HR Business Partner

Higgins Coatings
Melbourne, VIC
A$120,000-$140,000 p/a
Human Resources & Recruitment → Consulting & Generalist HR
Full-time
On-site

Posted 16 days ago


Join Our Winning team as a HR Business Partner, responsible for our VIC/TAS/SA/NT/WA branches.

Why Join Us?

  • Established Legacy: We are a proud family-owned business with 75 years of leadership in the commercial painting industry, providing painting maintenance solutions to projects ranging from heritage-listed buildings to schools to high-rises.
  • Dynamic Role: This is a true generalist role to work closely with a diverse range of stakeholders.
  • Impactful Work: Your focus will be on fostering a coaching culture and driving ongoing employee development
  • Highly engaged workforce: for our past 3 staff annual surveys showed over 90% of employees state they would recommend Higgins as a great place to work.

Your Exciting New Opportunity

As our HR Business Partner, you will collaborate with various divisions to execute and support their business plans, particularly in workforce planning, recruitment, performance management, coaching and development.

Located at Port Melbourne and reporting to the GM of Victoria/Tasmania, you will work closely with other GMs and Branch Managers as key stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities in the next 12 months:

  • Negotiate a new EBA for our Victorian and WA teams.
  • Lead the recruitment and induction processes for key management roles.
  • Develop strong working relationships with stakeholders to understand business drivers and regularly visit branches.
  • Identify succession planning needs and competency gaps; create and oversee individual and team development plans.
  • Initiate training programs for both blue and white-collar workers, including coaching strategies and an Emerging Leaders Program.
  • Collaborate with our Marketing team to implement various Employee Value Proposition (EVP) and branding initiatives.

What You’ll Bring

  • Education & Experience: Degree qualified in HR with at least 10 years of HR generalist experience, strong in recruitment, onboarding, training, talent management and compliance.
  • Industry Knowledge: Experience in a blue-collar/trades environment, successfully generating trust with all management levels.
  • Self-Motivated: Ability to work autonomously and align HR activities with overall business goals.

What We Offer You

  • A position that makes a difference to over 200 employees
  • Variety and autonomy of work
  • Competitive salary: Commensurate with experience.
  • Additional Benefits: Car allowance, access to a leading discounts and rewards program, AHRI membership, external HR courses and complimentary weekly team lunches.

Join a winning team at Higgins that values growth, collaboration, and excellence. Discover more about us at www.higgins.com.au

No recruitment agencies. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Successful candidates will undergo a National Police Check. We support Equal Employment Opportunities and encourage women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to apply.


About Higgins Coatings

Cairns, QLD, Australia
Trades & Services
1001-5000 employees

Higgins Coatings is Australia’s premier commercial painting contractor with over 75 years of experience providing complete painting maintenance solutions to a broad range of industries.

Our affordable painting solutions are tailored to customer's requirements, regardless of the size or nature of the project. Our team has the expertise and resources to handle every aspect of the job, allowing customers to focus on their core business.

With a commitment to WHS, quality and the environment, Higgins Coatings has an industry-leading ISO Tri-Certification Accreditation. We stand behind our company motto 'Whatever it takes’, ensuring the supreme quality of every solution.

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