Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.

We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.

This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.

Bilfinger is seeking a HR Business Partner to join our team that will have a key role in supporting Bilfinger’s business strategy by providing proactive, commercially focused HR support to managers and employees across their assigned business areas.  The work location is flexible and can be based either at  Bilfinger offices in Warrington or Ellesmere Port.

Key Responsibilities 

• Provide support and direction to employees and managers in respective business areas to allow the business to best utilise its employees contributions to the business. Specifically, this will be in the areas of employee relations including complex disciplinary and grievance cases and redundancy where applicable; absence management managing short and long term absence;  performance management;  and learning and development by coaching line managers in the required knowledge and skills to effectively manage key HR processes.
• Promote a positive, inclusive workplace culture aligned with Bilfinger’s values
• Drive the talent management cycle; succession planning, performance reviews development planning
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with trade unions, local, regional and national, other contractor teams, and other external and internal stakeholders to foster a stable and collaborative industrial relations (IR) environment within the assigned business areas.
• Provide oversight and guidance on the implementation of workforce agreements and minimum standards.
• Drive early resolution of issues at operational level through collaborative IR practice,
• Implement audit and assurance measures to ensure compliance with workforce terms and conditions.
• Provide advice and guidance on matters such as policy interpretation and application, employment law, employee relations, organisational design, performance issues, leadership, management practices and information on the use of relevant support service providers.
• Participate in the development and improvement of people related practices, processes and policies in order to maximise operational effectiveness.
• Take ownership for assigned projects and work towards achieving HR Business Plan goals for the year.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong understanding of employment law, knowledge of trade union frameworks and HR/IR best practices
• Proven experience in employee relations
• Knowledge of industrial relations (desirable)
• Demonstrated ability to influence and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Experience working with a diverse and transient workforce
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Commercially minded and solutions-focused
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• CIPD qualification or equivalent experience (desirable)

If you wish to speak to a member of the recruitment team, please contact 01224 246246.

 claire.dingwall@bilfinger.com