HR Manager – Manufacturing

- Company: Fluidteq Systems Pvt. Ltd. (FSPL)
- Location: Vasai East, Palghar (manufacturing plant), with regular visits to our head office in Goregaon East, Mumbai
- Experience: Minimum 4–5 years of HR experience in a manufacturing organisation (mandatory)
- Reports to: CEO & Director – Operations
- Employment type: Full-time, in office
- CTC: ₹6 – ₹9 LPA, based on experience (fill in before posting)

About Fluidteq Systems

Fluidteq Systems Pvt. Ltd. (FSPL) is a Mumbai-based precision engineering company that makes instrumentation tube fittings, valves and manifolds. Founded in 2004, we have manufactured in-house on CNC machines since 2008.

We have supplied over 5 million fittings to Indian Railways coach and locomotive factories and to metro projects. We are an approved vendor to EIL, ONGC and ADNOC, and hold ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certifications. Our customers are in railways, metro, oil & gas, power and defence, in India, the UAE, Qatar, Italy and Indonesia.

We are now expanding into a new 45,000 sq ft integrated manufacturing facility, and we need an HR leader who can grow the team with it.

About the role

You will own the complete HR function — from hiring a CNC operator on Monday to closing payroll and statutory filings at month-end. This is a hands-on role in a lean, growing company: you will do the work yourself, build the systems, and be the person both employees and management trust.

Your first-year priorities: a reliable hiring pipeline for the shop floor, clean and compliant payroll, and HR practices fully aligned with India's current Labour Codes.

Key responsibilities1. Shop-floor and blue-collar hiring

- Hire CNC and VMC operators and setters, conventional machinists, QC inspectors, assembly, packing and dispatch staff, helpers and material-handling labour.
- Build steady sourcing channels: ITIs, polytechnics, local placement agencies, labour contractors, employee referrals, walk-in drives and job apps such as Apna, WorkIndia and Indeed.
- Organise practical trade tests with Production and QC — machine operation, drawing reading, and use of verniers, micrometers and gauges.
- Keep a ready pipeline of pre-screened operators so no critical machine sits idle for want of manpower.
- Run apprentice and trainee hiring under the Apprentices Act, 1961.

2. Recruitment across all levels

- Recruit for engineering, quality, production, PPC, purchase, sales and marketing, accounts and admin — from trainee to manager level.
- Write job descriptions, post on LinkedIn, Indeed and Naukri, and manage recruitment consultants.
- Screen resumes, shortlist, run telephonic and first-round interviews, and coordinate panel interviews with department heads.
- Run reference and background checks, negotiate offers, and issue offer and appointment letters.
- Track hiring metrics: time-to-fill, offer-to-join ratio, cost per hire and 90-day attrition.
- Own onboarding: joining documents, UAN and ESIC enrolment, safety induction and a first-week plan.

3. Payroll and wage administration

- Run end-to-end monthly payroll for staff and workers: biometric attendance, leave, shifts, overtime, incentives, deductions and arrears.




- Structure wages to meet the Code on Wages definition of "wages", including the 50% cap on excluded allowances.
- Apply Maharashtra minimum wages and VDA revisions on time.
- PF: monthly ECR filing, UAN and KYC upkeep, transfers and claims support — including the revised ₹25,000 EPF wage ceiling effective 17 September 2026.
- ESIC: employee registration, monthly contributions, accident reporting and benefit-claim support.
- Maharashtra Professional Tax and Labour Welfare Fund deductions and filings.
- Coordinate salary TDS and employee tax declarations with Accounts.
- Calculate statutory bonus, gratuity, leave encashment and overtime at twice the ordinary rate.
- Complete full-and-final settlements within the timelines set by the Code on Wages.
- Issue payslips and keep wage registers and records up to date.

