HR Business Partner

HR Business Partner

Location: London | Hybrid Working, 3 days per week on-site

Morgan Philips is partnering with a fast-paced, operationally driven organisation to appoint a high-calibre HR Business Partner.

This role is specifically suited to an experienced HR professional who is confident operating in complex, high-risk environments, with deep expertise in employee relations, TUPE, and organisational change. You will act as a true partner to the business, providing clear, commercially grounded advice and taking ownership of complex people challenges end-to-end.

The Role

This is a hands-on, high-impact role supporting senior operational leaders in a demanding and fast-moving environment. You will take full ownership of HR delivery across your business area, with a strong focus on risk management, performance, and operational effectiveness.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as a trusted advisor to senior operational stakeholders, confidently influencing decisions and challenging where required
• Leading complex and high-risk ER casework end-to-end, including disciplinaries, grievances, absence, capability, and dismissals
• Taking ownership of TUPE transfers, including due diligence, consultation, risk mitigation, and post-transfer integration
• Supporting and leading organisational change programmes, including restructures and redundancies
• Providing clear, legally sound and commercially pragmatic advice, particularly in high-risk or ambiguous situations
• Coaching leaders on people management, performance issues, and navigating challenging scenarios
• Driving improvements in HR processes, controls, and consistency across the business
• Ensuring compliance with UK employment law and minimising legal and financial risk

About You

• Proven experience as a HR Business Partner within construction, engineering, infrastructure, logistics, manufacturing, or similarly operational environments
• Extensive experience managing complex ER casework independently, with clear ownership of decisions and outcomes
• Strong, demonstrable experience of TUPE transfers, with the ability to clearly articulate your role, responsibilities, and impact
• Excellent working knowledge of UK employment law, with the confidence to apply it in practice and advise on risk
• Comfortable managing high volumes of ER cases, including sensitive and high-risk situations
• Able to demonstrate:
  • Your role vs others in complex cases
  • Your decision-making process
  • Your approach to balancing legal risk with commercial outcomes
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge and influence senior leaders
• Highly resilient, pragmatic, and able to operate effectively in a fast-paced, changing environment
• CIPD qualified (or equivalent experience)

What Will Set You Apart

• Experience leading or heavily contributing to multiple TUPE projects in live operational environments
• A track record of navigating overlapping risk scenarios 
• Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to balance legal compliance with operational realities
• Experience improving HR processes or driving change in complex organisations

Why Apply?

• High-impact role with significant autonomy and influence
• Exposure to complex, business-critical HR challenges
• Opportunity to work closely with senior operational leadership
• Fast-paced, engaging environment where your expertise will be valued and relied upon
• Scope to shape and improve HR delivery across the business

Interested?

For a confidential discussion, please apply via Morgan Philips.