People Partner

Laing O'Rourke; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke is seeking a People Partner to join their team in the UK. You will play a key role in shaping the culture and supporting leaders to create high-performing teams.

This position requires expertise in HR practices, strong knowledge of UK employment law, and experience in managing people-related risks. You will work closely with various stakeholders to align people management with business priorities.

Join us to cultivate a culture of high-performance and inclusion.

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 5 qualified or equivalent.
• Proven HR Business Partner experience in complex organizations.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practices.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to drive people performance and engagement.
• Support workforce planning and organizational change initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation.

Skills

HR Business Partner experience

Knowledge of UK employment law

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Proficient in Microsoft Office

Education

CIPD Level 5 qualification or equivalent

Job description

Looking for your next opportunity to make a real difference? Join our team as a People Partner and play a key role in shaping culture, developing talent, and helping leaders create high-performing teams.

As part of our centralised People team, you will partner with business leaders to deliver people solutions that support Laing O'Rourke's strategic objectives.

This role is key to driving consistent implementation of people policies and processes, managing people-related risks, and supporting the delivery of business goals. You will also contribute to wider people projects and change initiatives across the organisation, helping to enhance employee experience and organisational performance.

About the Role

Working closely with the People Director, People Leads, and senior stakeholders, you will ensure people management practices are aligned with business priorities, HR best practices, and organisational values.

As a trusted HR partner, you will provide expert coaching, guidance, and support to managers, ensuring people strategies, policies, and processes are effectively implemented and aligned with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to drive people performance, engagement, and development.
• Support workforce planning, organisational change, and business transformation initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Lead talent and succession planning activities across the business.
• Use people data and insights to support informed decision-making.
• Collaborate with recruitment teams to deliver effective resourcing plans that support diversity, inclusion, and internal mobility.

About You

• CIPD Level 5 qualified (or equivalent).
• Proven HR Business Partner/People Partner experience within a complex, geographically dispersed organisation.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Commercially minded with the ability to deliver pragmatic people solutions.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and analytical skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and comfortable working with people data.

Join us and help shape a culture of high performance, inclusion, and sustainable growth.

About Us

Laing O'Rourke is an international engineering and construction company delivering state‑of‑the‑art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East, and Australia.

With more than 150 years of experience, we provide certainty, reliability, and quality that our clients demand. Our story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people, and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we want to enable access to candidates with long‑term conditions and disabilities. Through the Offer an Interview scheme, we provide interviews to applicants who meet the essential criteria. Please let us know if you would like to opt‑in to this scheme or require adjustments for the interview process.

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