4. Statutory compliance — Labour Codes and Maharashtra law

- Lead FSPL's move from the old labour laws to the four Labour Codes in force since 21 November 2025 — the Code on Wages, Industrial Relations Code, Code on Social Security and OSH Code — and the Central Rules notified in May 2026.
- Track Maharashtra's state rules under the Codes and update our practices as they are finalised.
- Manage factory registration and licence compliance under the OSH Code, including for our new facility, and liaise with the Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health (DISH).
- Issue appointment letters to every employee, as the OSH Code requires.
- Maintain statutory registers, records and returns, digitally wherever permitted.
- Enforce working-hour, weekly-off, overtime and leave rules, and arrange annual health check-ups for eligible workers.
- Manage contract labour: verify contractors' registration, wage payments, PF and ESIC, and meet our duties as principal employer.
- Run the Internal Committee under the POSH Act, 2013: constitution, awareness training, complaint handling and the annual report.
- Set up and run a Grievance Redressal Committee as required under the Industrial Relations Code.
- Administer maternity benefit, employees' compensation and equal-pay obligations under the Codes.
- Keep the Goregaon office registered and compliant under the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Act, 2017.
- Verify age at hiring and ensure zero child or adolescent labour.
- Maintain a statutory compliance calendar and handle labour, EPFO, ESIC and factory inspections with complete records.
- Provide HR and labour-compliance evidence for customer vendor audits and our ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 audits.

5. Employee relations, discipline and conflict

- Be the first point of contact for grievances, and resolve disputes between workers, shifts and supervisors fairly and quickly.
- Tackle absenteeism, late coming and indiscipline through counselling, warnings and documented corrective action.




- Run the disciplinary process: show-cause notices, charge sheets and domestic enquiries that follow natural justice.
- Draft, communicate and enforce HR policies and the code of conduct.
- Handle sensitive situations calmly — workplace injuries, harassment complaints, misconduct and family emergencies — working with ESIC, hospitals and families as needed.
- Manage exits: resignations, terminations, exit interviews, and relieving and experience letters.
- Keep open, regular communication with the shop floor in Marathi and Hindi.

6. Performance, training and engagement

- Run the annual appraisal cycle, with KRAs agreed with department heads.
- Maintain the operator skill matrix and training records that ISO competence requirements call for.
- Plan on-the-job, safety and multi-skilling training with Production, QC and EHS.
- Improve operator retention through attendance incentives, recognition and engagement activities.

7. HR operations and MIS

- Maintain employee files and data in our HRMS and payroll software.
- Present a monthly HR MIS to management: headcount, open positions, attrition, overtime, manpower cost and compliance status.
- Plan manpower with Production for capacity growth and the new facility.
- Coordinate HR administration: ID cards, uniforms, PPE issue records, attendance devices and service vendors.

RequirementsMust have

- Graduate in any discipline, plus an MBA/PGDM in HR, MSW, MLS or DLL&LW.;
- At least 4–5 years of hands-on HR experience in a manufacturing organisation — this is mandatory.
- A proven record of hiring blue-collar staff in volume, such as CNC/VMC operators, machinists and helpers.
- Independent handling of monthly payroll, PF, ESIC, Professional Tax and Labour Welfare Fund.
- Working knowledge of the four Labour Codes and Maharashtra labour law, with experience facing statutory inspections.
- Experience handling grievances, disciplinary action and domestic enquiries.
- Fluent in Marathi and Hindi, with good written and spoken English.
- Strong in MS Excel (lookups, pivot tables) and comfortable with payroll or HRMS software.
- Willing to be based at our Vasai East plant.

Good to have

- Experience in an engineering, machining or precision manufacturing company.
- Exposure to ISO 9001, 14001 or 45001 audits, or customer vendor audits.
- Experience setting up HR for a new plant or a growing MSME.
- Experience with contract labour, apprenticeship schemes and POSH committees.

You are

- Firm but fair — respected on the shop floor and trusted by management.
- Organised, deadline-driven and discreet with confidential data.
- Calm under pressure and comfortable having difficult conversations.

What we offer

- Full ownership of the HR function, with direct access to the CEO.
- The chance to build HR for a new 45,000 sq ft facility as we scale.
- Work with a company that supplies Indian Railways, metro projects and global oil & gas companies.
- A competitive CTC and all statutory benefits.

Pay: ₹600,000.00 - ₹900,000.00 per year

Benefits:

- Cell phone reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Provident Fund

Experience:

- HR sourcing: 4 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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