Senior Employee Relations Specialist

Babcock Canada Inc.; Dunfermline; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent international engineering firm seeks a Senior Employee Relations Specialist based in Dunfermline, Scotland. This role involves managing complex employee relations cases and performing settlement negotiations while providing guidance to the ER team. Ideal candidates will possess extensive experience in employee relations within a global context, a strong understanding of UK employment law, and the ability to thrive both autonomously and collaboratively. This exciting opportunity offers a competitive benefits package and development opportunities.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Digital GP access

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading

Paid volunteering day

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Employee Relations expert within a complex global organisation.
• Experience operating in a unionised environment.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex employee relations cases and settlement negotiations.
• Advise and coach managers on employment law and policy.
• Build partnerships with business leaders and HR teams.

Skills

Employee Relations expertise

Strong understanding of employment law

Innovative problem-solving

Confidence and proactivity

Education

CIPD Level 5 or equivalent

Job description

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Senior Employee Relations Specialist

Location: Dunfermline, Fife

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape the Future of Employee Relations at Babcock

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Employee Relations Specialist at Rosyth, near Dunfermline, Fife.

Role

As a Senior Employee Relations Specialist, you’ll take the lead in managing complex employee relations cases and settlement negotiations, while coaching and supporting the ER team. This is a pivotal role where you’ll influence business best practices, develop policies and processes, and build strong stakeholder relationships. Your work will help shape a positive, fair, and legally compliant workplace, making a real difference to our people and our organisation.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the first point of contact for all ER-related matters
• Providing governance and guidance for change programmes, including TUPE and restructuring
• Advising and coaching managers on employment law and policy to ensure fair and consistent decisions
• Building partnerships with business leaders and HR teams to sustain positive employee relations
• Keeping up to date with employment law, legislation, and best practice

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at Rosyth.

Essential experience

• Proven experience as an Employee Relations expert within a complex global organisation
• Strong understanding of ER, employment law, and relevant legislation
• Experience operating in a unionised environment
• Commercially and data-driven approach with innovative problem-solving skills
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively with confidence and proactivity.

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 5 or equivalent (preferred)
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.