Why Marr

Marr Contracting is a third-generation, family-owned Australian business recognised globally for pioneering heavy-lift luffing tower crane solutions across some of the most complex construction and infrastructure projects in the world.

With almost 100 years of experience and operations across Australia and the United Kingdom, we are known for engineering excellence, an creative approach to solving complex lifting challenges, and a culture built on trust, safety, teamwork and innovation.

Our next chapter is one of considerable global growth. We are scaling our workforce, systems and capability to support larger projects and current markets - while preserving the practical, long-term thinking of a family-owned business. This is an opportunity to help shape how we grow.

Why we need you

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Human Resources Business Partner to join our HR team as the senior operational HR lead in Australia and a key point of support for the United Kingdom, Europe and other global operations. Reporting to the Global Head of Human Resources, you will convert enterprise people priorities into practical regional execution and provide trusted, commercially grounded advice to leaders.

This role combines strategic partnership with hands-on delivery. You will have the autonomy to resolve complex matters, influence critical workforce decisions and lead people workstreams that support operational continuity and global growth. Your impact will come through judgement, credibility, coaching and functional leadership across a matrix environment.

What you’ll lead

- Partner with key operational leaders on workforce strategy, organisation effectiveness, capability, labour risk, employee experience and project readiness.

- Translate growth plans and project pipelines into integrated workforce plans covering structure, capacity, critical roles, succession, workforce cost and resourcing priorities.

- Lead complex employee relations, industrial relations,



workplace investigations, consultation, performance and organisational change matters to fair, timely and defensible outcomes.

- Drive priority recruitment, mobilisation, succession and onboarding for operational, professional and management roles, including hard-to-fill and growth-critical positions.

- Provide senior advice on remuneration, job evaluation, employment documentation, cross-border mobility and right-to-work matters in partnership with Payroll, Finance and specialist advisers.

- Strengthen HR operations through reliable workforce insights, fit-for-purpose policies, scalable processes, sound governance and disciplined project delivery.

What you’ll bring

You are a highly credible senior HR practitioner who can move comfortably between the office and operational environment. You bring sound judgement, calm authority and the courage to challenge constructively. You understand that exceptional HR in a project-based business must balance employee experience, legal obligations, workforce cost, safety, operational continuity and precedent.

Your experience will include:

- At least 7-10 years of broad HR experience, including several years at Senior HR Business Partner or equivalent level in a complex operational environment.

- A strong record of independently leading complex employee relations, industrial relations,

- investigations, organisational change and performance matters.

- Advanced working knowledge of Australian employment law, the Fair Work framework, up-to-date awards and enterprise agreements.





- Executive and operational partnering across workforce planning, organisation design, talent, remuneration, recruitment and business growth.

- The ability to manage competing priorities, sensitive information and material workforce risk with a high degree of autonomy.

- Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Business or a related discipline, or equivalent substantial relevant experience.

Experience in construction, engineering, infrastructure, cranes, heavy lift, plant, mining or another project-based, high-risk industry will be highly regarded. Exposure to UK or European operations, cross-border employment, mobility, job evaluation, HR technology or workforce analytics would also be valuable.

Why this role stands out

- Global growth with genuine influence: help build the workforce and people foundations for Marr's next stage of international expansion.

- A meaningful mandate: lead the operational people agenda, deputise on agreed matters and bring clear recommendations to senior decision-makers.

- Variety and complexity: work across operations, engineering, workshops, project teams and corporate functions on issues that matter.

- Highly competitive remuneration, international exposure and opportunities to grow with an expanding business.

Ready to help shape the next chapter?

If you are an accomplished Senior HR Business Partner or similar level who wants to combine operational impact with global opportunity, we would like to hear from you.

Click Apply and submit your resume and a concise covering letter. Tell us about the complex operational HR challenge you are most proud of resolving, and how you balanced people, risk and commercial outcomes.

To learn more about Marr Contracting, visit www.marr.com.au.

Marr Contracting is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity, equity and inclusion and encourage people from all walks of life to join us on our journey.

📌 Senior Human Resources Business Partner - Operations (Sefton)
🏢 Marr Contracting
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