HR Business Partner
Location: London | Hybrid Working, 3 days per week on-site
Morgan Philips is partnering with a fast-paced, operationally driven organisation to appoint a high-calibre HR Business Partner.
This role is specifically suited to an experienced HR professional who is confident operating in complex, high-risk environments, with deep expertise in employee relations, TUPE, and organisational change. You will act as a true partner to the business, providing clear, commercially grounded advice and taking ownership of complex people challenges end-to-end.
The Role
This is a hands-on, high-impact role supporting senior operational leaders in a demanding and fast-moving environment. You will take full ownership of HR delivery across your business area, with a strong focus on risk management, performance, and operational effectiveness.
Key responsibilities include:
- Acting as a trusted advisor to senior operational stakeholders, confidently influencing decisions and challenging where required
- Leading complex and high-risk ER casework end-to-end, including disciplinaries, grievances, absence, capability, and dismissals
- Taking ownership of TUPE transfers, including due diligence, consultation, risk mitigation, and post-transfer integration
- Supporting and leading organisational change programmes, including restructures and redundancies
- Providing clear, legally sound and commercially pragmatic advice, particularly in high-risk or ambiguous situations
- Coaching leaders on people management, performance issues, and navigating challenging scenarios
- Driving improvements in HR processes, controls, and consistency across the business
- Ensuring compliance with UK employment law and minimising legal and financial risk
About You
- Proven experience as a HR Business Partner within construction, engineering, infrastructure, logistics, manufacturing, or similarly operational environments
- Extensive experience managing complex ER casework independently, with clear ownership of decisions and outcomes
- Strong, demonstrable experience of TUPE transfers, with the ability to clearly articulate your role, responsibilities, and impact
- Excellent working knowledge of UK employment law, with the confidence to apply it in practice and advise on risk
- Comfortable managing high volumes of ER cases, including sensitive and high-risk situations
- Able to demonstrate:
- Your role vs others in complex cases
- Your decision-making process
- Your approach to balancing legal risk with commercial outcomes
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge and influence senior leaders
- Highly resilient, pragmatic, and able to operate effectively in a fast-paced, changing environment
- CIPD qualified (or equivalent experience)
What Will Set You Apart
- Experience leading or heavily contributing to multiple TUPE projects in live operational environments
- A track record of navigating overlapping risk scenarios
- Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to balance legal compliance with operational realities
- Experience improving HR processes or driving change in complex organisations
Why Apply?
- High-impact role with significant autonomy and influence
- Exposure to complex, business-critical HR challenges
- Opportunity to work closely with senior operational leadership
- Fast-paced, engaging environment where your expertise will be valued and relied upon
- Scope to shape and improve HR delivery across the business
Interested?
- For a confidential discussion, please apply via Morgan Philips.
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