HR Business Partner (Engineering Services)

Location: United Kingdom; remote. The role is based in London or Preston.

Company

hirify.global is a global engineering services company delivering complex offshore energy projects and supporting asset lifecycles across Energy, Defence, and Maritime Transport.

What you will do

• Partner with senior leaders and managers to deliver business objectives and people-focused solutions.
• Provide strategic and operational HR guidance across the full employee lifecycle.
• Coach, influence, and challenge managers while supporting leadership capability and performance.
• Lead employee relations matters and support organisational change, restructures, and workforce transitions.
• Drive workforce planning, succession planning, talent, performance, and capability initiatives.
• Use people data and workforce insights to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, while improving HR processes and collaboration across HR teams.

Requirements

• CIPD Level 7 qualification or equivalent HR expertise gained through experience.
• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner, HR Manager, or senior HR generalist, with a strong record of strategic and operational HR support in a fast-paced business.
• Experience managing complex employee relations matters and supporting organisational change initiatives.
• Confidence building credibility with, influencing, and challenging senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of UK employment law and best practice across the employee lifecycle.
• Knowledge of workforce planning, talent management, performance development, organisational change, HR governance, risk management, reward, and job architecture.
• Experience using HR systems, people data, and insights to support decision-making.
• Strong relationship-building, coaching, stakeholder management, communication, organisation, problem-solving, and change management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work collaboratively, make sound judgements on sensitive matters, and operate proactively through change and ambiguity.

Nice to have

• Experience working within a multi-site, matrix, or complex organisational structure.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive benefits tailored to the division.
• Career growth opportunities and visibility across the organisation.
• Supportive and inclusive culture that values employee ideas and contributions.
• Work focused on safety, innovation, and global capability.
• Commitment to diversity, accessibility, and an inclusive recruitment experience in the UK.

Hiring process

• Apply online; applications may close early due to application volume, so early application is encouraged.