This is a People & Culture Business Partner role supporting a large operational workforce at a major Sydney site. It offers strong exposure to industrial relations, investigations, senior stakeholder management, and a clear succession pathway into a senior HR role within 12-24 months.

Client Details

This organisation is a global leader in their sector, employing over 50,000 people globally. This role is based near Mascot and is a site based role reporting into the local HR Manager also based on site so you will be given the support and development needed to develop into an HRBP.

Description

An exciting opportunity has become available to join a globally recognised brand as an HR Advisor, based at their Mascot, Sydney site.

Reporting to the HR Manager, you will support a large operational workforce of 650 employees. With a $600 million infrastructure investment underway and projected headcount growth, this is an ideal time to join a thriving business and build your capability in operational HR.

You will focus on employee relations, industrial relations, and stakeholder engagement while building strong operational partnerships with frontline and senior leaders. Over time, there is a clear opportunity to step into more strategic HR Business Partnering and succession planning, with the current HR Manager transitioning into a projects-focused internal role.

Key Exposure Areas:

Conducting and leading workplace investigations and grievance management

Supporting enterprise bargaining and managing employee representative committees

Delivering employee engagement activities for a predominantly blue-collar workforce

Advising and coaching senior operational managers on performance management and development

Contributing to workforce design and succession planning initiatives

Profile

We are seeking a resilient, confident, and pragmatic HR professional who enjoys working on the frontline of a traditional industrial workforce.

You will ideally have:

3+ years' HR generalist experience in a blue-collar environment such as manufacturing, logistics, transport, or infrastructure

The ability to relate to a traditional, long-tenured workforce (90% male, ageing demographic)

Experience in performance management, employee investigations, and industrial relations (enterprise bargaining exposure is advantageous but not essential)

Strong verbal and written communication skills, including formal drafting of employee communications

Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Business, or a related field

A resilient and proactive approach, with strong relationship-building skills across all levels of the business

Job Offer

Immediate hands-on experience in a highly operational, unionised environment

Mentorship from the current HR Manager, who will support your development

Clear pathway to grow into a HRBP role and potentially a more senior HR leadership role further beyond due to the size and scope of the organisation

Exposure to a matrix structure and cross-functional project work

Opportunity to join a global brand committed to innovation, operational excellence, and employee engagement

Office based with flexible start/finish times

• $110,000 to $135,000 salary + super

To apply online please click the 'Apply' button below. For a confidential discussion about this role please contact Cian Pritchard on +61282922223.