About

• Company Description
• Navantia UK is a UK incorporated company, subsidiary of Spanish Navantia, created to work with UK industrial partners in shipbuilding, defence and in offshore wind energy. With a history that goes back more than 300 hundred years, Navantia is a world reference in the design, building, integration and life cycle support of state-of-the-art war ships for the Spanish Navy and international customers and has extensive experience in ToT programmes.
• Job Description
• This role will focus on leading and supporting strategic HR initiatives and transformation programmes across the organisation. Acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, ensuring that HR projects are aligned with business goals and delivered effectively.
• Lead the design, planning, and execution of HR projects, including organisational change, talent and succession planning, SuccessFactor implementation and policy development.
• Partner with business leaders to identify HR project needs and translate them into actionable plans.
• Manage project timelines, resources, risks, and stakeholder communications to ensure successful delivery.
• Collaborate with Centres of Expertise (e.g., Talent, Reward, L&D) to implement initiatives that drive performance and engagement.
• Analyse data and metrics to evaluate project impact and inform decision-making.
• Support change management activities, including implementing the Navantia values and behaviours, communications, training, and stakeholder engagement.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and internal governance throughout project delivery.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of HR processes and systems.
• Qualifications
• Mandatory to have experience in using SuccessFactors in an industrial environment.
• Advantageous to have experience in Shipbuilding and heavy fabrication and must be able to achieve security clearance
• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner or HR Project Manager in a complex organisation.
• Strong project management skills, ideally with formal training (e.g., PRINCE2, Agile, PMP).
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to interpret data and provide insights to support strategic decisions.
• Strong understanding of employment law and HR best practices.
• Experience in managing change and transformation programmes.
• CIPD qualification or equivalent is desirable.
• Additional Information
• Why Join Us?
• The chance to work on complex, cutting-edge naval projects
• Competitive salary
• Company pension
• Learning & development opportunities to keep building your career.
• A collaborative and supportive working environment.
• Equal Opportunity: We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. To ensure equal opportunities for all candidates, we commit to a fair and unbiased recruitment process at every stage. This includes ensuring hiring managers are aware of legislation, providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities, and actively seeking to eliminate any form of discrimination based on race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. Our goal is to create a recruitment environment where every candidate feels valued and has an equal chance to succeed.
• If you experience difficulties or are unable to apply for a role on-line please contact us at [email protected] and one of the team will be in contact to help you.