People Operations Coordinator - South, Portugal

As People Operations Coordinator - South, you will be the local People & Culture point of contact for our operations in the South of Portugal. You will combine hands-on payroll and HR administration responsibilities with people development activities, working closely with managers, employees, and the wider People & Culture team to ensure consistent HR processes and strong support to our sites.

• Manage HR administration processes for the assigned sites, including employment contracts, contractual renewals and employee documentation.
• Prepare and validate monthly payroll inputs, provide payroll support to employees and prepare salary simulations.
• Support employee relations and disciplinary processes, ensuring appropriate documentation and coordination with the Senior HR Business Partner.
• Support benefits and career management, competency mapping and performance management processes.
• Monitor and report key People & Culture indicators, including headcount and turnover, and contribute to the monthly indicators review.
• Coordinate onboarding and offboarding processes and support the maintenance of job descriptions and the Job Manual.
• Contribute to organisational climate and employee engagement initiatives, maintaining close contact with managers and employees across the assigned sites.

We imagine that you have:

• Degree in Human Resources Management, Psychology, Management or a related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in a generalist HR role, preferably in an industrial, operational or multi-site environment.
• Hands-on experience in payroll and HR administration is required.
• Good knowledge of Portuguese labour law, employment contracts, working time, attendance, overtime and disciplinary processes.
• Good analytical skills, including experience with HR indicators, Excel and HR/payroll systems.
• Good command of English.
• Strong interpersonal skills, autonomy, organisation and availability to travel regularly across the sites in the South of Portugal.

At MAKEEN Energy, we offer integration into a leading group, in a position with significant responsibility and autonomy. It is a stimulating and varied role within a growing, dynamic, and innovative company, in an environment that encourages proactivity, creativity and real career development opportunities, with strong support for professional growth.

Your daily base will be in the South of Portugal. Your working hours will be in the space between 8 am and 5 pm. You can start as soon as possible.

MAKEEN Energy is a global, market leading company that engineers and delivers technological solutions for the energy industry. With over 3.000 people across offices in 23 countries and customers and activities in over 140 countries, we are highly conscious of our responsibility towards the planet, society and nature. That is why our focus is on responsible solutions that bridge gaps between current and future energy supply.

MAKEEN Gas Solutions is the Makeen Energy Group division for development, production and supply of solutions for filling and maintenance of propane and butane (LPG) cylinders and Services. As global market leader, we deliver anything from single machines to comprehensive EPC projects, and our worldwide service network ensures that our customers’ businesses keep running optimally day and night.

Makeen Energy Portugal S.A. is a major part of the MAKEEN Energy corporation, we team of 340 employees, with Service bases in the north of Portugal in Porto, Matosinhos and Perafita, and in the South in Aveiras de Cima, Almada, and Sines, where we handle everything from Projects to Service, Facility Management Contracts, Facility Services and Equipment sales.