About the role

Hands-on HRBP role supporting office-based teams and field engineers in a technical business environment. High-impact opportunity with a focus on employee relations and culture shaping.

Responsibilities

Be a pragmatic, people-centred advisor
Provide clear, grounded guidance to managers, with an emphasis on understanding context, supporting good judgement, and handling ER matters in a fair, balanced, and human way.
Support a culture of good leadership, not discipline-first thinking
Help leaders build trust, improve team dynamics, and address issues early, preventing the need for formal processes unless absolutely needed.
Partner with operational managers and field teams
Gain deep insight into how our Service business works and support leaders who manage technicians, engineers, and customer-facing teams.
Deliver core HR processes with clarity and simplicity
Take ownership of talent cycles, performance reviews, development conversations, succession planning, and organisational changes, partnering with COEs where appropriate, without blurring boundaries.
Guide leaders through change
Bring steadiness, empathy, and communication skills to help teams navigate transformation and new ways of working.
Apply your UK/IE employment law knowledge confidently
Offer robust, business-oriented advice that protects both the company and its people.
Champion inclusion and belonging
Help shape a culture where everyone — including underrepresented groups in technical environments — feels included and supported.

Associate CIPD or newly qualified MCIPD, with ambition to grow into a strong, business focussed HRBP.
Analytical and data-driven, with sharp attention to detail, enjoying the data side as much as the people side of the role.
Solid grounding in employee relations and strong knowledge of UK and Irish employment law.
Someone who values people, fairness, and culture, not a disciplinaries-first mindset.
Practical and solutions-focused, able to simplify complex issues for managers.
Comfortable partnering with leaders in a technical, engineering-heavy, site-based environment.
Curious, collaborative, and motivated to learn from senior HRBPs and COEs.
Able to work with pace and handle the variety that comes with a service-based business.

A clear growth path into a full HRBP role, with hands-on coaching from an experienced Europe HRBP.
Exposure to a complex, high-impact service business, giving you real breadth across ER, talent, workforce planning, and change.
The chance to shape culture in an operational, engineering-led environment where HR makes a visible difference.
Flexibility and trust in how you manage your work, including hybrid working.
Global learning opportunities through Hitachi Energy’s learning platforms, HR communities, and development frameworks.
Competitive compensation and benefits, including pension, healthcare, income protection, employee assistance programmes, and more.
A supportive, values-led environment where safety, wellbeing, and inclusion are genuinely embedded.