Senior HR & IR Lead – Major Infrastructure Project

Pageup Results; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing program

Discount portal

Salary continuance insurance

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

CPB Contractors is delivering SRL East, a major tunnelling project in Victoria. We seek an HR/IR Manager to lead all HR activities, provide expert employee-relations guidance, and drive workforce planning to ensure capability and continuity across a large, diverse workforce.

You will design onboarding and capability programs, support change initiatives, and champion diversity, wellbeing, and engagement while ensuring compliance with legislation and project requirements, reporting to the Project

Qualifications

• Degree in Human Resource Management or similar required.
• 7+ years' HR/IR experience in construction, mining, or manufacturing.
• 3+ years' experience leading HR teams.
• Strong knowledge of employment legislation, industrial relations, awards, enterprise agreements, and contracts.
• Sound understanding of industry, market, and economic conditions.
• Proven ability to influence, negotiate, and resolve workplace disputes.
• Ability to provide strategic HR/IR advice aligned with business objectives.
• Strong understanding of HR trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Leading all Human Resources and Industrial Relations activities across a large and diverse project workforce.
• Providing expert guidance on employee relations matters, workplace investigations, grievances, disciplinary matters, and performance management.
• Driving workforce planning, mobilisation, succession planning, and talent development strategies to ensure project capability and continuity.
• Designing and implementing onboarding, training, and capability development programs.
• Supporting organisational change initiatives and fostering a positive, high-performance culture where people can thrive.
• Ensuring compliance with employment legislation, enterprise agreements, company policies, and project requirements.
• Analysing workforce data and trends, preparing insightful reporting, and providing recommendations to support informed decision-making.
• Championing diversity, inclusion, employee wellbeing, and engagement initiatives to create an inclusive and productive workplace.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Communication

Strategic HR advice

Education

Degree in Human Resource Management or similar

Job description

CPB Contractors is delivering SRL East, a major tunnelling project in Victoria. We seek an HR/IR Manager to lead all HR activities, provide expert employee-relations guidance, and drive workforce planning to ensure capability and continuity across a large, diverse workforce.

You will design onboarding and capability programs, support change initiatives, and champion diversity, wellbeing, and engagement while ensuring compliance with legislation and project requirements, reporting to the Project