Manager - People & Culture

BW Offshore Group; Darwin; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel to offshore sites

Inclusive culture

Job summary

BW Offshore in Darwin is seeking a People & Culture Manager to lead the local P&C function and partner with offshore and onshore leaders to deliver safe, compliant and high-performing people solutions.

The role oversees end-to-end employee lifecycle, labour relations, recruitment strategy, policy development, and KPI reporting, with travel to offshore locations and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HRM or Business Administration.
• Professional HR qualification preferred but not essential.
• Experience in an operational or offshore environment.
• Experience working with unionised workforce and collective agreements.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and handle confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Partner with offshore and onshore leaders to translate priorities into people solutions.
• Provide early visibility of workforce and IR issues to asset management and P&C leadership.
• Manage ER/IR matters from initiation to resolution, including disciplinary and Speak-Up cases.
• Ensure Australian employment law compliance and advise leadership.
• Lead and develop the local P&C team.
• Support recruitment strategy and relationships with agencies.
• Provide P&C expertise across the employee lifecycle.
• Oversee mobilisation/demobilisation for offshore and international personnel.
• Develop local P&C policies aligned to global frameworks and diversity goals.
• Deliver P&C KPIs, dashboards and management reports.

Skills

Offshore experience

People management

Employee relations

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in HRM or Business Administration

Job description

Posted on: 02/09/2026 – Application Deadline: 30/09/2026

BW Offshore leverages more than four decades of experience in operating advanced offshore production systems and executing complex projects. We are proud to have executed 40 FPSO and FSO projects. We have cultivated a culture of thorough engineering, trust and teamwork throughout the organisation.

BW Offshore is actively engaged in the energy transition by developing clean energy production solutions, applying its offshore engineering and operations capabilities to drive future value creation. Our aim is to create tailored energy solutions for evolving global energy markets.

BW Offshore is looking for a People & Culture Manager to join our Darwin team. The successful candidate will report to the Senior Manager – People & Culture.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Partner with offshore and onshore leaders to translate operational priorities into pragmatic people solutions, supporting safe, compliant, and high-performing business outcomes.
• Provide Asset Management and senior P&C leadership with early visibility of emerging workforce and IR issues, aligning on communication and risk mitigation approaches before significant employee discussions occur.
• Manage complex ER/IR matters from initiation to resolution — including disciplinary, grievance, and Speak-Up cases — while maintaining constructive relationships with unions and employee representatives.
• Maintain primary accountability for Australian employment law compliance, proactively identifying people-related risks and providing trusted, legally sound advice to leadership.
• Lead, coach, and develop the local P&C team, ensuring high-quality service delivery, consistent practice, and ongoing capability uplift across the function.
• Partner with hiring managers on recruitment strategy, build effective agency and vendor relationships, and support talent management, succession planning, and annual remuneration reviews.
• Provide People & Culture expertise across the full employee lifecycle, partnering with and coaching people managers on day-to-day matters, business planning implications, and performance — in line with BW Offshore's global principles, best practice, and local context.
• Own end-to-end mobilisation and demobilisation for offshore and international personnel, ensuring compliance with immigration, visa, and local labour requirements.
• Develop and maintain local P&C policies aligned to global frameworks, Australian employment law, and best practice, embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout.
• Deliver P&C KPIs, dashboards, and management reports, using data and people insights to identify trends, risks, and continuous improvement opportunities for leadership decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Human Resource Management or Business Administration. Professional HR qualification preferred but not essential.

We are seeking individuals who not only resonate with our core values – CARE (Collaborative, Ambitious, Reliable and Enduring) but also have a proactive approach to problem-solving, are attentive to details, have excellent communication skills and able to collaborate effectively across the teams.

Skills

• Proven experience in an operational or offshore environment, with an understanding of shift-based or rotational workforce structures and the challenges these create.
• Experience handling complex employee relations cases independently — including disciplinary, grievance, and Speak-Up matters — from initiation through to resolution.
• Experience working in or alongside a unionised workforce, including engagement with employee representatives and working within collective agreements
• Strong leadership and team development skills, with the ability to coach and standardise practice across a team.
• Experience partnering with operational managers to deliver solutions that balance commercial, legal, and human considerations.
• High level of integrity, professionalism, and discretion when handling confidential employee information.

We offer

• Opportunities to travel to offshore locations and operational offices.
• A diverse culture with inclusive, fun and creative teams who lead with integrity.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

BW Offshore have dynamic teams working together and foster a culture of creativity and curiosity. We believe that outcomes are always achieved best when delivered by a diverse and inclusive team. We encourage applications from everyone, including people living with disability, job seekers of all ages, members of the LGBTIQA+ community and people from culturally diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.