We’re Hiring | Lead – HR | UniStar Environment and Research Labs Pvt. Ltd.

Location: Vapi, Gujarat

Experience: 12–14 Years

Qualification: MBA (HR) / MSW / PGDM-HR / Master’s in Labour Law

Industry: Environmental Services | Environmental Testing & Certification | Environmental Consultancy | Technical Services

About the Role

At UniStar Environment and Research Labs Pvt. Ltd. , we are looking for an accomplished Lead – HR to take ownership of the complete HR function and play a strategic role in shaping our people, processes, productivity, and organizational culture.

This is more than an HR operations role. It is an opportunity to build stronger HR systems, optimize human resources, enhance workforce productivity, strengthen compliance, and enable business growth.

Key ResponsibilitiesStrategic HR Leadership

- Partner with business leaders to align HR strategies with organizational goals and business priorities.
- Develop HR initiatives that support business growth, operational excellence, workforce productivity, employee engagement, and organizational effectiveness.
- Act as a strategic advisor on workforce planning, succession planning, organizational development, and change management.
- Drive HR transformation, process improvement, digitization, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Productivity Enhancement, Human Resource & Process Optimization
- Drive productivity enhancement through effective manpower planning, deployment, utilization, and workforce optimization.
- Ensure optimum utilization of human resources, skills, time, and capabilities.
- Establish and monitor productivity indicators, KPIs, workforce analytics, and performance measures.
- Review organizational structures, job roles, and manpower deployment to improve efficiency.
- Identify process gaps, redundancies, and opportunities for process standardization, simplification, automation, and digitization.
- Collaborate with functional leaders to improve workflows, turnaround time, resource utilization, and operational effectiveness.
- Support cost optimization initiatives without compromising quality, compliance, employee experience, or business continuity.
- Promote a culture of accountability, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning
- Lead recruitment planning and support end-to-end talent acquisition.
- Develop workforce plans aligned with current and future business needs.
- Strengthen talent pipelines through sourcing strategies, employer branding, and talent mapping.




- Ensure seamless onboarding and effective manpower availability across functions.

Employee Relations & Industrial Relations
- Drive employee engagement, retention, organizational development, and culture-building initiatives.
- Lead employee relations, grievance handling, disciplinary actions, domestic enquiries, and industrial relations matters.
- Foster a positive, inclusive, and high-performance work culture.
- Promote employee welfare initiatives and enhance employee experience.

Payroll, HR Operations & Administration
- Oversee payroll, attendance, leave management, HR operations, and the employee lifecycle.
- Manage contract manpower, contractor compliance, statutory documentation, and vendor coordination.
- Oversee welfare facilities including canteen, security, housekeeping, and employee services.
- Ensure timely payroll processing and statutory compliance.

Training, Safety & Employee Development
- Coordinate induction, statutory, safety, behavioural, leadership, and skill-development programs.
- Develop annual training calendars aligned with business requirements.
- Maintain competency matrices, training records, certifications, and audit-ready documentation.
- Evaluate training effectiveness and drive capability-building initiatives.

Performance Management & Rewards
- Lead the Performance Management System (PMS) across the organization.
- Coordinate appraisal cycles, confirmations, promotions, transfers, and compensation reviews.
- Support succession planning and leadership development initiatives.
- Design employee recognition and reward programs.
- Monitor performance trends and provide management insights.

Compliance, Documentation & ISO Management
- Ensure compliance with labour laws, statutory regulations, and company policies.
- Develop and improve HR policies, SOPs, employee handbooks, and documentation systems.
- Maintain HR procedures, competency matrices, training records, and document-control practices in line with ISO Management Systems.
- Drive documentation standardization, digitization, and process optimization.
- Coordinate internal, customer, statutory, and ISO audits and ensure timely closure of observations.

HR MIS,



Analytics & Reporting
- Prepare HR MIS covering headcount, recruitment, attrition, absenteeism, overtime, payroll, training, productivity, manpower utilization, and compliance.
- Generate workforce analytics and management reports for decision-making.
- Maintain employee records, statutory registers, and personnel files.
- Ensure HR documentation is complete, accurate, confidential, and audit-ready.

What We’re Looking For
- 12–14 years of progressive HR experience.
- Strong expertise in labour laws, payroll, employee relations, industrial relations, HR operations, statutory compliance, and workforce planning.
- Experience in human resource optimization, productivity improvement, process excellence, and HR transformation.
- Hands-on experience in ISO systems, HR documentation, document control, and audit coordination.
- Robust knowledge of HR MIS, analytics, KPIs, and productivity metrics.
- Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
- Proficiency in HRMS, Advanced Excel, Microsoft Office, and HR analytics tools.
- Excellent communication skills in English, Hindi, and Gujarati.

Preferred Certifications
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt / Black Belt
- ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001 Internal or Lead Auditor
- Certified Labour Laws & Statutory Compliance Professional
- POSH Certification / Internal Committee Training
- HR Analytics / People Analytics Certification
- Advanced Excel
- SHRM-CP / SHRM-SCP / HRCI (PHR/SPHR) – Added Advantage

Why Join UniStar?
- Lead the HR function in a growing environmental testing and technical services organization.
- Work closely with senior leadership and contribute to strategic business decisions.
- Drive workforce productivity, process excellence, HR transformation, and organizational effectiveness.
- Gain exposure to ISO systems, quality management, compliance, and audits.
- Be part of a collaborative, innovation-driven, and performance-oriented workplace.

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