HR Business Partner

This role is a newly created HR Business Partner position supporting a high-growth cluster of companies within the Built Environment division of Phenna Group, with a strong focus on end-to-end HR, talent, and change across a largely technical workforce.

Role overview

A HR Business Partner is required to support a business unit of around 400 employees across the UK within a cluster of testing, compliance, environmental and sustainability businesses in the built environment sector. This is a 360° generalist position, combining strategic partnering with hands-on delivery in a fast-paced, partly regulated environment.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the right-hand partner to the BU Director and leadership team, shaping and delivering the people plan across a multi-site, predominantly technical workforce.
• Lead and advise on employee relations and casework, managing lower volume but higher complexity matters across professional and technical employee groups.
• Support M&A activity including TUPE, redundancy consultations, organisational change and integration projects across the cluster.

Candidate profile

• Background in a fast-paced, product or service-led environment such as engineering, manufacturing, professional services, or technical consultancy.
• Strong HR generalist grounding with proven experience in employee relations, TUPE, redundancy and broader change management.
• Track record in workforce planning, talent acquisition, retention, engagement and management development.
• Confident leading meetings, influencing senior stakeholders and showcasing the value of HR to the business.
• Comfortable working with a professional/technical employee base, able to build credibility quickly and operate at pace.
• Personally coachable, organised, efficient and adaptable, with a growth mindset and aspiration to develop into a senior HR leader over time.

Location and structure

• Base: 3 days per week in Wakefield, with hybrid working available for the remainder.
• Scope: UK-wide remit across a cluster of built environment businesses within Phenna Group’s Built Environment division.
• Reporting: Hard line into MD and dotted line into UK HR team (all remote, cluster-based), with one local direct report (HR Administrator).

Why join this group

• Join a high-growth global provider of testing, inspection, certification and compliance services, where the Built Environment division is a key vertical with a significant UK footprint.
• Work in a business unit that represents a substantial share of divisional revenue, where embedded HR support is seen as a critical value-add and has strong senior sponsorship.
• Take ownership of a genuinely 360° HRBP remit with real influence, and the chance to shape culture, engagement and talent strategies across a cluster of specialist businesses.

If you are an existing HRBP or a commercially minded HR generalist ready to step into a true partnering role able to help shape the people agenda for a growing cluster of built environment companies, please apply with your CV, current package and notice period.