HR Business Partner

Overview

At Sisk, we’re more than a construction company, we’re a family-owned business with a global reach, committed to building excellence in every project. We deliver trust, certainty and value to our clients while embracing innovation and shaping the future of construction.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR Business Partner to join our growing Data Centre business. This is a broad and impactful generalist role where you will partner closely with business leaders to deliver a people strategy that supports ambitious growth plans, strengthens organisational capability, and drives employee engagement, performance and retention.

As a trusted advisor to managers and leaders, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering the people agenda across the business unit. Working at both a strategic and operational level, you will provide practical HR solutions, coach leaders through complex people matters, and influence decision-making through strong relationships, sound judgement and commercial insight.

The successful candidate will bring strong stakeholder management and employee relations expertise, partnering with leaders to deliver people solutions that enable business success within a fast-paced and evolving environment.

Location: Citywest Head Office (Hybrid Working Available)Reporting to: Senior HR Business Partner

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Business Unit leadership team to develop and deliver people plans aligned to business objectives and growth strategy.
• Build strong, credible relationships with key stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor on all people-related matters.
• Lead workforce and resource planning activities, ensuring current and future capability requirements are understood and addressed.
• Support and coach managers on performance management, probation reviews, employee development and leadership effectiveness.
• Develop and implement retention and engagement initiatives to support business performance and employee experience.
• Lead and advise on employee relations matters, including disciplinary processes, grievance management, investigations and other complex casework.
• Drive talent management and succession planning activities, ensuring robust development and succession plans are in place for key talent.
• Analyse and present HR data, insights and people metrics to senior leadership and board-level stakeholders to support informed decision-making.
• Support annual people processes, including performance reviews, salary review cycles and organisational planning activities.
• Provide day-to-day HR guidance and support across the business, balancing commercial outcomes with compliance and best practice.
• Collaborate with specialist HR teams to deliver integrated people solutions that meet business needs.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of HR policies, processes and ways of working.

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience in an HR Business Partner or senior HR generalist role.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence, challenge and coach leaders at all levels of the organisation.
• Solid employee relations experience, with a track record of independently managing complex and sensitive cases including disciplinary, grievance, performance management, absence management and workplace investigations.
• Confident advising managers on employment legislation, HR best practice and risk mitigation, balancing commercial outcomes with compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting business growth, organisational change and evolving workforce requirements.
• Strong workforce planning, talent management and succession planning experience.
• Demonstrated experience across the full employee lifecycle.
• Ability to interpret and utilise people data and insights to identify trends, risks and opportunities and drive business-focused actions.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and presentation skills.
• Highly organised, resilient and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
• Experience working with HR systems, including Advanced HR or similar platforms.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach with strong commercial awareness.

Desirable

• Experience supporting employees and managers across multiple EMEA jurisdictions, with an understanding of the complexities associated with differing employment legislation, cultural environments and business practices.

Qualifications

• Third-level qualification in Human Resource Management, Business, or a related discipline.
• CIPD qualification or membership is desirable but not essential.

About You

You are a commercially minded HR professional with strong generalist experience and a proven ability to build credibility with business leaders. You thrive in a growth-focused environment, are comfortable navigating complexity and change, and have the confidence to influence, challenge and coach stakeholders at all levels.

You combine strong relationship-building skills with practical HR expertise and are passionate about helping leaders and teams perform at their best.

Additional Information

What We Offer

At Sisk, your rewards package goes far beyond your salary. Our most valued benefits include:

• Competitive salary
• 26 days annual leave
• Pension scheme
• Comprehensive health, wellbeing and lifestyle supports
• Career development opportunities
• And much more as part of our Total Rewards programme

Why Join Us?

• Join a high-growth business delivering critical Data Centre projects across international markets.
• Play a visible role in shaping and delivering the people agenda within a strategically important business unit.
• Partner directly with senior leaders and influence key business decisions.
• Gain broad exposure across all aspects of HR in a true business partnering role.
• Be part of a collaborative HR team committed to enabling growth through people.
• Opportunity to develop your career within a dynamic and expanding organisation.

Our People & Recruitment Commitment

At Sisk, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer the opportunity to work with purpose, grow a career without limits and be part of a supportive, collaborative team.

All vacancies are managed directly by our Internal Recruitment Team. Unsolicited CVs or speculative contact from unapproved agencies are not accepted, and no fees will be payable.

Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility

We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, family status or any other protected characteristic. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to support all candidates.

Encouraging All Talent to Apply

We understand that the confidence gap or imposter syndrome can discourage great people from applying. Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to express your interest — your skills, experience and potential are what matter.

Compliance & Transparency

All recruitment materials are designed to meet or exceed legal and regulatory requirements, including the Irish and UK Equality Acts and the EU Pay Transparency Directive, ensuring fairness, transparency and equal access for every applicant.

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