Industrial Relations Specialist

About the role

Scatec is a global renewable energy company focused on developing, building, owning, and operating clean energy solutions that expand access to dependable and affordable power. The organisation combines purpose with performance, offers cross-functional and international collaboration, and gives employees room to take real ownership while contributing to a more sustainable future.

This Industrial Relations Specialist position is focused on protecting project stability by handling labour relations, community engagement, and stakeholder communication at project level. The role helps align project execution with contractor obligations, labour law, and community expectations, while identifying and reducing social and industrial relations risks that could affect timelines, compliance, cost, safety, or reputation.

As a specialist advisor to project leadership, you will support structured engagement, early conflict resolution, and responsible local participation so the project can continue smoothly and maintain its social licence to operate.

Key responsibilities

• Create and roll out stakeholder engagement and communication plans that support project goals and key milestones.
• Prepare timely, clear, and accurate communications for stakeholders to keep information flowing and reduce misinformation.
• Develop strong working relationships with communities, municipalities, industry groups, and other important project stakeholders.
• Track labour relations developments, spot emerging risks, and help prevent or resolve disputes in line with legislation and company policy.
• Verify that contractors follow labour law, local hiring requirements, and project-specific commitments.
• Support local economic participation by engaging SMMEs, assisting local procurement efforts, and keeping stakeholder and supplier records up to date.
• Identify, evaluate, and reduce industrial relations and community-related risks, including grievance handling and corrective action follow-up.
• Advise project teams as a specialist while working with Taxi Associations and other external parties to resolve issues, limit disruptions, and keep project delivery on track.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in Labour Relations, Industrial Psychology, HR, Law, Social Sciences, or a closely related discipline.
• Between 5 and 8 years of experience in Industrial Relations, Labour Relations, Community Relations, or a comparable role in infrastructure, construction, energy, mining, or another project-based setting.
• Proven ability to manage labour disputes, grievance handling, mediation, and industrial relations risk in complex environments.
• Experience ensuring that contractors and subcontractors comply with labour legislation, recruitment procedures, and project commitments.
• Strong capability to work with community leadership structures, local stakeholders, organised labour, and other external parties.
• Experience assessing and mitigating industrial relations and community risks that can affect project delivery, along with willingness and ability to travel across project sites as needed.
• Helpful experience includes renewable energy or large-scale infrastructure projects, multi-contractor environments, and work in remote or rural project locations.

What you will gain

• Early responsibility and meaningful ownership from the start.
• Practical, hands-on learning in a fast-paced role where the work is impactful and development comes through doing.
• Exposure to complex stakeholder environments involving communities, contractors, organised labour, local authorities, and industry bodies.
• An opportunity to build specialised expertise in industrial relations, community engagement, and social risk management within large renewable energy projects.

Working style and company culture

Scatec values responsibility, clarity, and collaboration. Team members are encouraged to challenge established ways of working, share ideas, and keep growing. The environment is cross-disciplinary, spans multiple geographies, and values strong performance along with trusted ownership and limited unnecessary hierarchy.

The company is also evolving as a digital and data-driven organisation, using technology and AI to improve its work and create value for teams.

Additional information

This is an equal opportunity employer. Selection is based on merit, competence, and business needs. Applications are reviewed continuously.