HR Manager
- Location:
- Northern Beaches, New South Wales, Australia
- Posted:
- 27th July 2026
- Advertiser:
- Hays - ANZ - 3008918
- Own and Established an HR Function
- Work for a growing Environment SME in Sydney's Northern Beaches
- HR Operational Focus withTalent Development and Compliance Projects
Your new company
A well-established and growing Australian-owned blue collar business with a national footprint and a workforce of 100 + employees. Operating across multiple business units and servicing highly regulated industries, the organisation has built an outstanding reputation for delivering specialist solutions to a diverse client base. Following a period of strong growth, the business is investing in its people capability through the creation of its first dedicated HR Manager position. This represents a rare opportunity to join a values-driven organisation where people, collaboration and long-term success are genuinely at the heart of the business.
Your new role
As the HR Manager, you will establish and lead the HR function across the business, taking ownership of the full employee life cycle while acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders. This is a highly visible and influential role, combining strategic people leadership with hands-on operational HR delivery. You will work closely with the Managing Director, operational and business leaders to build capability, enhance performance, strengthen culture and ensure best-practice people processes are embedded across the organisation.
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Leading and developing the HR function across multiple business units
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Partnering with senior leaders on organisation design and people strategy
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Managing recruitment, coaching hiring managers through the recruitment process
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Onboarding, employee checks and compliance
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Overseeing employee relations, performance management, advising on awards, employment legislation
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Design and delivery of leadership coaching
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Managing annual remuneration reviews, salary benchmarking and reward initiatives
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Developing succession planning, talent management and leadership development programs
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Driving HR compliance, policy development and continuous process improvement
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Managing employee risk assessments and compliance requirements
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Optimising HR systems and enhancing the overall employee experience
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Building trusted relationships across all levels of the organisation and acting as the key point of contact for HR matters
What you'll need to succeed
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To be successful in this role, you will be a commercially minded HR professional who enjoys operating in both strategic and operational environments.
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Proven experience in a senior HR Manager, People & Culture Manager or standalone HR leadership position
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Experience working in SME and small business cultures with expertise in greenfield and scale up type of work is required and pivotal to the shortlisting process
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Strong generalist HR expertise across employee relations, talent management and learning & development
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Experience coaching and influencing senior leaders and executive stakeholders
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Demonstrated success leading performance, remuneration and salary benchmarking
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The ability to build HR capability and create structure within a growing business
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Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills
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Experience within engineering, manufacturing, industrial, technical, construction, or other operational environments will be highly regarded
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Understanding of compliance, governance or security-related people processes in regulated industries
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A hands-on approach combined with the confidence to contribute strategically at leadership level
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Most importantly, you will be someone who can build trust, establish credibility quickly and bring a practical, solutions-focused approach to HR.
What You'll Get in Return
- Newly created position with genuine influence across the organisation
- Opportunity to build and shape the HR function from the ground up
- Direct access to a collaborative and highly engaged executive leadership team
- Full time in office with potential for 1 day a week WFH depending on the need of the candidate
- Competitive salary for this level and generous access to bonus
- Free onsite parking
- A rare HR opportunity located on Sydney's Northern Beaches
- Long-term career growth within a successful and expanding Australian business
- The chance to make a lasting impact on a highly respected organisation during an exciting phase of growth and transformation
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, your salary needs and expertise in previous SME or current Greenfield style roles as this experience is Pivotal and Required to be considered for the position.
