HR Business Partner - Projects & Transformation

Lanes Group is a leading nationwide utility services provider with over 4,500 dedicated employees. Our diverse subsidiaries drive our success across various sectors, contributing to a remarkable turnover of over £500 million. We are committed to excellence and innovation, ensuring we provide industry leading services to our clients and stakeholders.

Purpose of the role:

The HR Business Partner – Projects & Transformation plays a pivotal role in shaping and delivering strategic people initiatives that enable business transformation, organisational change, and continuous improvement across the Group. Acting as a trusted partner to senior leaders, this role provides expert guidance and leadership on the people aspects of change, ensuring initiatives are effectively planned, delivered, and sustainably embedded within the business.

You will lead and deliver complex, end-to-end people projects that support growth, operational efficiency, and cultural evolution, including organisational design, restructures, and process improvements. By combining commercial awareness with strong HR expertise, you will ensure that all transformation activity is aligned to business objectives while maintaining a clear focus on employee experience, engagement, and wellbeing throughout periods of change

Key responsibilities:

• Partner with senior leaders to design and deliver HR projects that support business transformation, organisational change, and growth initiatives.
• Lead and implement end-to-end people-related projects, including organisational design, restructures, cultural change, and process improvement.
• Provide expert HR guidance on change management, ensuring effective planning, communication, and stakeholder engagement throughout project lifecycles.
• Use data and insights to inform decision-making, track project outcomes, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Talent, Reward & L&D to ensure alignment and consistency in project delivery.
• Support the development and execution of people strategies that align with wider business objectives and transformation programmes.
• Ensure all projects are delivered in line with employment legislation, company policies, and best practice.
• Coach and support leaders through periods of change, building capability and confidence in leading their teams.
• Drive employee engagement and support a positive employee experience during periods of transformation.

Required:

• Proven experience leading HR projects within transformation and organisational change.
• Strong change management capability, including stakeholder engagement and communication.
• Ability to use data and insights to drive decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Good knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice, with experience coaching leaders.
• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or related field; CIPD Level 5 qualification preferred. 

Desirable: 

• Experience in large, complex or multi-site environments
• Exposure to restructures, organisational design or transformation programmes

Living the Company Values:

By embedding our companies core values and purpose into each role, ensures that every employee, regardless of their role or level, understands how their individual development and contributions align with our purpose of ‘improving today for a better tomorrow’.

Each role and value has an alignment to set proficiency levels and expectations, this role holder is expected to:

• Leading:  Acts as a role model, shaping the learning agenda and influencing change.
• Agile:  Anticipates learning needs, adjusts quickly to changing operational contexts.

• Nurturing: Supports the development of others through coaching and structured development plans.
• Engaging: Inspires and motivates learners, builds trust and credibility
• Safe & Secure: Ensures all learning is aligned to safety and compliance standards.

Your Contribution to the company:

• Strive to be always positive and constructive
• Adhere to all company policies
• Straight talking about the facts of the situation – open discussions are the best way to find solutions
• Help others through communicating clearly
• Deliver on commitments
• Ensure that any ideas that may enhance the productivity or systems of the company are brought to the attention of Senior Management, or your colleagues
• Deliver our Company Values understanding that by working together in unity we are ‘Stronger Together’

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion:

At Lanes Group, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. We believe that our differences make us stronger and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all employees. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those from underrepresented groups. Join us in our commitment to creating a more inclusive and diverse world.