Senior HR Business Partner

ALSTOM Gruppe; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global transportation company in Hatfield is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to support local business partners and implement HR strategies. The successful candidate will have a strong HR background, excellent communication skills, and will ensure adherence to company policies. Enjoy competitive benefits and a dynamic work environment aimed at your professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Car or car allowance

Comprehensive social coverage

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexible benefits tailored to lifestyle

Qualifications

• High level of HR experience in a similar industry/environment.
• The role will require some travel as per business needs.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Confident in sharing opinions and expertise.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional HR support to local business partners.
• Be proximate to the business to understand issues.
• Implement Business / Corporate HR strategy.
• Ensure adherence to policies and rules.
• Supervise local HR to deliver operational support.

Skills

HR experience in a similar industry

Generalist HR management experience

Professional expertise in employment law

Excellent communication skills

Proficient with Microsoft Office

Business acumen

Ability to manage time and projects

Job description

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Senior HR Business Partner

Date: 23 Sept 2025

Location: Hatfield, GB

Company: Alstom

Location: London

Appointment Basis: Permanent

Apply by: 30/09/2025

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Your future role

The Senior HR Business Partner is in charge of providing professional HR support to local business partners, adherence to company policy and deployment of Alstom HR initiatives and ensures line managers develop and enhance their interpersonal skills to better support their teams.

We’ll look to you for:

Counselling Business on HR topics

• Be proximate to the business – both line managers and employees, in order to understand their issues and prepare HR actions to address them.
• Understand and prioritise business needs, and translate them into HR actions, and then deliver.
• Implement Business / Corporate/Group HR strategy as applies to the Region / Globally.
• Ensure that all policy and rules are followed according to the Delegation of Authority.
• Advice, support and influence management on all HR related issues, policies and processes.
• Deploy Alstom HR System (ALPS/ HRIS), and assure sustainability of accuracy of data, and develop and use metrics to measure HR performances, including introducing tools for new countries at appropriate time.
• Assure good Industrial Relations with unions and social partners in the country/scope.
• Supervise, lead local HR to deliver day to day operational support (People process, data accuracy, EHS policy).
• Facilitate the budget process for his/her scope and is accountable for his/her budget.

Recruitment:

• Ensure project staffing and site HR support are secured on time.
• Prepare manpower/workforce planning as solid base for recruitment, and create succession plans, and assure enough anticipation and effective implementation.
• With the team, build a good base for sourcing of candidates, including internal candidates, and build relations with recruitment agencies.
• Personally interview for key positions in area of responsibility, recommend whether to employ, and decision on salary & employment conditions. Influence line managers as necessary.
• Makes sure the process of induction and probationary period is performed.

Total Rewards:

• Work closely with Compensation and Benefits (C&B) and HR Director (HRD) to develop appropriate policies and practices and to align Alstom practices with evolution of market.
• Assure implementation of annual salary review and STI/bonus payments on time.
• Follow-up of the incentive schemes set up by the Company.
• Assure job grading is maintained up-to-date, and develop at the appropriate time for new countries, supported by C&B.
• Highlight any C&B issues to HRD and Management.

Development:

• Build managers’ ownership of the management of their people, including coaching at a senior level.
• Implement the Alstom performance management system.
• Prepare & manage the annual People Review, including development plans and ensure feedback to individuals.
• Define and implement the development activities appropriate to each individual.
• Define and implement training programs and measure their efficiency.
• Be the trainer of key training programs, such as PMTD (Performance Management and Talent Development)

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• A high level of HR experience in a similar industry/environment.
• Generalist HR management experience covering all areas of HR management practice.
• The role will require some travel as per business needs.
• Influence and resilience within a matrix organisation structure.
• Professional expertise in employment law issues, redundancies, payroll and employee relations.
• Fluent in the English language, written and spoken.
• Excellent communication skills with transparency, Influencing and Persuasion skills.
• Business acumen, being able to understand company finances, resourcing and the ultimate aim of the business is important.
• Confident and at ease sharing opinions and expertise.
• Able to handle conflict/ crucial conversation.
• Ability to make decisions/Sense of urgency.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook).
• Ability to manage time and projects effectively.

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.

You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
• The role offers car or car allowance
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Utilise our dynamic, inclusive, and safety-focused working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)
• Up to 52 weeks full maternity and adoption pay
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday
• A wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Equal opportunity statement:

Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.

As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.