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Durr CTS (Clean Technology Systems) develops advanced environmental technologies to make industrial production cleaner, safer, and more efficient. Across all our product lines, Durr CTS offers responsive, local, and skilled service teams, delivering customer-focused support in maintenance, troubleshooting, spare parts, and plant modifications.

Since November 1st, 2025, Durr CTS has operated independently, with 1,300 employees across 12 countries. We provide reliable and innovative environmental technology solutions, helping customers worldwide meet their regulatory and sustainability goals.

Our Portfolio Includes:

• Air Pollution Control: thermal oxidation, sorptive processes, particulate matter separation
• Noise Abatement: Silencer products, filtration, gas turbine inlet and exhaust systems by Durr Universal
• Decentral Power Generation: Organic Rankine Cycle systems with Cyplan ORC

We serve a wide range of industries, including chemical, pharmaceutical, food, automotive, energy, surface coating, and many more, providing tailored solutions that help customers meet environmental regulations, reduce emissions, ensure operational reliability, and improve sustainability.

Overview

The Global HR Project Specialist provides dedicated support to the Global HR Director by managing cross‐regional HR initiatives, ensuring alignment across geographies, and driving progress on strategic and operational HR projects. This role acts as a central coordination point, enabling transparent communication, consistent project tracking, and effective implementation of global HR priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the planning, coordination, and execution of global HR projects (e.g., talent management initiatives, HR process harmonization, system rollouts, policy alignment).
• Maintain and update global HR project timelines, milestones, risks, and status dashboards.
• Prepare project documentation, meeting notes, decision logs, and follow‐ups.
• Ensure alignment and synchronization across regional/local HR project owners.
• Drive project progress proactively by identifying delays, supporting stakeholders, and escalating issues when needed.
• Serve as central contact person for cross‐regional HR information flows.
• Coordinate regular exchanges within the global HR team (e.g., agendas, action trackers, communication packs).
• Support harmonization of processes, templates, and global standards.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing across regions (best practices, learnings, templates).
• Support internal communication related to global HR initiatives, including drafting updates and preparing materials.
• Prepare presentations and briefs for leadership meetings, steering committees, and global HR updates.
• Conduct background research and benchmarking to support strategic HR initiatives.
• Assist with annual cycles (e.g., performance, compensation, workforce planning) from a global coordination perspective.
• Manage smaller projects or workstreams independently.

Candidate Requirements

• 2–5 years of experience in HR, project management, HR consulting, or a similar coordination-focused role.
• Bachelor's degree required (Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field).
• Experience working in international or matrix organizations preferred.
• Strong foundational understanding of HR processes and HR project cycles.
• Project management: able to structure tasks, manage timelines, track deliverables, and coordinate multiple stakeholders.
• Communication: excellent written and verbal communication; capable of preparing high‐quality slides and succinct summaries.
• Analytical mindset: comfortable interpreting data, identifying risks, and proposing solutions.
• Organization & structure: strong attention to detail, disciplined follow‐up, and reliable documentation habits.
• Stakeholder management: ability to work with regional and local HR teams, navigate cultural differences, and foster collaboration.
• Tools & technology: proficient in MS Office (especially Excel, PowerPoint, Teams); experience with HRIS systems is a plus.
• Proactive, self‐driven, and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Comfortable operating in a fast‐paced, changing environment.
• Curious, eager to learn, and motivated to understand global HR topics.
• Team‐oriented with a service-minded, supportive approach.
• Willing to travel as required (10-20%)

Physical Demands

While performing duties of job, incumbent is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach, use hands and arms as well as hear and talk. This is sedentary work that involves sitting most of the time. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and distance vision.

Durr CTS provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment drug and alcohol testing.

Note to all Staffing Agencies: Durr CTS has a team of dedicated Human Resources professionals who are responsible for all hiring needs. Our practice is to partner and work with our approved vendors on an as-needed basis. We do not accept resumes from agencies that are not on our preferred vendor list and have not signed our Recruiting and Permanent Placement Contract. Any resumes submitted from unapproved vendors will be considered unsolicited, and Durr CTS will not be obligated to pay a referral fee.