Location: Solihull or Leicester
Business: Environment Division
Galliford Try is one of the UK's most formidable construction businesses with an enviable track record of delivering schemes that strive to provide positive, lasting change for the communities we work in. As a FTSE 250 organisation, we turnover £1.5 billion and employ over 3,500 people across four successful divisions: Building, Infrastructure, Environment and Specialist Services. As one of the UK's leading principal contractors, you'll have the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects, offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long-held career goals.
Our Environment Division delivers critical water and environmental infrastructure projects across the UK, helping to improve communities and protect the environment. Through collaboration, innovation and technical expertise, we support our clients in delivering sustainable solutions that make a lasting difference.
We are looking for an experienced and proactive HR Business Partner to join our People Team on a maternity cover basis.
Supporting approximately 1,800 employees across our Environment Business, you will partner with leaders and managers to deliver a proactive, pragmatic and commercially focused HR service across the full employee lifecycle. Reporting to the Business Unit HR Lead, you will play a key role in supporting business performance through effective people management, employee relations, workforce planning and the delivery of strategic people initiatives.
A significant aspect of the role will involve managing a varied employee relations caseload, providing expert advice and guidance on disciplinary, grievance, absence management, capability and performance matters, ensuring a consistent and balanced approach aligned to business objectives and company values.
Working closely with the wider HR function, you'll primarily support the Environment Business whilst also providing some support to our Specialist Services businesses.
To be successful in this role, you will bring a strong combination of technical HR expertise, commercial awareness and exceptional stakeholder management skills.
With an impressive order book of over £4.3 billion, we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects, offering stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long-held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we're poised for further growth and success, so if you're committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.
We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people through our Be Well programme, which offers discounts, advice and support for a range of issues. We invest in high-quality training and development for employees at all levels, from leadership programmes to professional development pathways and apprenticeships. Our Career Paths initiative provides tailored support to help our people fulfil their potential.
Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, colleagues can take advantage of a variety of working arrangements to suit individual and business needs.
We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary:
Our purpose is to improve people's lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practices and caring for the environment in which we work.
We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and communities, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business and collaborating with our clients, supply chain partners and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.
For more information on this role or to enquire about other opportunities within our business, please contact [email protected].
Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process. We encourage candidates to advise us of any reasonable adjustments that would help make the recruitment process a positive experience.
Don't meet every requirement? Studies show that some people are less likely to apply for roles unless they meet every requirement. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this opportunity but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or another opportunity.
As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to offering an interview to candidates with a long-term health condition or disability who meet the essential criteria for the role. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the advert if you believe this applies to you and we will discuss any adjustments required for the interview process.
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