This is not a compliance seat. This is a seat at the table.

Our client is a well-established, high-growth construction and mining services contractor delivering complex projects across Western Australia. As the business scales, they need an executive who can continue to build people capability into the fabric of the organisation, not bolt it on from the sidelines.

This is a genuine Executive Team position. You will sit alongside the CEO and senior leadership, shape strategy at Board level, and hold real accountability for workforce capability and organisational performance across the business.

Why this role is different

- Executive Team membership from day one, direct Board and CEO exposure
- Full remit across People & Culture, Organisational Development, Industrial Relations, and Governance
- Executive oversight of communications, marketing, and brand
- A business in growth mode, giving you the mandate to build, not just maintain

What we need from you This role demands someone who has lived and led people functions inside a construction or mining contractor environment, not someone who has spent their career on the client-side managing external contractors from a distance.

You need to understand and be well versed in the pressure driving this function within a contracting business needs, site-based workforce dynamics, and the operational tempo of a contracting business, because you will be leading through it, not observing it.

Essential experience





- Minimum 10 years in senior leadership across HR, People & Culture, or Organisational Development
- Executive-level experience gained within a construction, civil, or mining contractor (not long-term client-side or asset-owner roles)
- Proven leadership of organisational transformation and cultural change
- Robust grounding in governance, risk, and industrial relations
- Confidence presenting to Boards and Executive Teams

Why Consider This Opportunity? This is an opportunity to take ownership of a well-established People & Culture function while helping an already successful WA business navigate its next phase of growth.

You will inherit an established team and systems rather than needing to build the function from scratch, while still having significant scope to influence how the business approaches workforce planning, leadership capability, remuneration, recruitment, employee experience, and people strategy.

You will have genuine access to senior decision-makers and the opportunity to influence the organisation beyond traditional HR.

This appointment is being managed as a confidential retained search. Further information regarding the organisation, leadership team and growth strategy will be provided to suitably qualified candidates during the recruitment process.

For a confidential discussion, contact Anthea Stacey Or Guy Fulcher or apply directly with your CV.

📌 HEAD OF PEOPLE | EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP | WA CONTRACTOR (Perth)
🏢 Zenith Search
📍 Perth