Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Results-driven HR Recruiter and Senior Recruiter with over 12 years of hands-on experience in full-cycle recruitment, talent acquisition, and workforce planning across local and international markets. Proven expertise in engineering, technical, healthcare, BPO, IT, infrastructure, and energy sectors, with strong emphasis on expat hiring, white-collar, and blue-collar recruitment. I have successfully supported multinational companies and donor-funded projects (ADB, World Bank, JICA) by building and scaling high-performance teams for complex infrastructure, hydropower, and civil engineering projects across South Asia, Central Asia, and Africa. Adept at utilizing advanced Boolean search techniques, employer branding strategies, and platforms like LinkedIn Recruiter and PageUp ATS to identify and engage top talent globally. I thrive in fast-paced, multicultural environments where recruitment strategy plays a pivotal role in organizational growth. My approach is data-driven, compliant with donor and organizational standards, and focused on long-term retention and talent development. Key Skills: ✔ Boolean Search & Sourcing Strategies ✔ Employer Branding & Talent Pipelining ✔ Expat Recruitment (White- & Blue-Collar) ✔ Tech & Engineering Recruitment ✔ Salary Negotiation & Offer Management ✔ Business Development & Client Coordination ✔ End-to-End Recruitment Cycle ✔ Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Expertly searched and hired 30+ Senior level engineers across civil, MEP, infrastructure, and energy sectors for international projects. - Worked on 40+ Expressions of Interest (EOI) and bid submissions for ADB, World Bank, and JICA funded projects. - Led end-to-end recruitment for $2B+ infrastructure projects, including hydropower dams, highways, bridges, and water treatment plants in South Asia, Central Asia, and Africa. - Conducted competency-based interviews and technical evaluations for senior engineering roles. - Closed 70% of open positions through LinkedIn Recruiter and direct sourcing, reducing external agency costs by 45%. - Was transferred to Pakistan for 1 year to manage recruitment for major hydropower and dam projects, including Tarbela Dam, Karot Hydropower, and Mohmand Dam. - Recruited and candidates from Canada, USA, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia for mid-to-senior level engineering positions. - Managed the PageUp ATS and built a database of 4,500+ CV's of engineers for quick access during urgent project needs. - Prepared weekly reports for management, summarizing key information such as tender progress, live position mobilizations, and revenue generated from recruitment efforts. - Facilitated coordination with national and international firms for Joint Venture (JV) partnerships and assessed position requirements outlined in Terms of Reference (TOR) and bidding documents. - Re-evaluated profiles and resumes of national/international firms and JV partners to ensure alignment with project requirements and scoring criteria.
Recruitment: I worked as an Assistant HR Manager and Placed more than 90 non-tech and 34 tech hires as per the client requirements. • Identifying potential candidates who have worked as Software engineers, Front end engineers, Webs Designing specialist, Full Stack Engineer& Associate Technical Lead and call center agents. • Specialized Head Hunting in the following areas– Java, Java Script, .Net, HTML, CSS, Spring, Hibernate, Struts, Angular, Next JS, React JS etc. • Interview candidates, gathering information about their abilities, qualifications, and skills. • Coordinating with IT team leaders to forecast department goals and hiring needs Trainings. • Determine and recommend employee relations practices necessary to establish a positive employer-employee relationship and promote a high level of employee morale and motivation. • Managing personnel individually and encourage the improvements of workforce such as training and development, assessments, and promotions. • Managing daily calls with the Project/stake holders regarding the updates on the new roles. • Using social medias to advertise positions, attract candidates and build relationships with candidates and employers • Headhunting potential candidates • Using candidate databases to match the right person to the client's vacancy • Engaged on learning & development • Organizing the happy celebration of festivals, in-house reward & recognition, annual meet and all other functions.
Recruitment: Served more than Approx. 200 blue collar recruitments and 150 white collars multinational candidates (Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Philippines,) - Project basis recruitment which involved mobilizing employees with Business-Work Visa and de-mobilizing upon project completion, also involved in mobilizing employees on permanent basis with Qatar RP. • Maintains accurate and up-to-date human resource files, records, and documentation - Contractual changes: interim salary increases, promotions, and job title changes as per HR Managers’ instructions. • Prepare and support basic HR documents - salary certificates, NOC letters, PRN, new hire and resignation guides, and other documents related to employees' welfare. • Recruit for senior positions independently using various methods and by using the online portals and recruitment agencies and manage contract negotiations. • Direct all policies and procedures of the recruitment section and the Qatar labor law in regard to recruitment of expat and national employees and make recommendations to improve company’s procedures and processes for efficiency and effectiveness. • Responsible for the full recruitment cycle from the manpower planning to the confirmation of employees in addition to staffing, succession planning and developing recruitment strategies. • Coordinating with all departments & divisions about their future staffing needs. • Directing and initiating recruitment process through various sources. This includes directing the annual manpower budget, business plan, updating organizational charts, manpower data and statistics and preparation of monthly manpower reports • Develop a strong retention strategy though heading Employee Relations section with various activities to maintain a very good retention rate
• Managed the end-to-end recruitment that encompasses sourcing, screening, interviewing, offering, pre-boarding and the onboarding process. • Managed 250+ recruitments (Software Engineers, Network Specialist, Security Analyst, Cloud Architect, Full-Stack Engineer etc. on all levels • Sourcing active and passive candidates from various channels and • communities such as online and internal databases, employee referrals, networking, research, LinkedIn headhunting, etc. • Presented monthly recruitment activities to the clients.