About the role
Heidelberg Materials Australia is seeking an experienced People & Culture Systems and Governance Manager to lead the strategic and operational performance of our people systems, data governance, policy and compliance framework.
This role plays a critical part in ensuring our people processes are efficient, legally compliant, data‑driven and aligned to business priorities across a large, complex workforce.
You will lead system optimisation, strengthen people‑risk controls, enable high‑quality workforce reporting, and build capability across the organisation.
Key responsibilities
Lead data governance, privacy and compliance across all people systems
Ensure alignment with Australian employment legislation and internal policies
Provide oversight of Workday stability, releases, integrations and enhancements
Drive accurate, timely and meaningful workforce reporting and insights
Develop and maintain people policies, procedures and employment templates
Assess and manage people‑related risk and assurance activities
Partner with IT, Payroll, Finance and senior leaders on systems and governance
Lead, coach and develop a small specialist team
About you
You will bring strong systems and governance experience within a large corporate environment and be confident operating at senior stakeholder level.
You will have:
A degree in Human Resources, Law or a related discipline
Extensive experience managing HRIS / People Systems (Workday highly regarded)
Strong understanding of employment legislation, governance and data privacy
Proven experience leading system improvements and complex people processes
Advanced reporting, analytics and executive‑level communication skills
Strong stakeholder management and business partnering capability
Desirable:
Experience in industrial, construction, resources or manufacturing environments
Exposure to large blue‑collar workforces and complex industrial instruments
Experience leading investigations, assurance activities or M&A integration
About Heidelberg Materials
With more than 4,000 employees across 300 sites, we have an extensive production and logistics network across Australia.
We think global and act local - we benefit from global research and development enhanced by national collaboration to offer a comprehensive range of high-quality concrete, aggregates, road base, sand and asphalt products. We also produce a wide range of sustainable and recycled construction materials for civil construction and infrastructure projects.
We are driven by excellence and high performance and together we will shape Australia’s construction materials industry building a legacy for generations to come.