Job Openings at WTS Energy

Key Responsibilities:

Partner with Project Managers and site leadership teams to align HR initiatives with operational and business objectives.
Develop workforce plans, retention strategies, succession plans, and capability development initiatives to support project delivery.
Support organizational design, role definition, and deployment of multidisciplinary teams across operations, HSE, logistics, transport, maintenance, laboratory, and administration functions.
Lead end-to-end recruitment activities including sourcing, assessment, selection, onboarding, medical clearances, and mobilization of local and expatriate personnel.
Support local content initiatives, community hiring programs, apprenticeships, internships, and workforce development commitments.
Design and coordinate employee onboarding, induction, and orientation programs, including mandatory site safety training.
Implement and manage performance management processes including KPI setting, appraisals, development plans, and talent reviews.
Advise management on compensation, allowances, shift patterns, leave administration, and retention strategies suitable for remote site operations.
Coordinate employee recognition programs and support identification and development of high-potential employees.
Manage employee relations matters including grievances, disciplinary processes, investigations, conflict resolution, and terminations.
Ensure compliance with Kenyan labour legislation, employment regulations, company policies, employment contracts, and local content requirements.
Maintain accurate employee records, contracts, personnel files, and HR documentation in both physical and electronic formats.
Conduct training needs analyses and coordinate learning and development initiatives for operational, HSE, technical, and leadership competencies.
Manage competency tracking systems and ensure completion of mandatory and refresher training programs.
Partner with HSE teams to integrate behavioural safety, fatigue management, employee wellbeing, and mental health initiatives into workforce practices.
Support medical surveillance programs, attendance management, incident investigations, and return-to-work processes.
Coordinate workforce mobilization and demobilization activities, including travel, visas, rotations, accommodation, transport logistics, and emergency repatriation support.
Maintain HR metrics and dashboards covering headcount, vacancies, turnover, recruitment performance, training compliance, and workforce analytics.
Prepare periodic HR reports for project leadership and support internal and external audits, inspections, and compliance reviews.
Monitor subcontractor workforce compliance with labour standards, employment regulations, company policies, and code of conduct requirements.
Promote diversity, inclusion, ethical conduct, anti-harassment initiatives, and positive community engagement across the project workforce.
Support social investment, local workforce development, and community training initiatives aligned with project commitments.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, or a related field. Master’s degree is an added advantage.
Professional HR certification such as CIPD, SHRM, or IHRM-K preferred.
Minimum 6–8 years’ HR experience, including at least 3 years in an HR Business Partner or Senior HR Generalist role supporting industrial or project-based operations.
Previous experience within upstream oil & gas, drilling operations, hazardous waste management, mining, construction, utilities, renewable energy, or similar sectors is highly desirable.
Strong knowledge of Kenyan labour law, employment regulations, expatriate workforce management, and local content requirements.
Proven experience in recruitment, workforce planning, employee relations, performance management, learning and development, and HR reporting.
Practical experience supporting HSE-aligned HR practices including medical surveillance, fatigue management, incident investigations, and employee wellbeing initiatives.
Experience managing subcontractor workforces, contractor compliance, and community hiring programs is advantageous.
Proficiency in HRIS platforms, Microsoft Office applications, and HR reporting tools.
Strong stakeholder management, communication, conflict resolution, and influencing skills.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively within remote, fast-paced, and operationally demanding project environments.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and conduct qualitative user research activities including ethnographic studies, contextual inquiries, interviews, focus groups, and observational research.
• Participate in community-based fieldwork to understand user behaviors, needs, challenges, and opportunities across diverse Kenyan contexts.
• Conduct remote and in-person usability testing of prototypes, products, and concepts, documenting findings and recommendations.
• Analyze qualitative research data and synthesize findings into actionable insights for product and design teams.
• Support quantitative research and data analysis activities where applicable.
• Plan and facilitate co-design, participatory design, and ideation workshops with users and community stakeholders.
• Translate research findings into design opportunities, user requirements, and strategic recommendations.
• Develop user journeys, service blueprints, concept maps, workflows, and interaction models.
• Create wireframes, low-fidelity prototypes, diagrams, and other design artifacts to communicate ideas and concepts.
• Collaborate closely with researchers, designers, engineers, and cross-functional teams throughout the research and design process.
• Present research findings, insights, and recommendations through reports, presentations, workshops, and stakeholder engagements.
• Contribute to research initiatives exploring the design and application of Generative AI technologies within African contexts.
• Support the development of culturally relevant, inclusive, and accessible AI-driven user experiences.
• Ensure research activities are conducted ethically and in accordance with organizational and research best practices.

Required Qualifications:

• Degree in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), User Experience Design, Design, Psychology, Anthropology, Social Sciences, or a related field; equivalent practical experience will also be considered.
• Experience conducting qualitative research using methods such as interviews, ethnographic studies, contextual inquiry, usability testing, and participatory design.
• Demonstrated ability to translate research findings into design artifacts, concepts, user journeys, workflows, wireframes, and recommendations.
• Experience facilitating workshops, co-design sessions, stakeholder engagements, and user research activities.
• Strong understanding of human-centered design principles and research-driven product development.
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Fluency in both English and Kiswahili.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and deliver high-quality outputs within project timelines.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and engaging diverse stakeholder groups.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating UX research, design thinking, creative problem-solving, and human-centered product development.
• Experience working on AI, digital innovation, emerging technologies, community-centered design, or social impact projects will be an added advantage.
• Exposure to quantitative research methods and data analysis is desirable.