HR Business Partner – Drivers (East)
Location – based in our York Office/Newcastle Office with Working from home and with regional travel
Circa £65k dependent on experience + excellent benefits
Do you have drive, enthusiasm and a passion to help take the North further? If yes, then come and be part of our amazing team here at TransPennine Express.
We are an intercity train company connecting people and communities across our cities and major towns in the North of England and Scotland. Together we will continue to transform rail travel with faster, easier journeys that offer a step change in services with our fleet of new high-tech trains.
The North is a vibrant place to live and work and here at TransPennine Express our services are helping to keep the country moving. If you want to be involved in something truly transformative, that will have a lasting impact on how we travel, then please join us and help us to take the North further.
Reporting to the Head of Employee Relations, you will be responsible for providing day to day support to our Driver and operational management team, implementing HR and industry plans to achieve the business goals and People KPIs. You will coach and develop key customers, equipping them with appropriate tools and knowledge to effectively manage their people in line with their HR policy, procedures and employment legislation. In this generalist role, you will be an integral part of the HR team, advising managers across a wide geographical area on issues including employee relations and collective bargaining, discipline and grievance, employee engagement and occupational health and wellbeing. You will have strong consultation and negotiation skills having had significant experience of working in a unionised environment. Employee Relations is a key part of this role.
To be successful in this role you'll be a natural relationship builder with demonstrable influencing skills. You will be an excellent communicator with the ability to engage with all levels within the organisation.
With experience gained ideally in an operational environment and within a collective bargaining framework you will be required to demonstrate sound employment legislation knowledge. You will have the ability to work flexibly within the team, hit the ground running and deliver great customer service across the business.
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, then we'd love to hear from you! please visit FirstGroup Careers, complete an application form and upload a copy of your CV and a Covering Letter.
What we offer?
- Excellent career prospects.
- A personal development plan.
- Fully funded structured training and development*.
- Competitive salary paid on 4 weekly basis.
- Generous annual leave entitlement.
- Free TransPennine Express rail travel for you and your dependants*.
- Travel discounts of up to 75% off other train operating companies, plus international rail travel after 1 years' service* for you and your dependants*.
- Friends & family rail and bus travel offers with FirstGroup services*.
- Free & Confidential Employee Assistance Program and Wellbeing Portal 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help you with any finance, family, health, or wellbeing issues you have. We make sure there's someone on-hand to offer guidance, advice, and useful information for our people when they are experiencing hardship at work or at home.
- Option to join the Railway Pension Scheme with significant employer contributions.
- Family friendly maternity and paternity benefits.
- Plus, high street and lifestyle discounts as well as a cycle to work scheme*.
- Terms and conditions apply.
Help take the north further.
Why Work with us?
Our colleagues are from all walks of life with varied personal experiences and career journeys into rail. We want the best people for our roles. We are proud of our region and committed to connecting and reflecting the diverse communities that we serve across the North of England and Scotland. Our values are central to this, especially being ‘Supportive of each other'. As an inclusive employer we value individuals' contributions, regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion, or belief.