Senior Employee & Industrial Relations Leader

Laing O'Rourke group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & development

Wellbeing program

Paid parental leave

Purchased leave

Coaching programs

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke is seeking an Employee and Industrial Relations Manager to join our national team, based in Sydney or Melbourne. This senior role provides strategic and practical advice across complex IR matters, partnering with business leaders, project teams and People Leads.

You will lead union engagement, support enterprise agreement negotiations and strengthen industrial relations capability across the business while delivering pragmatic, commercially focused outcomes.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in industrial relations, human resources, law or a related discipline.
• Significant employee and industrial relations experience within a complex, highly unionised environment.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating and implementing enterprise agreements.
• Strong knowledge of the Fair Work Act and relevant workplace legislation.

Responsibilities

• Lead employee and industrial relations activities as required, aligned with business and project requirements.
• Advise leaders, project teams and People Leads on complex workplace matters.
• Build constructive relationships with unions, delegates, industry associations and key stakeholders.
• Lead enterprise agreement negotiations, interpretation and implementation, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Education

Industrial Relations

Human Resources

Law

Job description

Laing O'Rourke is seeking an Employee and Industrial Relations Manager to join our national team, based in Sydney or Melbourne. This senior role provides strategic and practical advice across complex IR matters, partnering with business leaders, project teams and People Leads.

You will lead union engagement, support enterprise agreement negotiations and strengthen industrial relations capability across the business while delivering pragmatic, commercially focused outcomes.