Employee Relations Advisor (Construction)

Location: Kilsyth, Scotland, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global engineers infrastructure and constructs buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe, with a focus on sustainable construction and inclusive employment.

What you will do

• Provide coaching, advice, and end-to-end case management support to managers on disciplinary, grievance, absence, performance, probation, redundancy consultation, TUPE, and compliance matters.
• Advise on project and site compliance issues, including conduct concerns, site access restrictions, confidentiality, data protection, social media misuse, and safety-related conduct.
• Escalate complex or sensitive cases and collaborate with HR Business Partners, Compliance, Operations, trade unions, employee representatives, Occupational Health, and external legal advisers.
• Act as custodian of the central ER tool, accurately recording advice, decisions, notes, and outcomes.
• Use ER data to produce insights, identify trends and hotspot areas, support reporting and audits, and escalate workforce, operational, and reputational risks.
• Coach operational leaders and support consistent ER processes, governance, handovers, and ways of working across a multisite environment.

Requirements

• Experience in employee relations case management within complex environments.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations best practice.
• Proven experience managing complex ER cases end to end, including disciplinary, grievance, and investigation processes through to conclusion.
• Confidence coaching, influencing, and constructively challenging managers at all levels.
• Experience maintaining accurate ER records and using HR or ER systems.
• Ability to manage high-volume ER activity in a dynamic, multisite operational environment with changing priorities.
• High levels of professionalism, integrity, and confidentiality.

Nice to have

• CIPD Level 5 or equivalent experience.
• Experience working in volume ER and similar fast-paced industries.
• Strong analytical capability and confidence producing HR data and insights.
• Experience working with collective agreements, national working rule agreements, or site-specific employment agreements.
• Mediation experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Family-friendly policies and an inclusive working environment.
• Company car, car allowance, or travel allowance.
• 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.

Hiring process

• Applications are handled through BAM’s recruitment process.
• Vacancy and project information is available from the recruiter.
• Reasonable adjustments are available throughout recruitment and onboarding.