UK People Director - Civil Engineering / Construction Contractor

Newsom Consulting Ltd; England; Sur place; GBP 120 000 - 160 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Newsom Consulting Ltd recruiting a UK People Director to lead the people agenda across UK sites and a 2000+ frontline workforce. The role requires strategic HR leadership with hands-on delivery, credibility from board to site teams, and strong engagement with senior stakeholders.

Candidates should be FCIPD qualified (or close to it) with extensive experience in generalist HR leadership, employee relations, and scaling HR solutions for large multisite operations.

Description du poste

A leading civil engineering and construction contractor has retained our services to recruit a UK People Director to join its UK leadership team.

The role will lead the people agenda across various UK sites, maintaining strong engagement with 2000+ frontline employees across a geographically wide workforce.

Our client is seeking a commercially minded HR leader with strong employee relations expertise and experience leading HR Business Partner teams supporting large, multisite operational workforces.

This is a great opportunity to combine strategic judgement with a practical, hands‑on approach and the ability to build credibility from board level to site teams, with a visible presence across offices and operational locations.

Key Responsibilities

• Overall functional responsibility for the performance and delivery of the UK People Function, including UK Recruitment, ensuring high standards, consistency, accuracy and effective collaboration across the UK HR team.
• Be the main point of contact for the UK Managing Director and UK Senior People Partners on key HR issues.
• Support the Group People Director and work with peers in other geographies, ensuring smooth transitions when staff relocate internationally.
• Responsibility for ensuring that the Learning and Development strategy is clearly communicated and consistently implemented across all areas of the UK business.
• Act as the day-to-day HR contact for UK central functions, providing generalist advice and drawing on support from the wider UK HR team as needed.

Key Skills & Experience

• FCIPD qualified or well on the way towards it.
• Previous experience of working in a senior generalist HR Director or Head of HR/Equivalent role in a substantial business (over 1,000 people), which has involved multi-site operations.
• Experience could have been gained in a wide variety of industrial business sectors including Construction, Facilities Management, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Manufacturing etc.
• Experience working as either part of a country operating board or similar country wide boards/teams, with a direct relationship to a country MD or equivalent.
• Comfortable with regular national travel.
• Strong knowledge of remuneration & recognition trends.
• Strong knowledge of employee relations and resolving issues practically as well as legally.
• Experience of identifying, developing and delivering innovative HR solutions at scale.
• Strong and demonstrable track record of putting group HR strategies into successful action at either a country or significant sized business unit level.