO, ADNOC, SONATRACH, QP, PDO on specific resourcing needs
to recruit & select manpower to their project sites.
• Formulated and administered employment contracts in alignment with UAE Labor law and within the legal
framework of specific countries where Petrofac mobilized resources under local terms & conditions- e.g. Iraq,
Turkmenistan, Russia, Oman and KSA.
• Star Performer Awards on Quarterly Basis from 2006 till 2007
• Awarded to be in Rogers Club and Adecco Hall of Fame for exceeding performance.
• Within 2 years was promoted from Recruitment Consultant/ Senior Consultant to Client Accounts Manager
and was entrusted P&L responsibility for the Vertical.
It is a world leader in Sour Gas field development. It is the first sour gas producer in the UAE and GCC,
contributing 500 million scfd of gas to the UAE system, which is approximately 10% of the current UAE gas
production and also produce significant volumes of condensates, natural gas liquids and sulphur.
Accountabilities
Human Capital Specialist
• Salary, Allowances & Benefits Administration.
• Supervise, review and maintain HR Master data for Payroll advise.
• Review and Audit Payroll input in SAP-HCM environment.
• Full life cycle implementation of Human Capital Personnel Policies & Procedures.
• Employee Induction Programs.
Al Hosn Gas (Abu Dhabi Gas Development Company) owned by ADNOC & Occidental,
Abu Dhabi
www.alhosngas.com
Senior Officer- Manpower Contracts → Human Capital Specialist
Aug 2013- Current
3. • Provide Consultation and Advise on best practices related to Employee Issues, Grievances, Disciplinary
Actions to Human Capital and Executive Management.
• Conduct investigations in cases pertaining to employee issues, Disciplinary issues, prepare reports and
summaries to report to Management and effort to mitigate issues and improve employee engagement across
the Company.
• Administer employee wellness and welfare services across the company.
• Administer Health & Life Insurance and claims pertaining to the employees.
• Manage exit formalities, termination of employment contracts and close-outs.
• Collaborate with Human Capital on ad-hoc projects related to Work- force planning, Grievance Policy,
outsourcing of Manpower to Service Contracts, Employee Performance Management System, Counseling of
employees and developing strategies for effective Emiratization and other initiates of ADNOC.
• Monitor performance and counsel employees to improve productivity in the organization
• Conduct Benchmarking exercise with Group Companies and deployment of best practices related to ER
within the Company.
• Interface with IT as business user, communicate, review and run test cases on various SAP- HCM
requirements related to Time Management, Employee Self Services, Personnel Management and Personnel
Administration.
Senior Manpower Contracts Officer
• Directed and supervised the activities of the personnel assigned in Manpower Contracts team and responsible
for Contract Staffing (full life cycle) and managing their contracts within Al Hosn Gas.
• Resourcing of Contracted Staff through Manpower Agencies, manage recruitment, Selection and onboarding
& De-mobilization.
• Formulation of employment contract and administer the employment contract/ service order of the contracted
staff.
• Manage payroll for the staffing contractors and full life cycle including status change, renewals and
termination/ close out of the service orders of staffing contractors.
• Manage personnel files of staffing contractors.
• Studying and interpreting legislation, awards, collective agreements and employment contracts, variations of
service orders ,wage payment systems and dispute settlement procedures.
• Advise Human Capital and preparation for Internal/ External Human Capital Audits.
• Collaborate with Recruitment Manager to prepare Recruitment Strategies, Budgets, Recruitment Planning,
conduct recruitment campaigns, prepare selection methodologies of candidates, Staffing Companies, etc.
4. • Training UAE Nationals on resourcing tools, job portals, etc.
• Deployed Recruitment Management Systems, Application tracking systems for the Company.
Petrofac is a leading international EPC Company which provides facilities solutions to the oil & gas production and
processing industries with a turnover of US $18 billion +
Accountabilities
• Interface with the Projects on Manpower planning, budgeting and forecasting for various projects in
consultation with the Managing Directors, Project Directors, Construction Directors and other senior
management team
• Developed process maps and Job descriptions for the Operations Group of Petrofac
• Established and enhanced the HR procedures for recruitment, induction, mobilization, rehires, retention etc.
Acted as Functional consultant for TALEO implementation and Recruitment Management Systems
• Developed Salary benchmarking and revised the same to suit the business needs
PETROFAC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED , SHARJAH, UAE www.petrofac.com
Recruitment Officer Sr. Resourcing Officer Lead Resourcing Officer→ →
Reporting to VP- HR & Admin
December 2008- August 2013
5. • Talent Acquisition for Leadership roles – Vice Presidents, Business Leaders, Technical / Construction heads,
Directors and other senior management roles.
• Managed end to end recruitment process for multi-billion dollar projects across the regions of GCC / North
Africa / CIS / Nigeria / Iraq / Tunisia with a team of 8 people on projects from FEED Phase → Detail
Engineering → Engineering & Procurement → Construction→ Pre- Commissioning, Commissioning &
Start-up for various roles within Upstream, mid and down streams.
