HR Business Partner

Springboard; Sydney; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent employment

Professional development

Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

Job summary

D4C, Delivering 4 Customers, is seeking a proactive People & Culture partner to support a safe, engaged and high-performing workforce across Sydney Water projects and project sites.

You will drive core processes (onboarding, probation, performance checks, mobility, offboarding), handle employee relations with fairness, coach leaders, and partner with payroll to maintain accurate data while contributing to recruitment, training and organisational change.

Qualifications

• Experience partnering with leaders to support a safe, engaged and high-performing workforce.
• Knowledge of industrial instruments and industrial frameworks.
• Ability to manage employee relations fairly with sound judgement.

Responsibilities

• Onboarding, probation, performance checks, mobility and offboarding.
• Triage day-to-day people queries; provide practical support.
• Manage employee relations with fairness and records.
• Coach leaders through difficult conversations.
• Coordinate with People Services and payroll for data and contracts.
• Support recruitment, training, and organisational change.
• Use workforce metrics to identify issues and improve.
• Maintain visibility across sites to build trust.
• Handle records, follow-ups, reports and updates.
• Promote a safe, inclusive workplace and policy compliance.

Skills

People & Culture partnering

Employee relations

Performance management

Change management

Industrial frameworks

Education

HR qualification

Employment law knowledge

Job description

• Job category: People and Culture, Recruitment and Training
• Job type: Full Time

About this role

About D4C

Delivering 4 Customers (D4C) is a consortium comprising of industry leading Tier 1 organisations – John Holland, Service Stream and WSP. We are helping our client, Sydney Water, to deliver a $34 billion dollar program over a 10-year contract, providing design, construction, maintenance and facilities management services across their southern region - from Bondi to Gerringong, and out to the Georges River National Park

When you join D4C, you'll be joining a team of 700+ employees, all helping to provide services that are vital to Sydney Water's customers' quality of life, and to safeguard Sydney's future by maintaining a sustainable water supply and protecting our iconic waterways.

About the opportunity

Reporting to the People & Culture Lead, you will partner with employees and frontline leaders to support a safe, engaged and high-performing workforce. You'll deliver core people processes, provide practical day-to-day advice, help leaders manage employee relations fairly and consistently, and support change that works in an operational environment. This is a hands-on role where thoughtful advice and reliable follow-through matter equally.

This role is a genuine pathway to permanent employment. Beginning as a 6-month temporary assignment, this will provide you the opportunity to experience the role and team firsthand, ensure it's the right fit, and build towards a rewarding long-term career within one of our Tier 1 parent companies.

What you'll do

• Keep core people processes running smoothly, including onboarding, probation, performance check-ins, mobility and offboarding.
• Triage day-to-day people queries and provide practical, responsive support, escalating complex matters when needed.
• Manage employee relations matters involving conduct, performance, grievances and workplace conflict with fairness, sound judgement and clear records.
• Coach leaders through difficult conversations, documentation requirements, role clarity and consistent people practices.
• Partner with People Services and payroll teams to maintain accurate employee data, contracts, variations and timely processing.
• Support recruitment, selection, training, workforce consultation and organisational change.
• Use workforce insights including turnover, absenteeism, overtime, incidents and engagement to identify issues and recommend practical improvements.
• Stay visible and connected across the operation, building trust with leaders and employees.
• Complete the essential administrative work including records, follow-ups, reports, document checks and process updates.
• Contribute to a safe, inclusive and collaborative workplace while meeting all relevant policy, legal and HSEQ obligations.

About you

You're an adaptable and curious operator who asks good questions, looks for better and simpler ways of working and can shift comfortably between strategic thinking and detailed execution. You enjoy variety, bring creativity to practical problems and don't believe any task is beneath you. Whether you're advising a leader on a sensitive issue or checking a spreadsheet, filing a record or following up paperwork, you bring the same level of ownership and professionalism.

This is a five-day-a-week, in-person role for someone who enjoys being visible, connecting with people and building trusted relationships in our Redfern office and across project sites.

What you'll bring

• Demonstrated experience in a People & Culture partnering role.
• Relevant qualifications in human resources, employment law, employee relations or a related discipline.
• Working knowledge of industrial frameworks and the interpretation of industrial instruments.
• Experience supporting performance management and addressing underperformance.
• Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, influencing, negotiation and facilitation skills.
• Sound commercial awareness and the ability to make balanced, practical decisions.
• A current, unrestricted drivers licence.
• Postgraduate qualifications and project environment experience will be well regarded.

The benefits of working with D4C

At D4C you'll enjoy a secure, long-term pipeline of interesting and challenging projects, where safety, innovation and collaboration are encouraged, recognised and rewarded.

• Permanent employment in one of our parent companies, with the potential for future work after the Sydney Water contract
• Personal and professional development training
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

We welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+, people with disability, people with caring responsibilities, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and veterans.

Job details

Job reference:

Job reference: D4C/1949867

Job category:

Job category: People and Culture, Recruitment and Training