HR Business Partner (Generalist)

About the role

Leed, a privately owned Australian civil contractor with over 350 staff and offices in Adelaide, Bendigo, Cooma and Melbourne, is looking for an experienced HR Business Partner (Generalist) to join its HR team. With recent growth and an agreement to join JN Bentley, the UK contracting arm of the Mott MacDonald Group, the role supports people-focused initiatives across the Leed Group. Reporting to the HR Manager, the position works across HR systems, special projects and business partners, supported by a collaborative team.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with leaders on the full employee lifecycle, and support site supervisors and project managers with workplace issues, conflict resolution and culture across multiple sites and depots.
• Help optimise the new HRIS platform (Employment Hero), including configuring workflows and embedding day-to-day HR operations.
• Support organisational change initiatives and coach leaders through change and transformation.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, probation, performance reviews and employee development in a dispersed, project-driven workforce.
• Work with payroll, safety, finance, operations and workforce teams on people outcomes across civil construction sites.
• Coordinate performance reviews for office and field employees and help supervisors manage performance across sites.
• Ensure pay, conditions and entitlements align with enterprise agreements, awards and the Fair Work Act in a blue-collar, EA-heavy environment.
• Undertake ad hoc projects and initiatives requested by the HR Manager or GM Corporate Services.

Required profile

• A capable generalist HR professional who enjoys operational businesses, ideally in construction, civil contracting or another blue-collar/industrial setting.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build trust with leaders and rapport with site teams, supervisors and corporate staff.
• Comfortable breaking down projects and delivering them; practical, solutions-focused approach to employee relations.
• Sound understanding of awards, the Fair Work Act and experience with IR matters in a unionised or EA-driven workforce.
• Clear communicator able to adapt to audiences from labourers to senior management.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines and compliance requirements across sites, and willingness to travel to or support multiple locations.

Required skills

• Experience using Employment Hero is highly regarded but not essential.
• Knowledge of enterprise agreements, awards and the Fair Work Act.

What we offer

• Opportunity to join a rapidly growing business with global backing.
• Competitive salary with training and development pathways.
• Clear career pathways within a global engineering network.
• A supportive, collaborative HR team and a culture built on trust, camaraderie and inclusion.