Human Resources Manager

AM Global; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

AM Global seeks a senior HR leader to drive HR strategy and delivery across our engineering and construction portfolio. You will lead an HR team, partner with site leadership, and own workforce planning for offshore wind, power, oil & gas, and nuclear projects.

You will manage disciplinary, grievance and performance matters with fairness, ensure policy compliance, and champion engagement and retention in a fast-paced, site-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership of an HR team with accountability for delivery.
• Experience handling disciplinary, grievance and performance matters.
• Background in engineering, construction or project-delivery environments.
• Solid knowledge of UK employment law and NAECI framework.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and develop the HR team and hold the team accountable for delivery.
• Act as a point of contact for employee relations with fairness and professionalism.
• Partner with project leadership to support workforce planning across portfolios.
• Design and embed practical HR policies aligned to client size and pace.
• Own recruitment and resourcing for office and site-based roles with hiring managers.
• Manage pay and terms for site-based engineering staff, aware of NAECI where relevant.
• Drive engagement, culture and retention for a hands-on, delivery-focused business.
• Ensure compliance with employment law and collaborate with HSQE on people issues.
• Report HR metrics, workforce risk and ER trends to senior leadership.

Skills

Team leadership

Employee relations

Workforce planning

HR policies & procedures

Recruitment & resourcing

Pay & terms management

Employee engagement

UK employment law

NAECI framework knowledge

Stakeholder management

Job description

• Lead, manage and develop the HR team, delegating effectively and holding the team accountable for delivery
• Act as a point of contact for employee relations, with the confidence and experience to handle disciplinary, grievance or performance-related matters fairly and professionally, should they arise
• Partner with project and site leadership to support workforce planning across project portfolio (offshore wind, power, oil & gas, nuclear and other sectors)
• Design, implement and embed practical, proportionate HR policies and procedures appropriate to a business of the clients size, balancing legal compliance with operational pace
• Own recruitment and resourcing for office and site-based roles, working closely with hiring managers across the business
• Manage pay, terms and conditions matters for site-based engineering construction employees, including familiarity with national and sector agreements such as NAECI (National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry) where relevant
• Drive employee engagement, culture and retention initiatives suited to a hands-on, delivery-focused engineering and construction business
• Ensure compliance with employment law and work closely with the HSQE function on people-related health & safety matters
• Report on HR metrics, workforce risk and employee relations trends to the senior leadership team
• Background in engineering, construction or a related project-delivery environment, with a genuine understanding of site culture, project pressures and the workforce employs
• Confident, vocal and assertive communication style, comfortable challenging senior stakeholders and holding ground under pressure
• Confidence and experience to handle sensitive employee relations matters — disciplinary, grievance or performance-related — calmly and professionally when required
• Experience managing a team, delegating effectively and holding people accountable for delivery
• A strong people person, able to build trust and rapport across all levels of the business, from site operatives to senior leadership
• Track record of implementing practical, proportionate HR policy and procedure for a business of a similar size to the client
• Sound working knowledge of UK employment law
• Experience working within the NAECI (National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry) framework
• Experience in a business with a significant site-based or mobile workforce