Employee Relations Senior Manager

Res; Lugo; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Pension schemes

Flexible working

Work-life balance emphasis

Private healthcare

Discounted green travel

Holiday allowance + discretionary day

Enhanced family leave

Volunteer days

Descripción de la vacante

RES is the world’s largest independent renewable energy company. The Employee Relations Senior Manager provides executive HR-legal guidance on complex projects, ensuring compliance and dialogue with worker representatives, including the European Worker Council.

The role collaborates closely with business leadership and People & Culture to enable initiatives and manage intricate employee matters, based in Lugo, Spain.

Formación

• Strong expertise in Spanish labour law and international frameworks.
• Experience in France or Italian labour law is a plus.
• Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management at senior level.
• Fluent in English and Spanish.

Responsabilidades

• Define and execute the global labour relations strategy aligned with business priorities.
• Act as the company's primary authority on Spanish labour law.
• Provide labour guidance across jurisdictions to support international growth.
• Assess labour risks related to organizational changes, M&A and restructurings.
• Develop and maintain global labour policies, frameworks and procedures that ensure consistency, scalability and legal compliance.
• Review and oversee employment contracts, contractual addenda, disciplinary frameworks and labour-related documentation.
• Lead internal and external labour audits, ensuring documentation accuracy and regulatory compliance.
• Define and manage relationships with works councils, employee representatives and unions, including European Worker Council.
• Lead collective bargaining processes, consultations and formal information and negotiation procedures.
• Represent the company in labour-related proceedings and interactions with social partners and authorities.

Conocimientos

Spanish labour law

International labour frameworks

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Risk assessment

Analytical thinking

Communication

Cross-border experience

Educación

Law degree

Descripción del empleo

Do you want to work to make Power for Good? We're the world's largest independent renewable energy company. We're guided by a simple yet powerful vision: to create a future where everyone has access to affordable, zero carbon energy. We know that achieving our ambitions would be impossible without our people. Because we're tackling some of the world's toughest problems, we need the very best people to help us. They're our most important asset so that's why we continually invest in them. RES is a family with a diverse workforce, and we are dedicated to the personal professional growth of our people, no matter what stage of their career they're at. We can promise you rewarding work which makes a real impact, the chance to learn from inspiring colleagues from across a growing, global network and opportunities to grow personally and professionally.

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Benefits

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• pension schemes
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• flexible working
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• top-down emphasis on better work-life balance
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• private healthcare
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• discounted green travel
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• 24 days holiday (with an additional discretionary day given by the company) with options to buy/sell days
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• enhanced family leave
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• four volunteering days per year
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The Position

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The Employee Relations Senior Manager is responsible for providing executive advice in HR Legal matters in complex projects involving employee relations matters. The role secure compliance with HR Legal matters and keep dialogue with worker representatives, including European Worker council. To this end, it will be required a close collaboration with business leadership and People & Culture leadership to enable projects and manage complex employee matters.

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Key Accountabilities

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• Define and execute the global labour relations strategy aligned with business priorities in a fast-growing international environment.
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• Act as the company's primary authority on Spanish labour law, ensuring full legal compliance and risk mitigation.
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• Provide labour guidance and oversight across other jurisdictions, supporting international growth and local compliance.
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• Assess labour risks related to organizational changes, M&A and restructurings
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• Develop and maintain global labour policies, frameworks and procedures that ensure consistency, scalability and legal compliance.
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• Review and oversee employment contracts, contractual addenda, disciplinary frameworks and labour-related documentation.
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• Lead internal and external labour audits, ensuring documentation accuracy, traceability and regulatory compliance.
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• Define and manage the company's strategy for relationships with works councils, employee representatives and unions, including European Worker Council.
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• Lead collective bargaining processes, consultations and formal information and negotiation procedures.
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• Represent the company in labour-related proceedings and formal interactions with social partners and authorities.
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Knowledge & Skills

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• Strong expertise in Spanish labour law and solid knowledge of international labour frameworks.
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• Experience in France or Italian labour law would be a plus.
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• Strong analytical, risk-assessment and decision-making skills with a business-oriented mindset.
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• Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills at senior level.
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• Fluent in English and Spanish; additional languages are a plus.
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Experience

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• Extensive experience in senior roles in Labor Relations, Employment Law or Employee Relations, preferably a combined career in a labour firm and in-house employee relations role.
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• Proven experience managing complex ER cases, labour disputes, reorganizations, negotiations, works councils and unions involving blue collars.
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Qualifications

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• Degree in Law; additional specialization is a plus.
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At RES we celebrate difference as we know it makes our company a great place to work. Encouraging applicants with different backgrounds, ideas and points of view, we create teams who work together to solve complex problems and design practical solutions for our clients. xqysrnh Our multiple perspectives come from many sources including the diverse ethnicity, culture, gender, nationality, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, marital status, parental status, education, social background and life experience of our people.

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Employee Relations Senior Manager • Lugo, ES