Job Description

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.

We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.

This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.

We are seeking an experienced HR Advisor to support our Scotland operations in a fast-paced, operational environment. This is a hands-on role where you will take ownership of complex people matters and work closely with managers to provide practical business focused HR support. This role would suit someone who is confident managing their own caseload, able to balance competing priorities, and experienced in handling sensitive, high-volume employee relations activity, working within a supportive and collaborative HR team.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide HR support across the business, providing expert, practical guidance on a wide range of people issues
• Manage employee relations cases end-to-end, including investigations, disciplinary, grievance and absence cases, ensuring timely and consistent outcomes
• Lead on sickness absence management, including case reviews, occupational health referrals and return-to-work planning
• Lead and support managers with maternity, family leave and flexible working processes, ensuring compliance with policy, high-quality documentation, and appropriate stakeholder communication
• Provide clear, commercially focused advice to managers, challenging and coaching where appropriate to support effective decision-making
• Maintain accurate and comprehensive case documentation, ensuring audit-ready records and adherence to policy and employment legislation
• Identify trends in employee relations, providing insight and recommendations to support proactive interventions
• Work closely with HR Business Partners, sharing insight and supporting a consistent approach to people matters
• Ensure effective coordination with HR Shared Services on all employee lifecycle changes, maintaining accuracy and compliance
• Support delivery of key HR initiatives including compensation reviews, organisational changes, and continuous improvement activity

Experience & Qualifications

• Strong generalist HR experience, ideally within a fast-paced, operational environment
• Proven experience of independently managing complex employee relations cases
• Solid understanding of UK employment law and its practical application
• CIPD qualified (or working towards)
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver to tight deadlines
• Comfortable working in a high-volume, reactive environment
• Experienced user of Microsoft Office applications and Access
• Strong team player with excellent communication skills
• Ability to establish and develop excellent client relationships (internal and external) to promote trust and confidence
• Proactive and solutions focused approach

If you wish to speak to a member of the recruitment team, please contact 01224 246246.

claire.dingwall@bilfinger.com