People Business Partners

United Infrastructure is a dynamic business delivering critical infrastructure projects in the utility and social infrastructure sectors. Our Water Infrastructure business is looking to recruit a People Business Partner to work closely with business leaders and line managers to build capabilities, plan and manage talent, and develop approaches that achieve shared organisational objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted partner to the pillar Managing Director and Senior Leadership team to provide guidance on people practices and employee-related issues.
• Lead and coordinate TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment) consultations and transfers, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and minimizing risk.
• Partner with business leaders to identify current and future skill requirements aligned with business strategy.
• Use data-driven insights to guide talent development, succession planning, and workforce planning.
• Provide guidance on people practices such as restructures and succession planning.
• Bring people expertise and develop solutions to help the business area deliver its strategy.
• Act as a local point of people expertise for specialist teams implementing new people approaches.
• Work with pillar management teams to ensure employees have the skills and resources needed to achieve their objectives.
• Develop plans for recruitment, training, restructuring, and succession and support relevant staff to implement them.
• Coaching line managers on ways to motivate their employees and lead more effectively.
• Analyse human resource metrics and compare results to key performance indicators.
• Resolve complex employee relations issues and address grievances in consultation.
• Provide leadership and guidance on the people aspects of change management.
• Champion the EDI agenda.
• Assist with the roll-out of training specific to people practices.
• Provide guidance to the pillar on United Infrastructure people policies.

The role is based in Connaught House, Wakefield, with regular travel to other sites required.

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 7 or proven HR experience at Business Partner level, including generalist HR.
• Solid grasp of current UK employment law and ability to apply it to employee relations cases.
• Knowledge and experience of TUPE, settlement negotiation and managing redundancy campaigns.
• Ability to challenge in a robust yet constructive manner, exercising diplomacy and tact where required.
• Superb problem solving skills.
• Good understanding of the many disciplines within HR, including diversity and inclusion, performance management, compensation and benefits, talent management, employee and union relations, etc.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to develop good work relationships across the business.
• Strong collaboration, communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to be flexible and prioritise workloads effectively.
• Strong data interpretation skills and ability to work accurately, with excellent attention to detail.
• A high level of discretion and confidentiality.

Benefits

• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Car allowance
• Opportunity to purchase additional holidays upon successful completion of probation
• Health cash plan
• Pension scheme
• Medicash

Equal Opportunities Statement

United Infrastructure is committed to making every interaction a positive and inclusive experience. We offer equal opportunities irrespective of gender, age, race, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.