HR Business Partner

Kier Group; Exeter; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction and infrastructure firm is seeking an HR Business Partner to join their team in Exeter. The ideal candidate will have strong HR business partnering experience, excellent skills in employee relations, and up-to-date knowledge of employment law. This role involves overseeing strategic people solutions and championing diversity within the business. Flexible working options are available.

Benefits

Variety of tailored benefits

Qualifications

• Degree qualified or have equivalent experience in HR.
• Strong HR business partnering experience.
• Excellent employee relations and engagement skills.
• Up-to-date knowledge of employment law.
• Ability to work confidently with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with operational and functional leads to deliver strategic people solutions.
• Manage employee relations and support contract mobilisation.
• Use data and metrics to inform decision-making and drive change.
• Support talent acquisition and emerging talent programmes.
• Champion Equality, Diversity & Inclusion across the business.

Skills

HR business partnering experience

Employee relations skills

Knowledge of employment law

Commercial awareness

Delivery-focused mindset

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Overview

We're looking for an HR Business Partner to join our Natural Resources, Nuclear and Networks – Water team based in Exeter.

Location: Hawthorn House, Exeter – remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required

Hours: 37.5 hours per week – some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

Responsibilities

What will you be responsible for?

As an HR Business Partner, you\'ll be working within the Natural Resources, Nuclear and Networks – Water team, supporting them in delivering a commercially focused and legally compliant people plan aligned with business strategy.

Your Day To Day Will Include

• Partnering with operational and functional leads to deliver strategic people solutions
• Managing employee relations and supporting contract mobilisation and demobilisation
• Using data and metrics to inform decision-making and drive change
• Supporting talent acquisition and emerging talent programmes
• Championing Equality, Diversity & Inclusion across the business

What are we looking for?

This role of HR Business Partner is great for you if:

• You're degree qualified (or equivalent experience) with strong HR business partnering experience
• You have excellent employee relations and engagement skills, with up-to-date employment law knowledge
• You're commercially aware, delivery-focused, and confident working with senior stakeholders

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don\'t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards And Benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier\'s diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier