People & Culture Manager - Project

Zenith Executive Search; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Long-term permanent role

Project-related travel

Career progression

Accommodation/Flights where applicable

Job summary

Zenith Executive Search is partnering with a leading construction contractor to recruit a People & Culture Manager for a Brisbane-based project. You will lead the P&C function for the project workforce and collaborate with senior leaders to shape workforce strategies and align ER/IR expertise with operational needs.

You will drive recruitment mobilisation, talent development and change initiatives while ensuring compliance and fostering a diverse, wellbeing-focused culture across the site.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a Senior Human Resources or People & Culture leadership role.
• Demonstrated employee relations and industrial relations expertise within operational environments.
• Experience supporting large-scale mining, resources, construction, infrastructure or project-based workforces.
• Proven ability to influence and partner with senior leaders and operational stakeholders.
• Experience leading workforce mobilisation, talent management and organisational change initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and coaching skills.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Employment Relations, Business or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead the People & Culture function across the project workforce.
• Partner with senior operational and project leaders to develop and implement workforce strategies.
• Provide expert advice on employee relations, industrial relations and workforce matters.
• Support workforce planning, recruitment, mobilisation and retention initiatives for construction operations.
• Drive leadership development, succession planning and workforce capability programs.
• Coach and support leaders on performance management, employee engagement and people-related matters.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, industrial instruments, company policies and regulatory requirements.
• Support diversity, inclusion, wellbeing and culture initiatives across the workforce.
• Contribute to organisational change, continuous improvement and workforce transformation programs.

Skills

Senior HR leadership

Employee relations

Industrial relations

Workforce planning

Recruitment mobilization

Talent management

Organisational change

Coaching & development

Stakeholder management

Compliance & IR

Education

Tertiary qualification in HR/ER/Business

Job description

Location: Brisbane based or Rostered | Job Type: Full-time Permanent

People & Culture Manager - Construction

Location: Brisbane based or Rostered | Job Type: Full-time Permanent

About the Company

Our client is a well-established construction contractor delivering major construction projects across Australia. With an already huge and ever growing pipeline of work we are seeking someone to lead the People & Culture function on this project.

The Role

• Lead the People & Culture function across the project workforce
• Partner with senior operational and project leaders to develop and implement workforce strategies
• Provide expert advice on employee relations, industrial relations and workforce matters
• Support workforce planning, recruitment, mobilisation and retention initiatives for construction operations
• Drive leadership development, succession planning and workforce capability programs
• Coach and support leaders on performance management, employee engagement and people-related matters
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, industrial instruments, company policies and regulatory requirements
• Support diversity, inclusion, wellbeing and culture initiatives across the workforce
• Contribute to organisational change, continuous improvement and workforce transformation programs

What We're Looking For

To succeed in this role, you will ideally have:

• Significant experience in a Senior Human Resources or People & Culture leadership role
• Demonstrated employee relations and industrial relations expertise within operational environments
• Experience supporting large-scale mining, resources, construction, infrastructure or project-based workforces
• Proven ability to influence and partner with senior leaders and operational stakeholders
• Experience leading workforce mobilisation, talent management and organisational change initiatives
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and coaching skills
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Employment Relations, Business or a related discipline

What's On Offer

Our client offers:

• Competitive salary package + super + project-related allowances / uplift
• Long-term, full-time permanent employment
• Strong pipeline of work secured with order book full for the next 4 years
• Opportunity to work on a landmark Queensland project
• Supportive management team with genuine opportunities for career progression
• Flights, accommodation and project-related travel provided where applicable