People Partner
Clydebank | Office-Based with Hybrid options available when needed
Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits
We're delighted to be exclusively partnering with Northern Marine Group to recruit a People Partner to join their established People team during an exciting period of growth and change.
This is a business where people genuinely matter and where HR is viewed as a valued partner to the wider organisation. As they continue to evolve, they're looking for a credible HR professional who can build trust, influence stakeholders and provide sound judgement across a broad range of people matters.
This role is about more than policy.
You'll be comfortable supporting managers and leaders, coaching through challenges and providing practical, commercially-minded advice.
But what will really set you apart is your ability to read a room. To understand the dynamics behind the conversation. To build credibility with a wide range of stakeholders. To identify trends, spot potential issues early and work proactively to find solutions before challenges escalate.
You'll be someone who can build credibility quickly, influence with confidence and challenge constructively when needed. You'll be comfortable operating in a professional environment where managers look to HR not just for answers, but for perspective, judgement and trusted advice.
What will you be doing?
Working closely with managers and leaders across the business, you'll provide support across the full employee lifecycle and contribute to a variety of people initiatives and projects.
This will include:
• Advising and coaching managers on employee relations matters, including performance management, absence, disciplinary and grievance processes
• Supporting recruitment, retention and workforce planning activity
• Building strong relationships with stakeholders across the business
• Supporting learning, development, wellbeing and employee engagement initiatives
• Using people data and insights to identify trends and opportunities
• Supporting compensation and benefits activity
• Contributing to HR projects, process improvements and organisational change initiatives
• Promoting best practice, compliance and a positive employee experience
Who will thrive here?
You'll be comfortable operating in a highly professional, structured and safety-led environment and will enjoy working with managers who value HR's input and expect you to add genuine value.
You'll be someone who naturally builds trust, understands stakeholder dynamics and can confidently guide managers through people challenges whilst balancing the needs of both the individual and the business.
You enjoy building relationships and earning trust, and people value your judgement because you're approachable, pragmatic and discreet.
Most importantly, you'll balance confidence with humility. You'll know when to listen, when to challenge and when to support.
What are we looking for?
We're looking to speak with credible People Partners who bring broad generalist HR experience and enjoy working closely with the business.
You'll bring:
• Broad generalist HR experience
• Strong employee relations capability
• Confidence coaching and influencing managers
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Commercial awareness and pragmatic decision-making
• Strong employment law knowledge
• High levels of emotional intelligence
• A proactive and solutions-focused approach
Why join?
Above all, you'll join a team who are incredibly passionate about both the business and the people they support. What stood out throughout our discussions was the genuine care, pride and sense of responsibility they have for their workforce. The decisions made ashore can have a direct impact on the lives and livelihoods of people working across the globe, and the HR team take that responsibility seriously. Their passion for doing the right thing, supporting people well and helping the business succeed was genuinely infectious.
If you're looking for a role where your ability to build relationships is valued just as highly as your HR expertise, we'd love to hear from you.
For a confidential discussion, please contact Kelsie for a further chat – Kelsie.Patterson@Syme Drummond.co.uk