About the Company

Join a well-established national services business supporting critical infrastructure across Australia. With a large, geographically dispersed workforce, the organisation partners with government and commercial clients to deliver essential services in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.

Focused on safety, operational excellence and continuous improvement, the business offers an opportunity to join a strategic HR team that plays a key role in driving culture, compliance and organisational performance.

About the Role

Reporting to the CPO, you will be the trusted HR leader across a workforce of over 500 blue-collar employees, providing expert guidance on complex people matters while leading a small HR and administration team.

Key responsibilities:

• Acting as the principal HR advisor and strategic partner to the NSW leadership team;

• Lead complex employee and industrial relations matters, including investigations, grievances, disciplinary processes and dispute resolution;

• Manage enterprise agreement negotiations and ongoing industrial relations activities;

• Develop workforce planning, succession planning and talent strategies to support business growth;

• Providing expert guidance to business leaders on employee relations, and legislative compliance;

• Coaching and influencing senior leaders to drive high performance, engagement and capability;

• Manage workers compensation and return-to-work programs;

• Leading, mentoring and developing the HR team to deliver consistent, high-impact outcomes; and

• Utilise HR data and insights to support strategic decision-making.

About You

You’re a confident, well-spoken, engaging and commercially minded HR leader who is comfortable working with operational and executive leaders.

You will bring:

• Significant experience in a HR Manager or HR Business Partner position;

• Strong employee relations experience within a blue-collar environment;

• Experience with enterprise agreements and unionised workforces;

• Proven ability to influence and partner with operational and executive stakeholders;

• Strong knowledge of Australian employment legislation and HR best practice;

• Exceptional communication, coaching and stakeholder management skills;

• A pragmatic, solutions-focused approach with strong commercial acumen; and

• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Business or a related discipline.

The Benefits

• True HR Manager role, managing a small team and reporting into CPO;

• National exposure across multiple states and leadership teams;

• Diverse role spanning both strategy and operational HR;

• Opportunity to shape and mature the HR function; and

• Collaborative and supportive team.

How to Apply

For more information or a confidential discussion please click to reveal the contact details for Courtney Price at u&u courtney.price@uandu.com or 0415 401 493 quoting reference number 45654.

At u&u Recruitment Partners, we value diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability.

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