People Partner

Story Plant; Bassetlaw; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A plant hire service provider in the UK is seeking a Senior People Partner to shape the company culture and manage the employee life cycle effectively. This pivotal role involves collaboration with regional leaders, providing support in leadership development, employee relations, and integration of the Geotechnical team. The ideal candidate will have generalist experience in people development and a strong ability to influence change. The role is predominantly based from Doncaster and includes travel to multiple regional depots.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Matched Company pension contributions

Help towards healthcare costs

National retail discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Two paid days for volunteering

Qualifications

• Generalist experience across employee relations and coaching.
• Empathetic and approachable attitude.
• Comfortable with change and organizational growth.

Responsibilities

• Build capability in senior and team leaders through coaching and support.
• Develop consistent leadership approaches across depots.
• Provide guidance through employee relations cases.
• Ensure well-designed people initiatives.
• Support local engagement and recruitment.
• Integrate Geotechnical team into the company.
• Support positive change initiatives.
• Report on people metrics for trends and issues.

Skills

Employee relations

Coaching

People development

Influencing

Approachability

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Senior People Partner to join our small but ambitious people team. The right person will be pivotal in shaping our culture and ensuring a positive and professional employee life cycle across Story Plant, embedding our values and 'do it right' ethos. This is a brand-new role and a chance to make your mark, influence how we grow, and help us build capability as we integrate the Geotechnical team into our Plant operation and further develop our regional structure. In this role, you\'ll be a trusted partner to our Regional Managers and leaders, ensuring our people feel supported, valued and set up for success.

Responsibilities

• Building capability and confidence in senior and team leaders through coaching, mentoring and practical support
• Supporting the development of a consistent leadership approach across depots
• Providing calm, grounded guidance through ER cases
• Ensure that our people initiatives are well designed, understood and deliver maximum potential return
• Supporting local engagement and recruitment activity
• Helping us become an employer of choice in the community
• Playing a key role in integrating the Geotechnical team into the wider company
• Supporting change in a positive, people-centred way. Helping us embed new structures and ways of working smoothly
• Developing and reporting on people metrics to highlight any trends or issues and providing recommendations

Qualifications

• A generalist experienced across employee relations, coaching and people development
• Empathetic, approachable and grounded
• Comfortable with change and organisational growth
• Able to influence with credibility and confidence

About Story Plant

Story Plant provides plant hire services across England and Scotland with 4 Regional Depots; Birmingham, Doncaster, Carlisle and Salsburgh. The role will require an element of travel to each to support the teams but be predominantly based from Doncaster.

Why Story Plant

We offer an excellent working environment along with competitive pay, matched Company pension contributions, help towards healthcare costs, national retail discounts and access to our cycle to work scheme. We care about our communities and offer two paid days for volunteering each year to spend as a team or individually. Our values are at the heart of everything we do — the way we work and the behaviours we display:

• GROUNDED – Everyone is equal at Story. We are down to earth and treat each other with respect.
• HARDWORKING – We all pull our weight and work hard for each other.
• PROUD – We are proud of our safety, our projects, our people, our clients and the success we create together.
• FAMILY – We nurture, train, develop and keep our people safe, just like a family. We are inclusive and do the right thing for the business and its people.
• TRUSTED – What we say is what we do. Our clients, our people and our communities trust us to do it right.
• WINNERS – We are hungry for success and want to be the best performing contractor for our clients, our people and our communities.

Ethics and Inclusion

Every Story Matters — All applicants will receive careful consideration for employment regardless of who you are, where you come from or what you believe in. We are committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity among our Story Team through our Every Story policy.