Regional HR Business Partner

Heidelberg Materials Group; Queensland; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Heidelberg Materials Australia is seeking a Regional HR Business Partner to work with senior leaders across our Southern Region (VIC/TAS) and Alex Fraser Group (VIC/QLD), delivering strategic people solutions for safe, sustainable, high‑performing teams.

You will provide expert advice on workforce strategy, employee relations, talent, capability and major change initiatives while supporting large blue‑collar workforces in complex operations across Australia.

Qualifications

• Senior HR/People & Culture Business Partner with extensive experience.
• Strong knowledge of employment legislation, ER/IR and governance frameworks.
• Experience supporting large, complex blue‑collar workforces.
• Proven change leadership and transformation experience.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and executive communication skills.
• Experience with workforce strategy, talent management and capability uplift.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to regional and frontline leaders.
• Translate business priorities into effective people and workforce strategies.
• Lead and advise on complex employee relations, performance and investigation matters.
• Support workforce planning, remuneration reviews and engagement initiatives.
• Drive talent, succession, leadership and capability development activities.
• Lead people aspects of major change programs and organisational design.
• Provide workforce insights and data‑driven recommendations to leaders.
• Lead and develop People & Culture advisory capability within the region.

Skills

Senior HRBP experience

Employment law & governance

Blue-collar workforce experience

Change leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Workforce strategy & talent management

Job description

About the role

Heidelberg Materials Australia is seeking a Regional HR Business Partner to work closely with senior leaders across our Southern Region (VIC/TAS) and Alex Fraser Group (VIC/QLD), delivering strategic people solutions that enable safe, sustainable and high‑performing teams. This is a highly influential role providing expert advice across workforce strategy, employee relations, talent, capability and major change initiatives while also supporting complex operational environments with large blue‑collar workforces.

Key responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to regional and frontline leaders
• Translate business priorities into effective people and workforce strategies
• Lead and advise on complex employee relations, performance and investigation matters
• Support workforce planning, remuneration reviews and engagement initiatives
• Drive talent, succession, leadership and capability development activities
• Lead people aspects of major change programs and organisational design
• Provide workforce insights and data‑driven recommendations to leaders
• Lead and develop People & Culture advisory capability within the region

About you

You are a confident senior HR business partner with strong commercial judgement, capable of influencing at executive level while remaining closely connected to operational teams.

You will bring:

• Extensive experience as a senior HR / People & Culture Business Partner
• Strong knowledge of employment legislation, ER/IR and governance frameworks
• Experience supporting large, complex blue‑collar workforces
• Proven change leadership and transformation experience
• Strong stakeholder engagement and executive communication skills
• Experience with workforce strategy, talent management and capability uplift

About Heidelberg Materials

With more than 4,000 employees across 300 sites, we have an extensive production and logistics network across Australia. We think global and act local - we benefit from global research and development enhanced by national collaboration to offer a comprehensive range of high-quality concrete, aggregates, road base, sand and asphalt products. We also produce a wide range of sustainable and recycled construction materials for civil construction and infrastructure projects. We are driven by excellence and high performance and together we will shape Australia's construction materials industry building a legacy for generations to come. Shaping the future, building successes Heidelberg Materials – your springboard into the future of the construction materials industry.

As a globally leading company in the construction sector, we manufacture one of the most widely used products, paving the way not only toward more sustainable production but also toward your personal success story. Our bold and innovative approach focuses on massive CO₂ reduction, efficient recycling technologies, and digital solutions – setting new standards for the industry. In our globally connected and locally rooted community, your ideas have the power to shape a better tomorrow for people. With us, you’ll not just shaping the industry’s future; you’re shaping your own. Let’s get to work! Heidelberg Materials is one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of building materials and solutions with leading market positions in cement, aggregates, and ready‑mixed concrete. We are represented in more than 50 countries with around 51,000 employees at almost 3,000 locations. At the centre of our actions lies the responsibility for the environment. As the front runner on the path to carbon neutrality and circular economy in the building materials industry, we are working on sustainable building materials and solutions for the future. We enable new opportunities for our customers through digitalisation.