People Business Partner

United Infrastructure Energy Limited; Warrington; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 Days holidays plus bank holidays

Car allowance

Additional holidays on probation

Health cash plan

Pension scheme

Medicash

Job summary

United Infrastructure Energy Limited is recruiting a People Business Partner based in Warrington to partner with the Energy Infrastructure pillar and leadership teams. You will drive talent strategies, manage employee relations, TUPE and restructures, and use data to inform workforce decisions.

The role requires CIPD Level 7 or equivalent HR experience, strong UK employment law knowledge, and excellent stakeholder and negotiation skills. Regular travel to other sites is expected.

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 7 or proven HR experience at Business Partner level, including generalist HR.
• Strong grasp of current UK employment law and ability to apply to employee relations.
• Knowledge and experience of TUPE, settlement negotiation and managing redundancy campaigns.
• Ability to challenge in a robust yet constructive manner, exercising diplomacy and tact.
• Superb problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of HR disciplines including diversity and inclusion and talent management.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills across the business.
• Strong collaboration, communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to be flexible and prioritise workloads effectively.
• Strong data interpretation skills and attention to detail.
• High level of discretion and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Acting as a trusted partner to the pillar, MD and Senior Leadership team for people practices.
• Lead and coordinate TUPE consultations and transfers ensuring compliance and minimizing risk.
• Partner with business leaders to identify current and future skills aligned with strategy.
• Use data-driven insights to guide talent development and workforce planning.
• Provide guidance on restructures and succession planning.
• Develop people solutions to deliver the business strategy.
• Be a local point of people expertise for specialist teams implementing new approaches.
• Work with pillar management to ensure employees have the skills and resources to meet objectives.
• Develop plans for recruitment, training, restructuring and succession.
• Coach Line Managers on motivating employees and leading effectively.
• Analyse HR metrics and compare results to KPIs.
• Resolve complex employee relations issues and address grievances.

Skills

HR Business Partner

UK Employment Law

TUPE Knowledge

Redundancy Management

Stakeholder Management

People Analytics

Change Management

Diversity & Inclusion

Performance Management

Negotiation

Discretion & Confidentiality

Education

CIPD Level 7 or equivalent HR qualification

Job description

United Infrastructure is a dynamic and rapidly expanding business, focused on delivering critical infrastructure projects, across the utility and social infrastructure sectors. Our team of highly skilled and hardworking specialists deliver innovative solutions to the complex challenges our clients face. Our company is split into two business areas: Utility Infrastructure – Our team of Utility Infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical water, energy (gas), power and telecoms infrastructure, for the UK’s largest network owners and operators. Social Infrastructure - Our team of Social Infrastructure specialists revitalise homes and communities by carrying out a wide range of work, from retrofit to refurbishment, and maintenance.

Equal Opportunities Statement

At United Infrastructure, we are committed to making every interaction a positive and inclusive experience. If there is anything we can do to support you, remove barriers, or make the process more accessible, please let us know — we want this to be the best possible experience for you.

Due to recent growth our Energy Infrastructure business are looking to recruit a People Business Partners to work closely with business leaders and line managers to build capabilities, plan and manage talent, and develop approaches that achieve shared organisational objectives. You will work closely within the Energy Infrastructure and help it to implement the business strategy from a people perspective, using your stakeholder engagement skills to develop meaningful relationships with key people in the pillar, and other people teams in the organisation. Skills in relationship building and influencing are essential. You will also need to be able to use data, metrics and evidence to inform and drive decision making and change across your business area. Please note that this role will be based in Warrington; however, regular travel to other sites will be required.

Responsibilities

• Acting as a trusted partner to the pillar
• Managing Director and Senior Leadership team to provide guidance on people practices and employee related issues
• Lead and coordinate TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment) consultations and transfers ensuring compliance with legal requirements and minimizing risk.
• Partner with business leaders to identify current and future skills requirements aligned with business strategy.
• Use data-driven insights to guide talent development, succession planning, and workforce planning.
• Providing guidance on people practices such as restructures and succession planning
• Bringing people expertise and developing solutions to help the business area to deliver its strategy
• Acting as a local point of people expertise for specialist teams that are implementing new people approaches
• Working with the pillar management teams to make sure employees have the skills and resources they need to achieve their objectives
• Developing plans for recruitment, training, restructuring and succession and supporting relevant staff to implement these
• Coaching Line Managers on ways to motivate their employees and lead more effectively
• Analysing human resource metrics and comparing results to key performance indicators
• Resolving complex employee relations issues and addressing grievances in consultation
• Providing leadership and guidance on the people aspects of change management
• Championing the EDI agenda
• Assisting with the roll‑out of training specific to people practices
• Providing guidance to the pillar on United Infrastructure people policies

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 7 or proven HR experience at Business Partner level, including generalist HR
• Solid grasp of current UK employment law and the ability to apply this to employee relations cases
• Knowledge and experience of TUPE, settlement negotiation and managing redundancy campaigns
• Ability to challenge in a robust yet constructive manner, exercising diplomacy and tact where required
• Superb problem‑solving skills
• A good understanding of the many disciplines within HR, including diversity and inclusion, performance management, compensation and benefits, talent management, employee and union relations, etc.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to develop good work relationships across the business
• Strong collaboration, communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Ability to be flexible and prioritise workloads effectively
• Strong data interpretation skills and the ability to work accurately, with excellent attention to detail
• A high level of discretion and confidentiality

UI Benefits

• 26 Days holidays plus bank holidays
• Car allowance
• Opportunity to purchase additional holidays upon successful completion of probation
• Health cash plan
• Pension scheme
• Medicash

United Infrastructure operates a direct sourcing model and does not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies. Any CVs submitted without prior agreement will be considered a gift and the candidate will be deemed to have been introduced directly. No fees will be payable in these circumstances