At a Glance
- Tasks: Support people strategies and enhance performance across the business.
- Company: Join Willmott Dixon, a top-rated employer focused on sustainability and community impact.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, private medical insurance, and flexible working options.
- Other info: Be part of a dynamic team in a supportive and inclusive environment.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while contributing to ambitious growth plans.
- Qualifications: Experience in HR, coaching managers, and using data for decision-making.
The predicted salary is between 46148 - 52809 £ per year.
Willmott Dixon has an exciting opportunity for a full-time People Partner to join our Wales & West Region, supporting the delivery of people strategies that enable strong performance, engagement and capability across the business that directly enable high performance, operational excellence, and ambitious growth plans.
Based out of our Cardiff or Bristol office, you will work on a hybrid basis, splitting your time between the office, at home, and travelling to our regional offices or sites on occasion. Working closely with the Lead People Business Partner and the business leaders, this role plays a key part in translating people strategy into day-to-day impact. You will be a trusted partner to managers, helping embed consistent people practices, strengthen leadership capability, and create an environment where people can perform, grow and thrive.
As a People Partner, you’ll contribute directly to this ambition by supporting teams through growth, change and everyday people experiences that matter. You will role-model pragmatic commercially focused people support, building credibility, trust and impact across the Wales & West region. As our People Partner, you will partner with managers and leaders to deliver high quality, consistent people support aligned to business priorities.
- Attract: In partnership with the dedicated Recruitment Team, support recruitment activity and pre-employment processes, helping deliver a positive and professional candidate experience.
- Perform: Coach and advise managers on employee attendance and wellbeing, objective setting, managing performance, effective feedback and confident people decision-making. Helping managers to create an environment where employees can develop, progress and be their best selves.
You will deliver high-quality People operations across the employee lifecycle, support employee relations cases, and contribute to engagement, wellbeing and inclusion initiatives. Using people data and insight, you will help identify trends, risks and opportunities, supporting effective workforce and succession planning. Visible and approachable, you will build strong relationships across the region, working closely with the wider People Team and People Experience Hub to ensure seamless, joined-up people support.
You will be a proactive, resilient and people-focused HR professional who enjoys working closely with managers and making a tangible difference. Comfortable in a fast-paced, operational environment, you’ll bring a pragmatic, solutions-focused mindset and a genuine passion for helping people and teams succeed. Credible and confident, you’ll balance empathy with commercial awareness, build trust quickly, and take pride in delivering a high-quality people service that supports business performance and growth.
Requirements:
- Experience supporting the full employee lifecycle, including performance, development and employee relations.
- Confidence in coaching and advising managers on people-related matters.
- Ability to use people data and insight to inform decisions and improvements.
- A collaborative approach and desire to continually develop your people partnering capability.
- As the role involves occasional travel, a Full UK Driving License is required.
We reward our people generously with a competitive salary and a market-leading benefits package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities:
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Full private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Profit Share Scheme
- Car scheme and motoring expenditure allowance
- Access to a low-carbon and electric car leasing scheme, supporting sustainable travel
At Willmott Dixon we provide an inclusive and flexible working environment for people to thrive in, and we are happy to support this where possible. We are a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme.
Willmott Dixon was recognised by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 10 "Big" Companies to Work For in 2025, named among the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality in 2024, and ranked in the Top Five of Europe’s 1,000 best workplaces by the Financial Times in 2025. Willmott Dixon is also the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.
