Job Description

About the Role

As an HR Business Partner based in Portlethen, you will collaborate with internal clients across multiple sites, providing specialised HR support. Leveraging your expertise in HR partnering, you will build strong relationships and coach managers to achieve business objectives effectively. Supported by NOV’s Centres of Excellence, you will play a key role in developing strategies for key and high-potential employees, facilitating talent mobility, and enhancing organisational capability. You will equip stakeholders with the tools and guidance needed for effective people management, while contributing to projects that improve cost-efficiency and service delivery through both strategic and transactional HR support.

About the Company

NOV is a leading provider of technology, equipment, and services to the global energy industry. With a strong commitment to innovation, safety, and operational excellence, NOV partners with customers to deliver reliable solutions that drive performance and efficiency. The company fosters a collaborative and inclusive work environment where employees are empowered to contribute to continuous improvement and long-term success.

What We Offer

We offer a dynamic and collaborative work environment where you will have the opportunity to make a tangible impact on business performance. You will be supported by experienced HR professionals and Centres of Excellence, enabling your continued professional development. NOV provides opportunities for career progression, exposure to multi-site operations, and the ability to influence strategic people initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee all employee relations cases, ensuring quality assurance, risk mitigation, and conducting hearings as required
• Use professional insight to identify people-related opportunities, priorities, and risks in collaboration with managers
• Influence and challenge management to ensure solutions align with NOV policies and procedures
• Support the HR Segment Manager in the development and implementation of KPIs, business initiatives, and people strategy
• Partner with management and Talent Acquisition to ensure effective workforce planning, including headcount forecasting, to meet current and future business needs
• Collaborate with middle management to identify business risks and support the development and implementation of mitigation plans
• Train, coach, and guide management on best practices related to working environment, culture, and organisational changes

Qualifications & Skills

• Degree in Human Resources or related field (desirable)
• CIPD qualification (essential)
• Chartered CIPD status (desirable)

Interpersonal Skills

• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills
• Effective communication and influencing abilities
• Coaching and mentoring capability to support management development
• Analytical thinking with the ability to identify risks and opportunities
• Proactive and solution-oriented mindset

Every day, the oil and gas industry’s best minds put more than 150 years of experience to work to help our customers achieve lasting success.

We Power the Industry that Powers the World
Throughout every region in the world and across every area of drilling and production, our family of companies has provided the technical expertise, advanced equipment, and operational support necessary for success—now and in the future.

Global Family
We are a global family of thousands of individuals, working as one team to create a lasting impact for ourselves, our customers, and the communities where we live and work.

Purposeful Innovation
Through purposeful business innovation, product creation, and service delivery, we are driven to power the industry that powers the world better.

Service Above All
This drives us to anticipate our customers’ needs and work with them to deliver the finest products and services on time and on budget.