People & Culture Manager

**About the company**

CMP Consulting Group Pty Ltd (CMP), are a 100% Australian owned and operated engineering consultancy. They are leaders in the water industry, and passionate about the impact they have for Australian communities through their work.

Their vision is to create a better water future for Australia and to do this through engineering consulting and project management services to the water industry, empowering people to deliver water services for Australia. The team partners with key water authorities and contractors, delivering a broad range of projects which cover the project life cycle from inception, through planning, design, construction, operation and decommissioning.

**About the role**

CMP have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, adaptable and passionate HR professional to join their management team as People and Culture (P&C) Manager.

In this role you will be responsible for managing the people, culture and employee development initiatives across a workforce of 80+ employees at a strategic and operational level helping CMP be a place where the best people in the industry want to work and are supported to stay and be their best.

What’s exciting about this role is that you will have the ability to shape CMP’s People and Culture function making a significant impact on the success of the organisation by creating a culture of high performance, overseeing talent acquisition, staff engagement and retention, while also ensuring compliance with relevant employment laws and regulations.

**Duties and responsiblities**
- Formulate & drive the people strategy;
- Manage cyclical activities including: career development pathways, annual performance development processes, employee value proposition (EVP), engagement, work, health and safety (WHS) and compliance;
- Act as a champion and agent for change, ensuring all business changes are well considered, carefully planned and effectively implemented;
- Consult, coach, advise, influence and respectfully challenge business leaders, in line with CMP’s culture and values;
- Establish key P&C reporting functionality, leveraging data and insights to understand workforce trends pertaining to attraction, engagement, and retention.

**Skills and experience**
- Tertiary qualifications in Human Resource Management or related discipline preferred;
- Proven experience working in a greenfield generalist P&C capacity where you’ve built and managed the day-to-day operations of a contemporary P&C function in a standalone capacity;
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the use of contemporary P&C practices, legislation and industrial instruments (Modern Awards, Enterprise Agreements);
- Familiarity with HRIS systems, employee engagement platforms and other HR technology tools;
- Experience working in a consultancy business desirable.

**Culture**

This role is people-centric and aligns with CMP’s values of care, relationships, and quality. This means putting people at the forefront of everything we do, prioritising their wellbeing, and building strong relationships based on trust, respect, and empathy.

CMP strives to create a workplace culture that fosters a sense of community, belonging, and purpose, where everyone feels valued, heard, and supported to strive towards a common goal.

**Benefits**
- Work/life balance - flexible working hours, part
- or full-time work, hybrid office/work from home arrangements, paid parental leave, purchased leave options;
- Culture - client and community focused, inclusive of all, fun and relational connection and access to decision-makers, with a focus on wellbeing, safety, and health;
- Career advancement - develop leadership skills in a growing business, peer-to-peer training through in-house CMP University program, all expenses paid industry events;
- Impact - get involved with an awarding-winning leader in social procurement with initiatives supporting Aboriginal businesses, women in STEM, and carbon and sustainability.
- We care about where we’re going - the outcomes of our work on people and planet; and how we get there - putting safety and wellbeing first and always helping each other out.

**How to apply