Industrial Relations Manager
RSGx
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Job summary
RSGx is seeking an experienced Industrial Relations Manager to lead the IR function across Australia. Reporting to the National Manager - HR, this role provides strategic IR leadership, supports business performance and ensures compliance across a diverse national workforce.
The role requires extensive senior IR/ER leadership, strong knowledge of Australian IR legislation and proven enterprise bargaining experience across multiple sites or jurisdictions.
Qualifications
- Extensive senior IR/ER leadership experience.
- Strong knowledge of Australian IR law and Fair Work frameworks.
- Demonstrated enterprise bargaining and union negotiation experience.
- Proven ability to manage complex industrial disputes and employee relations matters.
- Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
- Experience operating across multiple sites, projects or jurisdictions.
- Ability to develop practical, commercially focused IR strategies.
Responsibilities
- Lead national IR strategy and framework.
- Advise leaders on industrial and employee relations matters.
- Lead enterprise bargaining negotiations and management of Enterprise Agreements.
- Manage union relationships and industrial disputes.
- Represent the business in Fair Work Commission and industrial proceedings.
- Ensure compliance with workplace legislation, awards and Enterprise Agreements.
- Support organisational change, workforce restructuring and business initiatives.
- Monitor IR trends, risks and legislative changes.
- Develop leadership capability through IR and ER training and coaching.
Skills
Education
Job description
National IR role supporting the RSGx business with delivering key infrastructure projects across Australia
Who we are RSGx is a provider of innovative, multidisciplinary and integrated mechanical and electrical solutions in the transport infrastructure, oil and gas, resource and minerals, renewables, transmission and distribution and water industries in Australia. We deliver end-to-end service solutions to our valued partners across the project lifecycle, from project management through to maintenance, shutdowns and operations.
About the Role We are seeking an experienced and commercially focused Industrial Relations Manager to lead the industrial relations function across Australia. Reporting to the National Manager - HR, this role provides strategic industrial relations leadership, supports business performance and ensures compliance across a diverse national workforce.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead RSGx's national industrial relations strategy and framework.
- Provide expert advice to leaders on industrial and employee relations matters.
- Lead enterprise bargaining negotiations and management of Enterprise Agreements.
- Manage union relationships and industrial disputes.
- Represent the business in Fair Work Commission and industrial proceedings.
- Ensure compliance with workplace legislation, awards and Enterprise Agreements.
- Support organisational change, workforce restructuring and business initiatives.
- Monitor industrial relations trends, risks and legislative changes.
- Develop leadership capability through IR and ER training and coaching.
- Extensive experience in a senior Industrial Relations or Employee Relations leadership role.
- Strong knowledge of Australian industrial relations legislation and Fair Work frameworks.
- Demonstrated enterprise bargaining and union negotiation experience.
- Proven ability to manage complex industrial disputes and employee relations matters.
- Strong stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills.
- Experience operating across multiple sites, projects or jurisdictions.
- Ability to develop practical, commercially focused industrial relations strategies.
- Tertiary qualification in Industrial Relations, Human Resources, Business or Law.
- Experience within construction, infrastructure, resources, energy or maintenance sectors.
- Experience representing organisations before the Fair Work Commission.
- Knowledge of FIFO, labour hire and project-based workforce environments.
Who we are RSGx is a provider of innovative, multidisciplinary and integrated mechanical and electrical solutions in the transport infrastructure, oil and gas, resource and minerals, renewables, transmission and distribution and water industries in Australia. We deliver end-to-end service solutions to our valued partners across the project lifecycle, from project management through to maintenance, shutdowns and operations.
About the Role We are seeking an experienced and commercially focused Industrial Relations Manager to lead the industrial relations function across Australia. Reporting to the National Manager - HR, this role provides strategic industrial relations leadership, supports business performance and ensures compliance across a diverse national workforce.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead RSGx's national industrial relations strategy and framework.
- Provide expert advice to leaders on industrial and employee relations matters.
- Lead enterprise bargaining negotiations and management of Enterprise Agreements.
- Manage union relationships and industrial disputes.
- Represent the business in Fair Work Commission and industrial proceedings.
- Ensure compliance with workplace legislation, awards and Enterprise Agreements.
- Support organisational change, workforce restructuring and business initiatives.
- Monitor industrial relations trends, risks and legislative changes.
- Develop leadership capability through IR and ER training and coaching.
- Extensive experience in a senior Industrial Relations or Employee Relations leadership role.
- Strong knowledge of Australian industrial relations legislation and Fair Work frameworks.
- Demonstrated enterprise bargaining and union negotiation experience.
- Proven ability to manage complex industrial disputes and employee relations matters.
- Strong stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills.
- Experience operating across multiple sites, projects or jurisdictions.
- Ability to develop practical, commercially focused industrial relations strategies.
- Tertiary qualification in Industrial Relations, Human Resources, Business or Law.
- Experience within construction, infrastructure, resources, energy or maintenance sectors.
- Experience representing organisations before the Fair Work Commission.
- Knowledge of FIFO, labour hire and project-based workforce environments.
- National leadership role with broad business influence.
- Opportunity to shape industrial relations strategy across Australia.
- Partner closely with executive and operational leaders.
- Support a growing organisation delivering major projects nationwide.
- Competitive remuneration and career development opportunities.
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