Senior HR Advisor

VolkerFitzpatrick offers a range and depth of civil engineering, infrastructure and building services. We contribute to vital parts of the nation's life through projects of strategic importance, while delivering those less visible, yet essential, works required by both private and public sectors. We build, renew, maintain highways, airports, railway infrastructure, and commercial, industrial and educational buildings.

Are you a passionate HR Advisor ready to take the next step in your career? This is a brilliant development opportunity for an ambitious HR Advisor ready to step up and make a real impact.

We're looking for a Senior HR Advisor to join our high-performing HR team at VolkerFitzpatrick. In this pivotal role, you'll work closely with managers and employees, providing expert guidance across a wide spectrum of HR matters - all while championing best practice and compliance.

Please note that this is a site based role in Hoddesdon (office based role with some travel) and is a 12-month fixed term contract.

Partner with key stakeholders to deliver HR best practices aligned with business requirements
Provide advice for general queries on HR policies and procedures to managers and employees in an accurate and timely manner
Support and manage employee relations (ER) matters, including disciplinary, grievance, performance, and absence cases - ensuring fair, consistent, and legally compliant outcomes
Support all data and reporting requirements and maintain accurate records
Collaborate with all relevant departments to ensure a seamless employee experience
Monitor sickness absence and coordinate with line managers and occupational health to support employee wellbeing and return-to-work processes
Support workforce planning and other initiatives as required.

About you

You will bring demonstrable experience at a comparable HR Advisor level, ideally holding a CIPD Level 5 qualification. Your background will include a strong track record of engaging with stakeholders and effectively managing employee relations matters. With excellent communication and relationship-building skills, you'll be a proactive, adaptable, and resilient team player. A solid grasp of HR best practices and employment law is essential, and you must hold a full UK driving licence.

If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

Why work with us?

VolkerFitzpatrick is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.

By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerFitzpatrick are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

Competitive salary
Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
Option to buy additional annual leave
Private medical care
Pension
Life Assurance
Cycle to Work scheme
Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
Employee Assistance programme
Mental health, physical health, and financial support
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We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.

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Additional information

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.

We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all