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Industrial Relations Manager (Sizewell C)

Job Category:  Administration
Contract Partner Company:  Rullion
Employing Company:  Rullion/ SZC

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Opportunity for an Industrial Relations Manager (Sizewell C) working for Rullion on the Sizewell C Project,


To provide assistance, advice and support in all aspects of Industrial Relations (IR), engaging effectively to ensure productivity across all parties to anticipate and resolve relevant challenges. Deliver clear oversight of the application of all IR activities to ensure they are carried out in conjunction and in accordance with the Sizewell C (SZC) Agreements, protocols, strategy and processes as determined and agreed by the tripartite stakeholders of the Unions, Contractors and SZC.


Principal Accountabilities


•    Foster effective working relationships between Contractors andTrade Unions, on behalf of the EAU, Supply Chain providers and other relevant stakeholders to deliver a consistent and co-ordinated approach. 
•    Ensure effective oversight of the application of the Transitional Arrangements and Minimum Standards (TAMS) prior to the full implementation of the SZC collective agreements.
•    Manage and oversee the operationalisation and governance of the "Silver Book" which will provide those working on the SZC project an operating manual housing key documentation, policies and agreements.
•    Ensuring effective collaboration between contractor IR Managers to mitigate potential industrial action including overall responsibility for the governance arrangements for contractors IR working arrangements.
•    Facilitate contractor activities and provide expert and pragmatic advice to effectively implement IR issues contained within the agreements.
•    Introduce a thorough reporting and communication structure to support the projects reporting obligations to include anticipated numbers across the three SZC agreements, trades showing clear distinction between phases of the project.
•    Manage the development and maintenance of audit and assurance arrangements that demonstrates compliance of contractor's terms and conditions with the IR sector agreements. This will include contract management of the outsourced audit and assurance activity.
•    Manage and oversee the mobilisation and maintenance of the SZC employment governance framework within the tripartite system e.g. Transitional Arrangements Committee, Site Joint Council, Local Joint Committees, to enable IR issues to be resolved in an effective and timely manner.
•    To encourage, lead and help facilitate working IR relationships at operational levels between, managers, Supervisors and TU Reps, with a particular focus on early issue resolution. 
•    Work collaboratively with EAU colleagues to design and implement SZC IR training to ensure the competence and knowledge of the SZC agreements and their effective and collaborative application.
•    To establish and manage day to day relationships with the local, regional and national trade unions signatory to the SZC agreements.
•    To support the SZC Site Leadership in maintaining harmonious relationships with the SZC tier 1 contractors and signatory trade unions.


Qualifications & Experience


Essential


•    Extensive Industrial Relations experience.
•    Trade union recognition and experience of WRA's (Working Rule Agreements).
•    Will have demonstrable experience in generalist HR Activity and be able to demonstrate up to date knowledge of employment law.
•    Considerable experience of negotiations on pay, working conditions and working arrangements. 
•    Proven track record with regard to negotiations/disputes and collective grievances at all levels.
•    Experience of working with a transient workforce and the challenges that arise from this.
•    Previous experience of handling large scale change programmes.
•    Resolution of individual/collective disputes.


Desirable:

 

•    Ideally CIPD

 

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 SZC Jobs Service supports local people into exciting, long-term careers across our Project. #SZCJobs

Opportunity for an Industrial Relations Manager (Sizewell C) working for Rullion on the Sizewell C Project,


To provide assistance, advice and support in all aspects of Industrial Relations (IR), engaging effectively to ensure productivity across all parties to anticipate and resolve relevant challenges. Deliver clear oversight of the application of all IR activities to ensure they are carried out in conjunction and in accordance with the Sizewell C (SZC) Agreements, protocols, strategy and processes as determined and agreed by the tripartite stakeholders of the Unions, Contractors and SZC.


Principal Accountabilities


•    Foster effective working relationships between Contractors andTrade Unions, on behalf of the EAU, Supply Chain providers and other relevant stakeholders to deliver a consistent and co-ordinated approach. 
•    Ensure effective oversight of the application of the Transitional Arrangements and Minimum Standards (TAMS) prior to the full implementation of the SZC collective agreements.
•    Manage and oversee the operationalisation and governance of the "Silver Book" which will provide those working on the SZC project an operating manual housing key documentation, policies and agreements.
•    Ensuring effective collaboration between contractor IR Managers to mitigate potential industrial action including overall responsibility for the governance arrangements for contractors IR working arrangements.
•    Facilitate contractor activities and provide expert and pragmatic advice to effectively implement IR issues contained within the agreements.
•    Introduce a thorough reporting and communication structure to support the projects reporting obligations to include anticipated numbers across the three SZC agreements, trades showing clear distinction between phases of the project.
•    Manage the development and maintenance of audit and assurance arrangements that demonstrates compliance of contractor's terms and conditions with the IR sector agreements. This will include contract management of the outsourced audit and assurance activity.
•    Manage and oversee the mobilisation and maintenance of the SZC employment governance framework within the tripartite system e.g. Transitional Arrangements Committee, Site Joint Council, Local Joint Committees, to enable IR issues to be resolved in an effective and timely manner.
•    To encourage, lead and help facilitate working IR relationships at operational levels between, managers, Supervisors and TU Reps, with a particular focus on early issue resolution. 
•    Work collaboratively with EAU colleagues to design and implement SZC IR training to ensure the competence and knowledge of the SZC agreements and their effective and collaborative application.
•    To establish and manage day to day relationships with the local, regional and national trade unions signatory to the SZC agreements.
•    To support the SZC Site Leadership in maintaining harmonious relationships with the SZC tier 1 contractors and signatory trade unions.


Qualifications & Experience


Essential


•    Extensive Industrial Relations experience.
•    Trade union recognition and experience of WRA's (Working Rule Agreements).
•    Will have demonstrable experience in generalist HR Activity and be able to demonstrate up to date knowledge of employment law.
•    Considerable experience of negotiations on pay, working conditions and working arrangements. 
•    Proven track record with regard to negotiations/disputes and collective grievances at all levels.
•    Experience of working with a transient workforce and the challenges that arise from this.
•    Previous experience of handling large scale change programmes.
•    Resolution of individual/collective disputes.


Desirable:

 

•    Ideally CIPD

 

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.

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