Reward Partner

Reward Partner

Leeds – hybrid (2-3 days in the Leeds office)

Permanent

Summary

We’re seeking a Reward Partner to join our growing team in our Leeds office. In this newly created role, you’ll support the Head of Reward & Benefits in developing, implementing, and managing reward strategies that attract, retain, and motivate employees across the Group.

You’ll partner closely with HR, Finance, and business leaders to ensure compensation, benefits, and recognition programmes support the company’s commercial objectives while remaining competitive within the construction and infrastructure market.

To be successful in this role we would like you to possess a strong analytical capability, commercial awareness, and the ability to translate reward strategy into practical solutions that work within a project-based environment.

Some of the key deliverables include:

• Provide expert advice on compensation, benefits, and reward policies
• Support the design and delivery of the company’s reward strategy aligned with business objectives
• Ensure reward programmes support talent attraction and retention within the construction/engineering sector
• Manage salary benchmarking and market analysis within the construction and engineering sectors
• Support annual salary review, bonus planning, and pay review cycles
• Provide guidance on pay structures, job evaluation, and grading frameworks
• Ensure fair, consistent, and equitable pay decisions across the organisation.
• Support employee benefits programmes including pensions, healthcare, and other flexible benefits
• Support the review and enhancement of benefits offerings to remain competitive in the market. Support the development of recognition and incentive programmes linked to project delivery and performance
• Analyse reward data and provide insights to leadership teams
• Produce reports on pay trends, reward effectiveness, and cost modelling
• Support budgeting and financial forecasting for reward programmes
• Ensure reward practices comply with relevant legislation and regulations (e.g., equal pay, gender pay gap reporting)
• Maintain strong governance around pay decisions and reward frameworks
• Support audit and reporting requirements related to compensation and benefits
• Lead or support reward-related projects such as job architecture reviews, pay structure redesign, or benefits transformation
• Contribute to wider HR transformation initiatives.

What we’re looking for:

• Proven experience in reward, compensation and benefits within HR.
• Experience providing advice and guidance to business managers
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret reward data and market trends.
• Experience supporting salary review and bonus processes
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Advanced Excel and reward data analysis capability

Benefits:

We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (with buy/sell options)
• Pension with up to 8% employer contribution
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Personal wellbeing and volunteer days
• Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 support)
• Salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme

Next Steps:

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us:

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be. #LI-LP1#LI-Hybrid