Employee Relations Manager

Location: Based from any UK&I office in the United Kingdom or Ireland.

Company

hirify.global is a large European construction company delivering infrastructure and building projects.

What you will do

• Lead a consistent, commercially focused employee relations advisory service across a complex, multisite operational environment.
• Advise HR Directors, Senior HR Business Partners, and operational leaders on complex, sensitive, and high-risk matters, including disciplinary, grievance, performance, absence, restructuring, TUPE, whistleblowing, and compliance cases.
• Lead, coach, and develop Employee Relations Advisors while setting standards for case management, documentation, response times, judgement, and stakeholder experience.
• Maintain ER governance, controls, employment practice, confidentiality, data protection, and GDPR standards in partnership with Legal, Compliance, Occupational Health, and other specialists.
• Own the central ER recording tool, improve data quality and reporting, and analyse case trends, hotspots, root causes, and emerging risks.
• Build manager capability and support mediation, trade union engagement, consultation, restructuring, TUPE, organisational change, and legally compliant workforce governance.

Requirements

• Significant employee relations experience within a complex, multisite, operational, or project-led environment.
• Deep knowledge of UK and Ireland employment law and employee relations best practice.
• Proven experience leading and resolving complex, sensitive, and high-risk ER matters through to conclusion.
• Demonstrable people leadership experience, including coaching, developing, and managing a specialist advisory team.
• Experience partnering with senior HR and senior operational leaders.
• Experience establishing governance, quality standards, and effective escalation routes for an ER service.
• Ability to analyse ER and wider people data and convert insight into clear, practical recommendations.
• Confidence managing high volumes of activity and competing priorities in a dynamic operational environment.
• High levels of professionalism, integrity, confidentiality, and sound judgement, with strategic, commercially aware, collaborative, analytical, and improvement-focused leadership skills.

Nice to have

• CIPD Level 7 qualification or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience in construction, infrastructure, engineering, utilities, manufacturing, or a similarly complex environment.
• Experience of industrial relations, trade union engagement, organisational change, consultation, and TUPE.
• Experience of employment tribunal preparation, mediation, or alternative dispute resolution.
• Strong analytical capability and experience producing executive-level ER reporting and insight.

Culture & Benefits

• Family-friendly policies and flexible benefits.
• 8% matched pension contributions, private healthcare, and life assurance.
• 26 days of holiday, two wellbeing days, and one volunteering day.
• Personal and professional development opportunities.
• Commitment to inclusion, fairness, integrity, and a positive employee experience.

Hiring process

• Applications close on 30 October 2026.
• Reasonable adjustments are available throughout recruitment and onboarding.