BUMA International Group is a global mining services leader, delivering safe, efficient and innovative solutions across three continents, underpinned by strong values, operational excellence and a commitment to zero harm.

We are thrilled to be partnering with BUMA Australia to find their next HR Manager who will provide trusted, commercially focused People & Culture advice across a complex operational environment. This is a senior HR partnering role with a strong emphasis on industrial relations, including enterprise bargaining, workforce risk and complex people matters.

You will partner closely with operational leaders, site-based HR Business Partners and senior stakeholders, while also contributing to strategic projects, tendering, due diligence and other critical HR activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead complex ER/IR matters, including disputes, grievances, disciplinary processes, investigations, redundancies and organisational change;

• Lead enterprise bargaining and industrial negotiations, including agreement strategy, union engagement and implementation;

• Provide expert advice on enterprise agreements, awards, employment legislation, contracts and industrial risk;

• Act as a senior escalation point for complex ER/HR matters, providing commercially balanced and risk-aware advice;

• Identify and mitigate workforce, industrial and organisational risks, with clear governance and escalation pathways;

• Develop workforce strategies aligned to operational priorities, labour demand, capability, productivity and succession;

• Lead people components of key projects, including growth, restructuring, transformation, and due diligence;

• Support tendering and commercial projects through workforce analysis, data interpretation and people-related due diligence;

• Lead workforce transformation and culture change initiatives to enhance capability, strengthen culture and drive business performance; and

• Partner with HSE and operations to integrate people, safety, industrial and operational priorities.

The Ideal Candidate

You will be a strategic and commercially minded HR professional with strong ER/IR expertise, confident operating as a senior escalation point in a complex environment. You will combine industrial judgement with strong stakeholder management, analytical capability and a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach.

Key Requirements

• Advanced employee and industrial relations expertise, including enterprise bargaining and union engagement;

• Senior HR experience within mining, resources, construction, heavy industry or complex operational environments;

• Demonstrated experience managing complex ER/IR matters and industrial risk;

• Proven experience advising senior executives and operational leaders on high-risk people matters;

• Strong capability across employee investigations, organisational change and workforce planning;

• Commercially astute with strong data, financial and analytical capability, particularly for tendering and business projects;

• Exceptional negotiation, influencing, coaching and stakeholder management skills; and

• Tertiary qualification in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Employment Law, Business or a related discipline.

How to Apply

For more information or a confidential discussion contact Kate Benson at u&u on 07 3232 9163 or kate.benson@uandu.com by quoting reference number 46518.

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