HR Business Partner

HR Business Partner 

Location: Venlo, Netherlands 

Part Time or Full Time Hours   
 

Are you passionate about partnering with leaders to drive business performance, develop high-performing teams, and make a real impact across an organisation? As an HR Business Partner at Weir, you'll play a key role in supporting a diverse employee population across multiple functions, helping managers navigate people challenges while shaping the future of our workforce. This is an opportunity to move beyond transactional HR and become a trusted advisor, influencing business decisions and delivering meaningful value across a complex, global organisation. 

What We Offer 

At Weir, we are proud to provide reward on a basis which is fair and attractive, including a competitive benefits package. Through our "We Are Weir" framework, we focus on the importance of our people and the contribution they make to our organisation. 

• Health & Wellbeing: As a global organisation there isn't one single solution that enables wellbeing for everyone. Our Health & Wellness framework focuses on Culture & Leadership, Safety & Environmental, Mental Wellbeing, Physical Wellbeing, Digital Wellbeing and Financial Wellbeing to support our employees in ways that matter most. 

• Grow Your Own Way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. You'll have opportunities to take on new challenges, broaden your experience, develop new skills and build a career that is uniquely yours. We encourage our people to do the best work of their lives. 

• Be You and Belong: Weir is a welcoming and inclusive workplace where every contribution matters. We encourage collaboration, innovation and authentic self-expression, creating an environment where everyone can thrive. 

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Key Responsibilities 

• Partner closely with managers and leaders to provide expert guidance on team effectiveness, organisational design, workforce planning and people-related challenges. 

• Coach and support managers on performance management, employee development and business-led people decisions. 

• Drive the successful implementation of Weir people processes, including talent, development and broader HR initiatives across the business. 

• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across manufacturing, operations, supply chain and global functions, delivering value-added HR partnership within a matrix organisation. 

• Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero-harm behaviours in support of our drive towards developing a world-class safety culture. 

Job Knowledge, Education and Qualifications 

• Experience as an HR Business Partner supporting both blue-collar and salaried employee populations. 

• Strong knowledge of performance management, manager coaching and employee lifecycle processes. 

• Experience working within a complex stakeholder environment, ideally supporting manufacturing, operations or industrial businesses. 

• Knowledge of Dutch employment legislation, or the ability to quickly learn and apply it effectively. 

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What Success Looks Like 

You'll be recognised as a trusted advisor by managers and senior stakeholders, helping improve team performance, strengthen leadership capability and drive organisational effectiveness. Success in this role comes from balancing strategic HR partnership with operational excellence, identifying opportunities to improve processes, and delivering tangible value to the business every day. 

Must be permanently authorised to work in the Netherlands without sponsorship. 

We Are Weir! 

Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 countries, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives. 

For additional information about what it is like to work at Weir, please visit our Career Page and LinkedIn Life Page.  

Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status 

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