Senior Industrial Relations Manager

Overview

As Senior Industrial Relations Manager, you will shape Hitachi Rail UK’s IR strategy and drive constructive relations with Trade Unions and employee representatives. You’ll partner with senior leaders to align industrial relations with business goals, support major transformation programmes, and lead complex bargaining to safeguard performance and engagement. Your work helps navigate a unionised environment while informing and representing our people. This is a strategic, impact‑driven role in a fast-evolving rail technology business.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the UK Industrial Relations strategy
• Build strong relationships with Trade Unions and employee representatives
• Lead collective bargaining and pay negotiations
• Support large-scale organisational change and transformation programmes
• Manage complex industrial relations challenges and minimise business risk
• Coach leaders and HR teams to strengthen industrial relations capability

Key requirements

• Significant experience leading Industrial Relations strategy within a unionised organisation
• Strong track record of successful collective bargaining and negotiation
• Experience managing complex employee relations and dispute resolution
• Deep knowledge of UK employment and Trade Union legislation
• Outstanding stakeholder management, influencing and communication skills
• Ability to balance commercial priorities with positive employee relations outcomes
• Experience in rail, transport, engineering, manufacturing or safety-critical environments (valued)

• stakeholder management
• influencing
• communication
• UK employment and Trade Union legislation
• collective bargaining
• dispute resolution

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