About the Role
This is a genuine Senior Leadership Team seat where you will work directly with the COO and CEO to shape the people function of a fast-growing infrastructure business. You will have real ownership to lead HR strategy, change management, L&D, and ER in a business expanding into new states and territories. This role is in a blue-collar environment with a strategic remit, offering the chance to impact from day one.
Responsibilities
- Lead people and culture strategy across a growing, multi-region infrastructure business
- Drive change management through continued organisational evolution
- Design and deliver an LMS and structured onboarding program
- Oversee employee relations, including coaching, performance support, and complex ER
- Own workforce planning and organisational design
- Manage and develop the HR Advisor
- Lead or support EBA review and negotiation
- Oversee payroll compliance via Employment Hero
- Partner with GMs and business unit leaders to build a high-performance culture
Requirements
- Solid HR Manager or Senior HRBP background in civil construction, infrastructure, utilities, or similar blue collar environment
- Experience with a Tier 2-3 contractor or large Tier 1
- Strong ER capability
- Natural relationship builder across all levels
- Change management experience in a growing or restructuring business
- Bias for action – you deliver consistently and own your outcomes
- Employment Hero or similar HRIS familiarity is a bonus
- EBA experience advantageous but not essential
Skills
- HR Strategy
- Change Management
- L&D
- ER
- Workforce Planning
- Organisational Design
- HRIS familiarity
Location
- Sydney, NSW
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full-Time
Experience Level
- Senior Leadership Team
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive remuneration aligned to market
Benefits
- EAP
- employee discounts
- referral program
- social events
- weekly sponsored gym classes (Sydney)
About the Company
- A high-growth, mid-size civil infrastructure business that delivers complex civil infrastructure projects across NSW, QLD, and VIC for major government clients.
- The business has grown significantly, matured its structure, and is now entering a new chapter - expanding into new states and territories, evolving its matrix organisation, and investing in its people through structured coaching, L&D, and cultural development programs.
