Senior Employee Relations

About us

Altrad is a trusted provider of expert construction and integrated maintenance solutions across Australia, with a strong track record across key sectors such as energy, mining, utilities, and defense. We are known for managing some of the nation's most critical projects.

We go beyond simply building, protecting, and extending asset life. We cultivate strong, collaborative partnerships with our clients, allowing us to tailor solutions to their evolving needs and ensure their assets operate seamlessly for longer.

We are part of the Altrad Group, a global organisation with nearly 52,000 people across more than 50 countries and 120 subsidiaries operating in Europe, the Americas, Canada, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific.

The opportunity

Based in our Subiaco headquarters, the Senior Employee Relations will play a leading role in demonstrating the organisations commitment to the Altrad Values (Courage, Respect, Humility, Solidarity and Conviviality).

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Acting at the organisations subject matter expert on matters related to employee and industrial relations which includes undertaking coaching and providing training and support to operational leaders.
• Support HR/IR Manager in ongoing development of wider HR Advisory team
• Involvement in all aspects of Employee Relations including;
• Employee Relations - Case Management (performance, disciplinary, complaint handling)
• Carrying out complex and sensitive investigations into employment-related matters
• Support the HR/IR Manager in the negotiation and implementation of Enterprise Agreements
• Managing ongoing relationships with employee representatives (including unions).
• Developing and implementing best practices that ensure compliance with employment legislation, Enterprise Agreements or Awards, Contracts of Employment, internal policies and procedures and Client ER Standards.
• Support the HR/IR Manager with employment-related legal claims (e.g. unfair dismissals) in the FWC and other employment-related tribunals.

Who do we want to hear from?

The successful candidate will have:

• 5 + years’ of experience in an Employee Relations role, preferably within the mining, energy or construction sectors (on-site experience will be highly regarded).
• Demonstrated expertise in managing a wide range of Employee Relations matters, with a track record of achieving outcomes that align with business strategy.
• Hands on experience in industrial relations matters including but not limited to; negotiating enterprise agreements, managing day-to-day working relationships with unions and resolving disputes (within the FWC or other employment tribunals).
• A willingness to coach best practice behaviours, empowering field managers with the knowledge and skills needed to handle employee relations matters effectively.
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to build rapport and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.

Why you should work for Altrad

We provide the benefits you’d expect from a global company, but what makes us different?

• Our work. We offer diverse, challenging work with the world’s biggest resources, energy and infrastructure clients.
• Our culture. We’re value driven and believe that good human resources practice and genuine business partnering is the key to success.
• Our loyalty. Our key people who embody our values stay within Altrad. Our HR team is set up to ensure that there is a pathway to greater opportunity.

Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.