Europe HR Projects Leader

James Howden & Company Limited; Renfrew; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

33 days annual leave

Pension plan 7%

EV salary sacrifice

Enhanced parental leave

Free onsite parking

Group Income Protection

My Howden Benefits & Wellbeing Portal

Spark Service - counselling & support

ESG ‘Bright Future’ initiatives

Job summary

Chart Industries is seeking a Europe HR Projects Leader to drive cross-country People & Culture initiatives and transform regional workstreams across Europe. You will partner with the VP HR Chart Europe and senior leaders to translate priorities into governed programmes delivering measurable outcomes.

You will bring structure to complex work, align stakeholders across countries and functions, and ensure delivery with pace, clarity and business alignment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading complex HR or P&C projects in a multinational environment.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale, multi-country people initiatives with senior leaders.
• Excellent project management, governance, risk, budgets and benefits tracking.
• Broad understanding of people processes including organisation design and workforce planning.
• Confident at influencing and engaging senior stakeholders in a matrixed organisation.
• Fluent written and verbal English; ability to travel across Europe when required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver regional People & Culture projects across Europe with clear plans and success measures.
• Drive organisational transformation programmes, including organisation design and change management.
• Coordinate cross-functional, geographically dispersed stakeholders for alignment across countries.
• Support acquisition and integration activity with due diligence, planning and execution.
• Use people analytics to inform decisions, monitor outcomes and realise benefits.
• Develop communications and adoption plans, reporting progress and leading leadership workshops.

Skills

HR Projects

People & Culture

Change Management

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

People Analytics

Communication

English Fluency

Job description

Career Opportunities: Europe HR Projects Leader (39978)

Requisition ID39978-Posted09/29/2026-1 (Default)-United Kingdom-Scotland-Renfrew

This is a high impact opportunity to lead strategic, cross-country People & Culture projects and transformation initiatives across Chart’s European region.

Working closely with the VP HR Chart Europe, regional leaders, P&C colleagues and functional stakeholders, you will turn key people priorities into well-governed programmes that deliver measurable outcomes. Your portfolio will span organisational transformation, people strategy, operational excellence, acquisition integration, employee experience and change adoption.

You will bring structure to complex work, connect stakeholders across countries and functions, and ensure initiatives are delivered with pace, clarity and alignment to business needs.

About Us

Chart Industries is a leading global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment serving clean energy and industrial gas applications. Recognised for its innovative edge and broad portfolio, Chart holds leadership positions across process technologies supporting hydrogen, carbon capture, energy recovery, nuclear, water treatment, mining and LNG.

In 2023, Chart acquired Howden, a global engineering business with a heritage dating back to 1854. Howden provides mission-critical air and gas handling products, including highly engineered compressors, blowers, fans, steam turbines and rotary heat exchangers.

Together, Chart and Howden are expanding solutions across the Nexus of Clean: clean power, clean water, clean food and clean industrials. You will join a business with a clear purpose, helping customers improve efficiency, decarbonise operations and address some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

In July 2026, Chart Industries became part of Baker Hughes, marking the beginning of an exciting new chapter for our business. We are currently progressing through the integration, bringing together complementary technologies, capabilities and expertise across energy and industrial markets. This creates a unique opportunity to join the organisation during a significant period of transformation, helping shape how we work together and supporting the delivery of greater value for our customers.

The acquisition completed on 16 July 2026, and Chart now operates as a business segment within Baker Hughes while the integration continues.

What Will You Do?

• Lead and deliver regional People & Culture projects across Europe, translating business priorities into clear plans and success measures.
• Drive organisational transformation programmes, including organisation design, restructuring, workforce optimisation and change management.
• Coordinate cross-functional and geographically dispersed stakeholders, creating alignment across countries, businesses and functions.
• Support acquisition and integration activity through effective due diligence, planning, execution and stakeholder engagement.
• Use people analytics and business insight to inform decisions, monitor outcomes and demonstrate benefits realisation.
• Develop communication, engagement and adoption plans, while providing clear progress reporting and facilitating leadership workshops and decision-making.

Your Experience Should Be

• Significant experience leading complex HR or P&C projects, transformation programmes and organisational change in a multinational environment.
• A strong track record of delivering large-scale, multi-country people initiatives involving senior leaders and varied stakeholder groups.
• Excellent project management capability across planning, governance, resource management, risk, budgets, interdependencies and benefits tracking.
• Broad understanding of people processes, with experience of areas such as organisational development, strategic workforce planning, talent, reward, engagement or HR operating-model improvement.
• Confident influencing, challenging and engaging senior stakeholders in a complex, matrixed organisation, including facilitating workshops and leadership sessions.
• Strong change management, analytical and communication skills, with fluent written and verbal English and the ability to travel across Europe when required.

We’ve put together some criteria that we think are important for this role, but don’t worry if your experience and expertise are not an exact match. If you feel you can add value to this opportunity and to Howden more broadly, we would welcome your application and be eager to learn more about you.

Our Benefits Package

• A flexible, hybrid working environment
• Generous holiday entitlement package totalling 33 days annual leave
• Howden Pension Plan with a maximum employer contribution of 7%
• Company electric vehicle scheme through salary sacrifice
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental and adoption leave pay
• Free onsite parking
• Group Income Protection plan
• Access to My Howden Benefits & Wellbeing Portal - Cycle2Work programme, range of discounts across various retailers, employee assistance programme, wealth of information to support health & wellbeing
• Dedicated Spark Service - free counselling, physiotherapy, financial support, medical second opinion, remote GP, personal training, nutrition consultations etc
• Opportunity to be involved in our ESG ‘Bright Future’ initiatives - STEM ambassador & volunteering