About the Role
Alstom is seeking an HR Business Partner for the Rolling Stock & Components Product Line based in Melbourne, VIC. You will act as a trusted partner and coach to people managers across Australia and New Zealand, providing proactive HR support and guidance. You will develop and execute tailored People Plans aligned with business objectives and adapt HR policies to attract, develop, and retain talent.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain strong stakeholder partnerships, leveraging commercial insight to develop and implement a people strategy that supports business growth.
- Identify key organizational needs and translate them into practical, deliverable HR initiatives.
- Roll out group, corporate, and business-unit HR strategies across regional and global operations.
- Drive the HR data and insights function, maintaining accurate HRIS records and creating impactful metrics and dashboards.
- Guide a team of HR specialists, promote ongoing development and knowledge sharing, and oversee the performance management cycle.
- Create and champion an integrated people strategy tied to business priorities, covering talent attraction, workforce planning, succession, and engagement.
Requirements
- Tertiary qualified in Human Resources, Business, or a similar field.
- Track record of influencing effectively and staying resilient within intricate global matrix structures.
- Outstanding communication and relationship-building abilities, especially when engaging senior executives.
- Experienced in leading people in matrixed settings, with a focus on coaching, mentoring, and capability building.
- Strategic mindset combined with solid commercial understanding and wide-ranging generalist HR expertise.
- Skilled at crafting and executing HR programs that advance diversity, leadership growth, and sustained high performance.
- Substantial Industrial/Employee Relations background gained in engineering, manufacturing, or similar industries with a mix of white-collar and trade employees.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate closely with senior leadership to link HR efforts to organizational objectives while managing diverse, multi-region stakeholder dynamics.
- Pre-employment reference and medical checks, including drug and alcohol testing, are required.
Skills
- HRIS
- Metrics and dashboards creation
- Performance management
- Talent attraction
- Workforce planning
- Succession planning
- Employee engagement
- Diversity and inclusion
- Leadership development
- Change management
- Employee relations
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Capability building
Location
- Melbourne, VIC
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experienced
Education Level
- Tertiary qualified
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary and benefits package
Benefits
- Flexible working options
- Additional leave days
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
- Novated leasing schemes
- Comprehensive development programs
- Award-winning learning opportunities
- Comprehensive social coverage (life, salary continuance, medical)
About the Company
- Alstom understands transport networks and what moves people, offering the broadest portfolio in the industry from high-speed trains to digital mobility.
- Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
Equal Opportunity
- As a global business, we're an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 70+ countries we operate in.
- We're committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.
- An agile, inclusive and responsible culture is the foundation of our company where diverse people are offered excellent opportunities to grow, learn and advance in their careers.
- We are committed to encouraging our employees to reach their full potential, while valuing and respecting them as individuals.
- We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, people with disability and other minority groups to apply.
- We recognise that embracing flexibility & inclusivity is the smarter way of working.
- Please speak with us about your individual needs or if any workplace adjustments are required.
- If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process please email: hr.accessibility@alstomgroup.com.
