About Us:
From desalination plants providing clean water to Australian communities, to treatment facilities that return wastewater safely to the environment, Guidera O’Connor designs and delivers tailored solutions that make a real difference to people’s lives.

Guidera O’Connor designs, constructs, and commissions:

• Water treatment plants
• Pumping stations
• Chemical dosing systems
• Filtration
• Odour control
• Desalination plants
• Aquifer storage and recovery
• Reuse systems.

We work with customers across Australia, including:

• Water authorities
• Local government
• Mining and resources companies
• Private asset owners
• Head contractors
• Engineering organisations.

Our business is founded on five guiding principles: Care, Integrity, Passion, Respect, and Future, each of which inform our collaborative, innovative, solutions-focused approach.
More than infrastructure, we deliver value, creating the systems that make safe, clean water possible for people and communities across the country, now and into the future.

The role:
We are currently seeking an experienced People & Culture professional to join our team based in Thebarton, South Australia.  As the successful applicant you will manage a small team delivering HR support, operational and cyclical activities, and projects to operationalise P&C deliverables. 
This role will foster a positive workplace culture, enabling the success of employees and leaders through effective people engagement, management and development practices. 
The role requires a demonstrated knowledge of the Fair Work Act and best-practice People & Culture processes. A pragmatic and collaborative approach is required to deliver value to internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities include:

• Manage a small partnering team to deliver people and culture support, operational and cyclical activities and projects that will improve employee experience, development, capability and engagement.
• Support development and overall delivery of our talent and capability programs. 
• Lead the development of business resource planning process to enhance strategic resource planning
• Support delivery of leadership capability and development programs, including working with external parties to deliver.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to overhaul and enhance our early careers program
• Lead our ongoing work to enhance our flexible work options to further enable work life balance and to attract greater diversity to our teams.

As our ideal candidate you will have: 

• Demonstrated experience in human resources/people and culture, including team management
• Strong understanding of the Fair Work Act, and relevant workplace legislation, and regulations. 
• Business acumen and experience with a variety of industries is an advantage 
• Excellent written and verbal communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build and maintain stakeholder relationships.
• Problem-solving and analytical mindset to identify risks 
• Strong organisational and time management skills 
• Attention to detail with high level of accuracy 
• High level of integrity and confidentiality

About our Benefits:
In return for your skills and experience, we offer you supportive colleagues and inspiring leadership; training and development opportunities; meaningful and interesting work all within a great culture and work environment.

More specifically they include:

• Free parking
• Site and office lunches provided
• Flexible work arrangements
• Additional annual leave for service milestones
• 15 days’ personal leave
• Company funded wellbeing program
• Paid Parental leave

At Guidera O’Connor we respect and value a diverse, inclusive, and belonging workplace.  We strongly encourage applications from all people, regardless of age, sex, or culture.  
As part of our commitments to gender equity, we also aim to continue to increase participation of women in the Construction Industry and encourage applications from females for all positions. 
Additionally, as part of our commitment to Reconciliation Action, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for all positions.

Please apply online but do feel free to contact the Executive Manager People and Culture via genevieve.evans@goc.net.au or careers@goc.net.au for any further information.