Strategic Employee Relations Leader

A.P. Moller - Maersk; Shah Alam; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Maersk in Shah Alam, Malaysia, is seeking an Employee Relations Specialist to provide strategic and hands-on support across Malaysia and the wider region, partnering with business leaders, People Business Partners, and operations to deliver expert employee and labour relations guidance.

You will manage complex investigations, labour relations matters, and engagements with unions, while supporting organisational change, restructures, and workforce transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of experience in Employee Relations, Labor Relations, Employment Law, or Industrial Relations.
• Strong knowledge of local employment and labor law.
• Experience working with unions, works councils, and employee representative bodies.
• Experience in logistics, warehousing, manufacturing, transportation, or similar labor-intensive industries.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, and communication skills.
• Ability to balance legal, operational, people, and commercial considerations in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert guidance on complex employee and labor relations matters, employment law, investigations, grievances, disciplinary cases, and disputes.
• Partner with business leaders to identify and mitigate workforce and labor relations risks.
• Lead engagement with unions, works councils, and employee representatives, supporting consultations, negotiations, and collective bargaining activities.
• Support organisational change, restructures, start-ups, site expansions, and workforce transformation initiatives.
• Build leadership capability by coaching managers on employee relations best practices, conflict resolution, and workforce engagement.
• Drive responsible labor standards and governance across both directly employed and third-party labor populations.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Legal/industrial relations knowledge

Job description

Maersk in Shah Alam, Malaysia, is seeking an Employee Relations Specialist to provide strategic and hands-on support across Malaysia and the wider region, partnering with business leaders, People Business Partners, and operations to deliver expert employee and labour relations guidance.

You will manage complex investigations, labour relations matters, and engagements with unions, while supporting organisational change, restructures, and workforce transformation initiatives.