Hr senior manager

Nigel Wright Group are delighted to be partnering with BWS Group to appoint their first Group HR Manager — a pivotal hire at a defining point in the company’s growth. This is not a traditional HR role. It is an opportunity to build and shape a modern, scalable HR function from the ground up within a fast-growing, multi-site, operational business. You will work closely with the CEO and leadership team to create the people infrastructure needed to support continued expansion, influencing culture, capability, and performance across a field-based workforce where people remain at the centre of success. The role is primarily site-based across the Bath and Dorset locations, reflecting the importance of leadership visibility, relationship building, and close collaboration with operational teams. Build and embed a scalable HR function aligned to a growing, multi-site organisation Partner closely with the CEO and leadership team, providing pragmatic, commercially focused guidance Strengthen recruitment, retention and workforce planning to support sustained growth Lead on employee relations and ensure robust, consistent application of UK employment law Develop management capability across operational teams through coaching, structure, and tools Establish clear, consistent people processes that improve performance and reduce risk Strong HR generalist background (HR Manager / Senior HR Business Partner) Strong UK employment law and employee relations experience Experience supporting operational, field-based or engineering workforces Experience in engineering services, fire and security, construction, FM, utilities or similar A genuine opportunity to build an HR function from first principles Direct exposure to and partnership with the CEO and leadership team A business where HR is seen as critical to performance, not just compliance A people-led, operational environment where HR will remain central as organisations evolve