This is boots on the ground, factory floor to boardroom, five NSW sites plus national corporate functions. This role has a broad scope, and you will be busy delivering on this massive opportunity.

If that excites you, keep reading.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We're looking for a Senior HR Business Partner to own NSW operations and our corporate functions - Finance, Group Integrated Services, and Marketing & Commercial for Infrastructure Products Australia, part of CRH (Fortune 500, 26 countries, you've probably driven over our products today).

You are the person the State Manager calls when they've got an ER issue. The person functional leaders trust to help them navigate complex people matters. The person who walks onto a manufacturing site and earns respect because you know what you're doing, not because of your title.

You'll be the primary HR partner across all Civilmart & Cubis sites in NSW, managing the full employee lifecycle, running enterprise agreement bargaining, handling complex ER, coaching leaders, and driving people strategy that actually connects to operational outcomes. Over time, you'll be supported by a dedicated HR Advisor as the function scales.

This role reports to the HR Director and sits within a tight, supportive HR team that genuinely backs each other.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

• End-to-end HR partnering across NSW operations and corporate functions (Finance, Integrated Services, Marketing & Commercial)
• A dedicated HR Business Advisor, NSW, as your direct report
• Workforce planning, talent acquisition, onboarding, performance management, capability development and organisational design
• Employee and industrial relations across your remit - from performance management to investigations to Fair Work Commission matters
• Enterprise agreement bargaining for relevant NSW sites and enabling functions (strategy, negotiation, drafting, lodgement)
• Compliance across the Fair Work Act, NES, modern awards, enterprise agreements, WHS and psychosocial hazard legislation, including 482 visa sponsorship obligations

NON-NEGOTIABLES

1. You can run concurrent ER matters, support a direct report, oversee recruitment across multiple sites and deliver national project work at the same time. Time management isn't something you "work on." It's your superpower.
2. You are confident but humble. You hold your own in all environments and you can walk onto a manufacturing floor and people know you're there to help.
3. You are proactive. You don't sit at your desk waiting for the phone to ring. You're already across what's coming.
4. You know employment law. Not textbook. Applied, risk-calibrated, practical knowledge you use every single day. Fair Work Act, general protections, awards, EAs, redundancy, investigations.
5. You are a genuine business partner. You influence decisions. You challenge constructively. You earn trust through competence. You make leaders better at leading people.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Minimum 7 years' experience in a Senior HRBP, HR Manager or equivalent role across multi-site operations
• Practical, applied knowledge of the Fair Work Act, NES, modern awards and Australian employment law
• Experience managing complex ER, including investigations, terminations, redundancies and FWC proceedings
• Experience in EA bargaining - strategy, negotiation and lodgement (preferred)
• Experience leading and developing HR team members
• Manufacturing, infrastructure or operationally complex multi-site experience (preferred)
• Highly desirable: experience managing general protections risk, 482 visa compliance, psychosocial hazard legislation and/or the Concrete Products Award 2020

WHAT WE OFFER

• A supportive team both in HR and across the NSW region
• An empowered opportunity to make a lasting impact
• A role with genuine complexity and variety - no two weeks look the same
• Part of CRH, a global leader in our industry
• Competitive salary + superannuation + car allowance + phone & laptop

HOW TO APPLY

Hit Apply Now. Attach your resume and a brief cover letter in your own words telling us why you're the right fit. Keep it real, we can spot AI a mile off.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. This role reports to the HR Director and sits within a genuinely supportive HR team that backs each other. It is based in NSW at the Homebush office, with travel to your NSW sites.