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HR Business Partner – Major Infrastructure Projects – Midlands

Midlands (with regular travel)

£55,000–£65,000 + car or allowance + bonus + benefits

Permanent | Full-time

An Exciting Opportunity to Shape HR Strategy in a Growing Infrastructure Business

A leading infrastructure organisation is undergoing significant growth across its power transmission and distribution division in the Midlands. As part of this expansion, we\’re seeking a talented and strategic HR Business Partner to support a high-profile portfolio of major infrastructure projects, with a primary base in Derbyshire and coverage extending across the North and Wales.

About the Role

As HR Business Partner, you’ll work directly with the Operations Director and senior leadership to drive the people agenda across a permanent workforce of approximately 300 employees, along with centrally resourced project staff bringing the total up to around 450 FTE. Your focus will be on aligning HR strategy with project delivery, enabling effective workforce planning, engagement, and development.

This is a genuinely strategic role in a dynamic, fast-paced, and commercially driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Organisational Effectiveness & Design: Support mobilisation of large-scale infrastructure projects with efficient workforce structures.
• Talent & Workforce Planning: Identify skill gaps, support succession planning, and work with L&D teams to address talent shortages.
• Engagement & Culture: Deliver engagement initiatives tailored to a blended workforce of permanent and site-based employees.
• Strategic ER Leadership: Leverage strong ER knowledge and commercial awareness to guide sensitive issues (without being casework-heavy).
• Data-Driven HR: Use workforce data to identify trends and implement strategies to reduce turnover and improve retention.
• HR Project Leadership: Lead or contribute to broader HR initiatives such as leadership development, ED&I, and values campaigns.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience as a strategic HR Business Partner – ideally in Infrastructure, Engineering, or another fast-paced, operational environment (Retail/FM)
• Ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders with confidence.
• Strong organisational design and talent planning expertise.
• Experience working within complex or matrixed organisations.
• Commercial mindset with a practical approach to workforce and resource management.
• Resilient, pragmatic, and solution focused.

Role Logistics

• Ideally based in Derbyshire with flexible working (2–3 days in office, 1 day per week at project sites, remainder remote).
• Regular travel (monthly / bi-monthly) to project locations including Cardiff, Hull, Middlesborough (overnight stays not typically required).
• Travel is expensed; car allowance (£5,400) or company car option available.
• Candidates exceeding 7,500 business miles/year must select the company car option (policy flexibility available if needed).
• Salary: £55,000–£65,000 (flexible up to ~£70,000 for exceptional candidates, subject to internal approval)
• Bonus: Up to 10%
• Car Allowance or Company Car
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
• Family Private Healthcare
• Up to 7% Employer Pension Contribution

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you’re a strategic HR leader looking to take on a high-impact role in a growth-focused environment — and have the credibility to partner with ambitious operational leaders — we’d love to hear from you.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Human Resources and Civil Engineering

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