HR Coordinator

Are you energized by supporting people, solving problems, and ensuring smooth HR processes? At JBT Marel, we are looking for an HR Coordinator who will play a key role in delivering high-quality HR administration support across multiple countries.

This is an opportunity to be part of a global, multicultural team where you can make a real impact by ensuring accuracy, compliance, and excellent service for employees and managers.

This is a temporary position offering a contract for approx. 12 months, and will preferably start in May/June 2026.

What will you do?

As our HR Coordinator, you will be the first point of contact for HR administration, system support, and payroll-related processes. Your responsibilities will include:

• Provide general documentation and all administration support, as required, within the HR Function of your location

• Processes hires, job changes, and terminations in the full life-cycle of an employee or
  contingent worker

• Under general supervision, responsible for providing a positive customer experience by
  responding to HR, benefits, payroll, and policy inquiries by phone and electronic
  communications by taking accountability for logging, processing, and managing each inquiry to conclusion

• Issuing employeement agreements including the proper terms and conditions

• Help build employee manuals and be on top of new regulations

• Maintain employee records in our HR system Workday

• Organize employee files and assemble documentation for employee and/or legal file requests

• Support process improvement projects by helping to identify recurring issues, problematic trends, and recommending changes in procedures

• Proactively evaluates and assist with HR cycle processes including policies, procedures, documents, communications, training, record keeping, etc.

• Maintain HR processes and content on company’s HR website and team’s knowledgebase

• Assist with organizing any HR events and projects as assigned

Who are you?

In order to be successful in this exciting position, you need to recognize yourself in the following profile. Ideally, you bring:

• University degree or equivalent experience, preferably in HR

• Experience in HR administration, preferably in an international or multicultural environment

• Excellent organizational, communication and networking skills

• Excellent skills in written and verbal English, as well as Icelandic

• Experience with HR systems and MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook), experience with Workday is a plus

• The ability to handle confidential information with discretion

• The quality of a team player

• Pro-activity and structure

• Detail focus and accuracy

• Effective time management while multi-tasking in a high-volume, deadline-oriented, and fast paced environment

Why work at JBT Marel?

At JBT Marel, you will be part of a purpose-driven organization that is transforming the future of food. You will collaborate with colleagues worldwide, grow professionally, and contribute to a safe, innovative, and people-focused work environment.

Employee Benefits

• First-class work environment with diverse and engaging projects

• Family-friendly working hours

• Excellent cafeteria with breakfast and hot lunch

• Sports facilities, fitness grant, and bicycle storage

• Transportation grant

• Annual health check

• Active employee association

Our values guide us every day:

Create with Collaboration | Serve with Integrity | Grow with Excellence | Advance with Innovation

Are you ready to contribute to our local HR team and deliver excellent service to our great colleagues? We would love to hear from you. Please send us your application through our website before May 3rd 2026.