People Partner

Leeds (Hybrid)

Permanent

Salary c£50,000 depending on experience + benefits

 

Shape the future of our People.  Drive performance where it matters.

We're looking for an experienced and commercially minded People Partner to join our Team and support our North East, Yorkshire & Scotland (NEYS) region.

Working closely with senior operational leaders across a diverse workforce stretching from Aberdeen to Sheffield, you’ll help turn business challenges into people solutions that deliver real impact. 

This isn’t a desk based role.  It’s about being visible, influencing decisions, developing leaders and helping teams to perform at their best.  If you thrive in a fast-paced, operational environment and enjoy balancing strategic thinking with practical delivery, we’d love to hear from you.  We're particularly interested in hearing from candidates who have experience within construction, engineering, infrastructure, utilities or other similar operational, project-based industries.

What you’ll do

Strategic Business Partnering

• Partner with senior leaders to shape workforce and people strategies. 
• Lead on complex employee relations and organisational change activity.
• Coach and develop managers to build high performing teams.
• Develop and deliver regional people plans that support business objectives and workforce performance.
• Use people data and insight to drive business performance.
• Support talent, succession and leadership initiatives.

 

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience in a People Partner, HR Business Partner or Senior HR Generalist role.
• Strong UK employment law and employee relations expertise.
• Experience managing complex casework and organisational change initiatives.
• The confidence to influence leaders and challenge constructively
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• CIPD Level 7 qualification or equivalent experience.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the region as required.

Why Join Us?

You'll become a trusted adviser to senior leaders, helping shape the future of a significant operational region. In return, you'll enjoy genuine autonomy, strong career development opportunities, hybrid working, private medical cover, enhanced pension contributions and a benefits package designed to support you both professionally and personally.

Ready to make a difference?

If you're passionate about creating high-performing teams, developing great leaders and delivering meaningful people solutions, we'd love to hear from you. Join us and help build a workplace where people and performance thrive.

Benefits:

We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people.  Some of what you can expect includes:

• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
• Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes.
• Personal development programme

 

 

Next Steps:

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met. 

We are a Disability Confident Employer and awarded Gold Standard in the Armed Forces Covenant.

About Us:

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.

 

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