Human Resources Manager

Are you an experienced HR Manager, looking for your next career challenge? Does the management of a nuclear power station workforce intrigue and excite you? Joining our team at Dungeness B Power Station in Kent as our next HR Manager may just be the opportunity for you!

We’re looking for you to deliver pragmatic HR solutions to the station management team, leading on the change programmes as we move into the period of defueling our power station. You’ll be managing the implementation of intelligent people related plans to deliver sustainable, excellent performance by ensuring adequate numbers of trained, competent, motivated and engaged personnel.

Your excellent communication and relationship management skills will be pivotal in the liaison across the station and the central support functions to ensure our HR provision effectively supports the station’s business plans and objectives. We have a multidiscipline workforce on the station and your experience in dealing with a range of employee demographics will be essential. 

Pay, benefits and culture

We’re offering a competitive salary, pension and bonus, with terms and conditions covered by the EDF Nuclear Generation Personal Contract. The starting salary will be dependent on your existing salary, competence, experience and qualifications.

At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself.  We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.  We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.  

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need.

We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.

What you’ll be doing

As our Human Resources Manager, you will deliver and lead in the following areas:

• Reward – working with the central reward team to ensure fair application of the strategy and managing the local review process to support line managers apply a fair approach
• Resourcing and Talent Planning – supporting the management team with the plans and implementation of recruitment, learning and development and succession planning to ensure there is resilience across the station as well as strategies in place to ensure the development and progression of the station team
• Employee Relations – liaising with representatives from trade unions, central support and leadership teams to ensure a positive and proactive ER climate is maintained, enabling the business to deliver its operational priorities
• HR Operational Delivery – providing the on-site HR team with the resources to provide an excellent level of service and ensuring senior management support as required.