HR Business Partner

Eiffage Kier Ferrovial BAM; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

EKFB is recruiting an experienced HR Business Partner to join the project in Milton Keynes. You will act as a strategic partner, supporting development and delivery of EKFB and BAM Nuttall plans, with regular travel to site offices.

You will lead performance management, employee relations, policy governance, workforce planning and analytics, coaching line managers, and collaborating with unions and compliance teams.

Qualifications

• Experienced operational HR professional with multi-site/contracting experience.
• Experience in employee relations including complex ER cases.
• Ability to lead policy development and HR projects.
• Commercially minded with strong stakeholder communication.
• CIPD qualified or equivalent; driving licence and own vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Act as strategic HR partner to support project and parent company plans.
• Advise on performance management, discipline, grievances, and absence management.
• Lead workforce analytics and people metrics to inform decisions.
• Support recruitment, succession planning, and diversity initiatives.
• Collaborate with unions, works councils and governance teams.
• Coach line managers and ensure policy governance.

Skills

Operational HR professional

HRBP multi-site experience

Employee relations (ER)

Policies and HR projects

Commercial mindset

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Leadership by example

CIPD qualified

Driving licence

Education

CIPD qualification or equivalent

Job description

About The Role

EKFB is proud to have been appointed by HS2 to deliver civil engineering works across an 80km section of the new high speed rail link between the Chiltern Tunnel and Long Itchington Wood. We are currently recruiting for an HR Business Partner to join the project.

We are looking to recruit an experienced HR Business Partner to join our team based in Milton Keynes. The successful candidate will be employed by our parent company, BAM Nutall. This role will require a regular travel to our site offices.

You will act as a strategic partner, working collaboratively to support the development and delivery of the EKFB project and parent company segment and business unit operational and strategic plans and objectives.

Working with leaders and managers to build a culture aligned to parent company and EKFB project values and behaviours, which are focused on trust, respect and fairness, support diversity and inclusion, wellbeing and employee engagement.

You will lead and advise on all Human Resources operational matters including performance management, employee relations matters including disciplinary, grievances, absence management, redundancy programmes and organisation design. You will be responsible for recording employee relations matters on both the project and parent company case management systems, ensuring all advice, notes, decisions and outcomes are logged accurately.

Part of this role is to provide coaching and advice to line managers to enable them to lead on resolving complex Employee Relations issues and ensure compliance and consistency, leading on constructive working relationships with trade unions, works councils, employee forums and similar bodies. Work collaboratively with the compliance teams on cases involving serious conduct or behavioural concerns. You will lead performance management strategy working with managers to drive the perform and develop process to include goal setting and the end of year review process including calibration, and any performance improvement initiatives aligned to business objectives.

You will drive succession planning, identifying and developing internal talent pipelines to support business continuity and growth.

Conduct workforce analytics and implement People metrics frameworks to measure the effectiveness of policies, procedures and strategy, presenting insights to leadership. You will provide analysis and feedback on employee engagement tools, supporting activity to create and implement action plans and using data and analytics to measure the effectiveness of policies, procedures and strategy. You will provide regular, monthly and quarterly people reports (to agreed formats and timetable for both parent company and EKFB). You will lead the implementation of people-related policy and process governance aligned to both parent company and EKFB project requirements.

In addition, you will develop evidence-based solutions and interventions through analysis of People data and metrics to identify trends and investigate root causes of people-related issues. Continuously drive improvements in systems, policies and procedures through keeping knowledge of HR external market trends, insight and internal best practice. Assess and advise on: current and future resourcing (supporting Strategic Workforce Planning insights), merit & promotion processes and reward programmes. Supporting managers with recruitment, succession, retention, early career and high potential development designed to improve diversity and business performance. You will also manage, support and develop team member(s) as appropriate to the role.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence business outcomes, champion best practice, and contribute to the success of one of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects while supporting the wider BAM organisation.

About Us

EKFB is a joint venture that brings together international, market leading expertise from four leading civil engineering and construction companies: Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall. All four partners have specialist expertise in the design, construction, operation, financing and maintenance of railway networks, including the construction of one of Europe’s latest high speed rail projects.

EKFB is proud to have been appointed by HS2 to deliver civil engineering works across an 80km section of the new high speed rail link between the Chiltern Tunnel and Long Itchington Wood. Our scope of the works includes 15 viaducts, 5km of green tunnels, 22km of road diversions, 67 overbridges and around 30 million cubic metres of excavation. EKFB is committed to improving lives, communities and the engineering and construction industry by providing sustained employment opportunities and being a good neighbour, protecting the environment and the places we work.

In return, we’re offering a competitive salary & benefits.

EKFB brings together international, market leading technical expertise. We have an industry leading track record of delivering major infrastructure projects, including Crossrail, the Millau Viaduct, Mersey gateway and the Bretagne-Pays de la Loire High Speed Rail link.

We are committed to, and strongly believe in, inclusiveness and equality of opportunity. Everyone who works with EKFB has a contribution to make; this is why we welcome applications from different backgrounds, experiences and abilities. Our aim is to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels they are able to be themselves. Please contact us if there is any additional support you might require making an application.

Please note your CV may be shared with joint venture partners on this project.

Pre-employment checks: It’s worth remembering that we’ll undertake the relevant/standard employment checks if you’re successful in the selection process. This includes taking up your references, as well as checking your ID, driving licence (if appropriate) and your right to work in the UK.Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

NB. BPSS security clearance will be required (to be undertaken as part of onboarding process)

About You

Key Skills and Qualifications:

• You will be an experienced operational HR professional.
• Ideally, you will have previous experience in operating as an HR Business Partner in a multi-site, operational or contracting environment, delivering and supporting the development of people-based solutions.
• You will have a passion for all people-related topics and will have a breadth of experience and exposure to all parts of the employee lifecycle.
• In your career to date, you will have experience of managing change, employee relations (including complex ER cases), as well as supporting the development of policies and procedures and HR related projects.
• You will be able to balance the needs of your stakeholders and will have a commercially focused mindset which combines the requirements of the business and people strategy.
• Using effective communication skills build relationships with your stakeholders, understanding their objectives and working with them to achieve success.
• Your excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills mean you develop relationships with ease, which enable you to constructively challenge in order to seek continuous improvements that add value, drive consistency and deliver improved results.
• Able to work to high standards and lead by example as a role model, identify strengths and areas of development in others
• You will have committed to your own personal development and will be CIPD qualified or will hold an alternative relevant professional qualification.
• You must hold a full driving licence and have access to your own vehicle.