• Handled Mega recruitment campaigns in India, Philippines, UAE and Middle East
• Structured MIS reports and developed systems to monitor the KPIs of recruitment
• Developed and implemented Employee Referral scheme and established a system for Evaluation of Vendors
(Headhunters, Recruitment Agencies, Deputation Agencies)
One of the leading private luxury property & master developer with projects in Middle East and APAC region.
Accountabilities
• Accountable for global resourcing activities for technical positions that includes Development, Commercial,
Project Management, Project Control, HSE, MEP, QA/QC, Structural Design, Facilities Management and
Interior Design Personnel.
• Closely worked with Line Managers / Functional Heads in the preparation of job descriptions.
• Carrying out techno HR interviews with middle / senior roles and accordingly reviews their profiles.
• In charge for the complete documentation process for MOL submission through Admin Section.
• Overseeing the complete recruitment stage of candidates’ right from short listing until joining.
DAMAC Properties, Dubai, UAE
www.damacgroup.com
Reported to Senior Manager (Recruitment)
Recruitment Officer
November 2007 till October 2008
Peopleone India Pvt. Ltd → Adecco India Limited, Bangalore , India
www.adecco.com
Recruitment Consultant → Sr. Recruitment Consultant → Client Account Manager
Reported to National Vertical Head- EMPI
July 2004 – October 2007
6. One of the TOP 5 HR Consulting Firm in the space of Recruitment, Staffing, Executive Search & Learning services to
the client organizations.
Accountabilities
• Planned, directed and controlled the recruitment business in EMPI (Engineering, Manufacturing, Process &
Infrastructure) vertically on regional basis.
• P&L Responsibility of EMPI Vertical in Bangalore.
• Solicit new clients for the Company in the Oil & Gas, Engineering, Manufacturing & Infrastructure domain.
• Developing good understanding of client companies, industry, what they do and the work culture and
environment .Making Clients presentations.
• Preparing industry related reports and providing consulting input for client engagement.
• Advising the client on recruitment best practices.
• Advertise job vacancies by drafting and placing adverts in a wide range of media-newspapers, job portals,
social media, etc.
• Headhunting, identifying and approaching suitable candidates who may already be in work.
• Using candidate database to find suitable candidates for client’s requirements.
• Receiving and reviewing applications, interviewing candidates and creating a short list of candidates.
Requesting references and checking the suitability of applicants before submitting their details to the clients.
• Briefing the candidates about the roles and responsibilities, salaries and benefits and job questions.
• Preparing CV’s and correspondences to forward to the clients in respect of suitable applicants, organizing
Interviews for candidates as required by the clients. Informing candidates of the interview outcome.
• Negotiating Salary rates, pay and finalizing arrangements between clients and candidates.
• Offering advice to both candidates and clients on pay rate, trainings and career progression.
• Post offer follow up with candidate till joining.
Nationality : Indian
Date of Birth : 8th January 1979
Marital Status : Married
Reference : Available upon request
Worked with Purshotam Company Limited, Kolkata & Bangalore
November 2002- June 2004
Senior Sales and Support Engineer (Industrial Sales)
7. One of the TOP 5 HR Consulting Firm in the space of Recruitment, Staffing, Executive Search & Learning services to
the client organizations.
Accountabilities
• Planned, directed and controlled the recruitment business in EMPI (Engineering, Manufacturing, Process &
Infrastructure) vertically on regional basis.
• P&L Responsibility of EMPI Vertical in Bangalore.
• Solicit new clients for the Company in the Oil & Gas, Engineering, Manufacturing & Infrastructure domain.
• Developing good understanding of client companies, industry, what they do and the work culture and
environment .Making Clients presentations.
• Preparing industry related reports and providing consulting input for client engagement.
• Advising the client on recruitment best practices.
• Advertise job vacancies by drafting and placing adverts in a wide range of media-newspapers, job portals,
social media, etc.
• Headhunting, identifying and approaching suitable candidates who may already be in work.
• Using candidate database to find suitable candidates for client’s requirements.
• Receiving and reviewing applications, interviewing candidates and creating a short list of candidates.
Requesting references and checking the suitability of applicants before submitting their details to the clients.
• Briefing the candidates about the roles and responsibilities, salaries and benefits and job questions.
• Preparing CV’s and correspondences to forward to the clients in respect of suitable applicants, organizing
Interviews for candidates as required by the clients. Informing candidates of the interview outcome.
• Negotiating Salary rates, pay and finalizing arrangements between clients and candidates.
• Offering advice to both candidates and clients on pay rate, trainings and career progression.
• Post offer follow up with candidate till joining.
Nationality : Indian
Date of Birth : 8th January 1979
Marital Status : Married
Reference : Available upon request
Worked with Purshotam Company Limited, Kolkata & Bangalore
November 2002- June 2004
Senior Sales and Support Engineer (Industrial Sales)