Industrial Relations HR Business Partner

Job Category:  Other
Contract Partner Company:  Osprey
Employing Company:  Osprey

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Industrial Relations HR Business Partner
Osprey
Hinkley Point C

 

About the role

Osprey shipping believes that innovative, precision-engineering logistics, by land and by water, can transform the way critical UK infrastructure is built. We bring together the very best multi-disciplinary engineering and delivery team to accelerate projects, enhance safety, and work side by side with clients to solve the most complex construction challenges.

 

We are seeking a confident Industrial Relations and HR Business Partner to oversee all industrial and employee relations at our site while providing HR expertise across the employee lifecycle.  You will serve as the HR lead in collective agreement forums, managing implementation of changes affecting employees under site collective bargaining agreements, and ensuring clear communication with HR, payroll, and wider leadership teams.

 

The role requires a high level of self‑motivation and the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team. Working closely with managers, employees, and key stakeholders, the HRBP will ensure HR policies and procedures are applied fairly, consistently, and in line with organisational standards, contributing to a positive employee experience.

 

What You’ll do

  • Provide expert HR business partnering to managers, offering guidance on all aspects of the employee lifecycle
  • Serve as the HR lead in collective agreement forums, managing implementation of changes under the bargaining agreements and ensuring clear communication with HR, payroll, and leadership teams
  • Lead the implementation of fair, consistent, and compliant HR practices, aligned with UK employment law as well as both Osprey and site ways of working
  • Act as a trusted advisor on employee and industrial relations matters, providing guidance to managers and employees, and supporting resolution in line with company policies and culture principles
  • Build positive working relationships with managers, employees, and trade union representatives, fostering trust and open communication

 

Skills & Experience

  • Proven experience in a HR Business Partner role in a unionised environment
  • Demonstratable knowledge of UK employment law and prior experience of working with trade unions and employee representatives
  • CIPD Level 3 or Level 5 (or working towards)
  • Experience working in a fast-paced engineering, logistics or construction organisation

 

Benefits

  • 25 days’ annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays
  • Enhanced employer pension contributions and salary sacrifice schemes
  • Private medical insurance
  • Income protection insurance
  • Life insurance cover
  • Performance-related pay scheme
  • Enhanced parental leave benefits
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Family-friendly policies
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
  • Get Active from Aviva – Gym discounts up to 40% off
  • Support your career development through our success management process

 

If you would like to part of the team or would like to find out more. Please apply!

 

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

The HPC Jobs Service supports local people into exciting, long-term careers across our Project.

Industrial Relations HR Business Partner
Osprey
Hinkley Point C

 

About the role

Osprey shipping believes that innovative, precision-engineering logistics, by land and by water, can transform the way critical UK infrastructure is built. We bring together the very best multi-disciplinary engineering and delivery team to accelerate projects, enhance safety, and work side by side with clients to solve the most complex construction challenges.

 

We are seeking a confident Industrial Relations and HR Business Partner to oversee all industrial and employee relations at our site while providing HR expertise across the employee lifecycle.  You will serve as the HR lead in collective agreement forums, managing implementation of changes affecting employees under site collective bargaining agreements, and ensuring clear communication with HR, payroll, and wider leadership teams.

 

The role requires a high level of self‑motivation and the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team. Working closely with managers, employees, and key stakeholders, the HRBP will ensure HR policies and procedures are applied fairly, consistently, and in line with organisational standards, contributing to a positive employee experience.

 

What You’ll do

  • Provide expert HR business partnering to managers, offering guidance on all aspects of the employee lifecycle
  • Serve as the HR lead in collective agreement forums, managing implementation of changes under the bargaining agreements and ensuring clear communication with HR, payroll, and leadership teams
  • Lead the implementation of fair, consistent, and compliant HR practices, aligned with UK employment law as well as both Osprey and site ways of working
  • Act as a trusted advisor on employee and industrial relations matters, providing guidance to managers and employees, and supporting resolution in line with company policies and culture principles
  • Build positive working relationships with managers, employees, and trade union representatives, fostering trust and open communication

 

Skills & Experience

  • Proven experience in a HR Business Partner role in a unionised environment
  • Demonstratable knowledge of UK employment law and prior experience of working with trade unions and employee representatives
  • CIPD Level 3 or Level 5 (or working towards)
  • Experience working in a fast-paced engineering, logistics or construction organisation

 

Benefits

  • 25 days’ annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays
  • Enhanced employer pension contributions and salary sacrifice schemes
  • Private medical insurance
  • Income protection insurance
  • Life insurance cover
  • Performance-related pay scheme
  • Enhanced parental leave benefits
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Family-friendly policies
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
  • Get Active from Aviva – Gym discounts up to 40% off
  • Support your career development through our success management process

 

If you would like to part of the team or would like to find out more. Please apply!

 

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Why Join Us?

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home-grown energy.

Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Nuclear power is the most reliable, low-carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low-carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We’re not just building new nuclear power stations. We’re developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there’s always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind-boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it’s also an industry which is changing.

We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.