Onsite People & Talent Architect for Industrial Growth

Onodrim Industries; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Onodrim Industries is building Europe’s largest defence and industrial platform. The Forward Deployed Operator – People & Talent – embeds in portfolio companies to map the organisation, retain key talent and harmonise compensation across sites.

You’ll analyse pay, benefits and terms of employment, work with works councils, and plan for ageing workforces while shaping hiring strategies across Europe. This role requires travel and UK/Swiss/EU work rights.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in HR or people ops, with at least 2 years as a generalist in manufacturing/industrial settings.
• Experience structuring pay grades, benchmarking against the market, and designing bonuses/retention schemes.
• Knowledge of European employment law and collective bargaining; know when local counsel is needed.
• Experience hiring for industrial/technical roles in tight labour markets.
• Strong analytical skills using payroll/HR data and presenting figures clearly.

Responsibilities

• Map the organisation and identify key people critical to the business.
• Design retention and incentive arrangements for operators, engineers and managers.
• Review compensation against collective agreements, market benchmarks and fairness.
• Engage with unions and works councils and manage governance changes.
• Model retirements, succession and knowledge transfer across portfolio companies.
• Define hiring strategy and build a pipeline for growth across Europe.
• Lead integration workstreams on the people side during portfolio activity.

Skills

HR experience

People analytics

English communication

Willing to travel

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in business/economics/law/psychology/engineering or related

Tools

Payroll systems

HRIS

Excel/Analytics

Job description

Onodrim Industries is building Europe’s largest defence and industrial platform. The Forward Deployed Operator – People & Talent – embeds in portfolio companies to map the organisation, retain key talent and harmonise compensation across sites.

You’ll analyse pay, benefits and terms of employment, work with works councils, and plan for ageing workforces while shaping hiring strategies across Europe. This role requires travel and UK/Swiss/EU work rights.