Job Description
Job Title:  People Business Advisor
Job Location:  Alness (IV17 0PH)
Country/Region:  United Kingdom

Murphy is recruiting for a People Business Advisor to work with Energy on the ASTI Framework based out of Alness. 

Our business is well-known for its extensive in-house expertise, experience, and continuous drive to innovate within the industry to create added value for all our customers. Throughout our history we have strived to challenge the norm and incorporate a wide range of new technologies and capabilities to ensure we meet the ever-changing markets and demands. Today we support groundbreaking transmission and distribution projects in four countries - ensuring their energy security for decades to come.

We offer a wide range of services including design, construction and commissioning. We deliver Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) projects serving both regulated and private customers along with technical and engineering solutions within the conventional power and energy transition markets. Our continual drive to innovate, while encouraging sustainability, ensures we remain at the forefront of the industry, and is demonstrated in our long-standing relationships with major energy providers in multiple countries.

  • Provide Line Managers with expert ER advice and guidance, ensuring the advice and support given is proactive, accurate and timely.  
  • Ensure that ER advice to Line Managers is in-line with Company values, policies and procedures, HR best practice plus prevailing legislative and regulatory requirements in order to minimise the risk to the Company. 
  • Up-skill Line Managers by coaching managers through the process. 
  • Advise and coach Line Managers and work to assess risks and use judgement. 
  • Address ER issues at any early stage to mitigate tribunal claims.   
  • Provide Line Managers with clear reasons behind advice and recommended actions. 
  • Identify trends in types of calls from Line Managers that do not progress to cases and escalate as appropriate with recommended actions. 
  • Keep abreast of changes in employment legislation. 
  • Ability to generate planning solutions during restructures complex change management, ER cases and absence management. 
  • Advise and provide guidance on grievance, capability and disciplinary cases. Offer support as necessary for investigations and appeals. (Support with formal hearings where required). 
  • Responding to ER queries sent to the ER Queries Mailbox in a timely manner. 
  • Liaising with SHES to ensure effective Occupational Health case management so that long term and intermittent absence cases are managed proactively.  Proactive in managing sick absence levels, return to work programmes where applicable.

 

What’s in it for you?

  • 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year, holidays increase with length of service
  • Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review
  • Above market rate contributory pension scheme
  • Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus
  • Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus
  • Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations
  • Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development
  • Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc

 

About Murphy

Murphy is formally recognised as a sector leading employer, Platinum Investors In People accredited along with reported operating profit up 57% on prior year. At Murphy, we are incredibly proud of our diverse workforce. Not only do our people represent over 60 different nationalities, but they also represent a wide range of backgrounds, ethnicities and ages. With a forward order book of £5.4bn and £23m Invested in environmentally friendly plant in 2024 there really is #MoretoMurphy

 

If you are unable to apply via the usual process, please call Sarah Fearnley  on 07353 136 869 to discuss in more detail. 

 

Due to the requirements of the role, in addition to our standard identity and right to work checks, successful candidates will be asked to undertake a basic Disclosure and Barring Service check.

 

Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK