IR Manager

IR Manager – Hinkley Point C

Job Category:
Project Management / Controls

Bilfinger UK is looking for an IR Manager to join us on the Hinkley Point C project on a full-time permanent basis. The IR Manager is responsible for developing and maintaining positive working relationships and resolving people‑related issues across HPC Site resources, working closely with Trade Unions and representatives to deliver fair and transparent people processes.

• Deal with IR and HR cases on site, up to and including Level 4 Appeals, grievances, disciplinary actions and mediation in line with HR, contractual, TU and trade processes and agreements, ensuring fair and due process.
• Develop and maintain best practice IR/HR policies covering grievance, disciplinary and performance management.
• Lead regional/local Trade Union negotiations and consultations to enable delivery of HR and project initiatives and change.
• Engage with TU Councils, employee forums, pay negotiations and arbitration to deliver fair and transparent outcomes for BPTUK people and project delivery.
• Build effective relationships with Trade Unions and business stakeholders to enable change and ensure employee relations practices and procedures are embedded and aligned across the business.
• Maintain an up‑to‑date understanding of employment legislation, compliance and best practice in IR matters to provide consistent, high‑quality advice and guidance to the business.
• Develop and deliver IR‑related training to upskill stakeholders within the business and promote positive IR behaviours.
• Act as the single point of contact for site managers on IR/HR issues, providing advice and guidance and supporting upskilling to ensure people issues are managed fairly and effectively in line with IR/HR procedures.
• Monitor delivery of regional/local ER to ensure compliance with practices and procedures.
• Prepare and deliver analysis and reporting on site IR/HR issues to meet reporting requirements.
• Ensure all immigration, visa and site clearance documentation and processes are completed, recorded and maintained for relevant site personnel.
• Work with the HRD to ensure all IR/HR processes and documentation reflect employment law and best practice.

• Previous HR experience essential.
• Nuclear experience preferred but not essential.
• Evidence of right to work in the UK.

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.

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have quietly powered Britain with massive amounts of home‑grown energy. Our teams nationwide are proudly continuing to serve the nation – and 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 skill 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.