Owns the HR function for Karnot Energy Solutions Inc. — hiring, onboarding, payroll coordination with Finance, DOLE compliance, performance management, and policy. Reports directly to the CEO.
The HR Officer is the person who prevents those mistakes. You will own recruitment sourcing and screening, onboarding, employee records, payroll co-management with the bookkeeper, performance review processes, DOLE compliance, and the early-stage work of building a culture that attracts and retains the technical talent Karnot needs. You will be the first HR hire — there is no established team, no inherited process, and no bureaucratic constraints. You build what Karnot needs.
The HR Officer reports directly to the CEO and participates in hiring decisions across every department. Career progression to HR Manager is on the table for the right person.
It means there is no established HR process to inherit. There is no employee handbook, no performance review template, no onboarding checklist, no established payroll workflow. You build all of it. That is both the challenge and the opportunity. The CEO has managed employment matters directly until now — you take that over, structure it properly, and create the foundation for a professional people function. Most HR Officers join to maintain a system someone else built. Here you build the system.
You do not need to be able to assess refrigeration competence — the hiring managers do that. Your role in technical hiring is sourcing, screening for minimum qualifications (correct TESDA/PRC licence, relevant experience), coordinating interviews, and owning the offer and contract stage. The PEE, PME, and Sales lead conduct technical assessments independently. HR manages the process, not the technical decision.
In partnership with the Safety Officer (who handles OSH-specific DOLE obligations) and the CEO (who remains accountable for compliance decisions). The HR Officer owns labour standards compliance — working hours, 13th month pay, mandatory benefits enrolment, notice periods, documentary requirements for all employment classifications. The Safety Officer owns the OSH-specific DOLE programme. The CEO is the final sign-off on compliance strategy.
Karnot scales meaningfully through 2026 and 2027 and the HR Officer is responsible for managing the full employee lifecycle: hire, onboard, develop, retain, and — when necessary — separate. Planning for that growth rather than reacting to it is a core part of the role.
The role starts October 2026. Send your CV and a brief note about your experience building or restructuring an HR function. We read every application personally.
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