This is a special opportunity.
Previously advertised, we've now sharpened the role's focus. We want a smart, hands-on driver who wants to build the machine, not someone looking to strategies and delegate.
We have a proven business strategy, the financial resources required, and a compelling market opportunity. Your mission is to partner with the Founder and senior leaders to build the A-Player team and high-performance culture required to deliver our $100M+ growth strategy.
This is NOT traditional HR. No politics, no red tape, no BS. Just great people doing great work.
This role is about building the 'People Engine' to deliver our $100M growth strategy.
Your accountabilities will include:
Talent Acquisition: Own our recruitment capability, including personally recruiting the critical senior roles that move the needle.
A-Player Standard: Own our A-Player Standard to ensure we only hire, develop, and reward the right people.
Performance Framework: Implement high-impact feedback systems that drive a high-performance and high-accountability culture.
Org Planning: Partner with the Founder and senior leaders to design an organisational plan that will deliver the strategy.
Remuneration Design: Own remuneration planning and incentive design to attract, align, drive, and retain the right talent.
Development & Succession: Coach our leaders to become world-class people managers and provide pathways for high-potential talent.
HR Tech Stack: Select and implement a simple, high-impact HR stack, leveraging AI tools to drive productivity.
Frontline Manager Focus: Equip our managers to handle 99% of people and performance management, ensuring the frontline manager leads the team (with HR coaching the manager only when required).
This is a group-level role across multiple businesses, with your primary focus being our flagship, Beaver Process Equipment. Our group is currently 120 people total and growing at 20–30 per year.
You believe in the philosophy of 'people managing people'. You understand that your role is to hire the right talent, build the performance system, and mentor the leaders – not to do the managing for them.
Character Traits
Commercial & Practical: You are an 80/20 thinker with a strong bias to action.
Structured Builder: You like using data, systems, and processes to drive repeatable outcomes.
High-Performance Mindset: You believe recruiting and retaining ‘A-player’ talent is necessary to achieve 10x growth.
Direct & Pragmatic: You are comfortable with 'Straight Talk' and timely, pragmatic action to achieve better outcomes for the business.
High Figure-it-out Factor: You are a smart, curious operator who finds what works and implements it, fast.
Core Value Fit: You must be a strong fit for our Beaver Core Values: https://www.beaverprocess.com.au/careers/.
Experience
Strong Career Progression: 8+ years of professional experience with clear progression in hands-on management or People-related roles.
Private Business Experience: Proven track record in a private company environment, ideally working closely with an entrepreneurial owner.
Talent Acquisition Expertise: Demonstrated ability to deliver senior, executive, and mission-critical hires.
Mixed Workforce Exposure: Experience across white-collar professional and technical/blue-collar workforces.
Target Profiles
Profile 1 – The People Lead: A talented People/HR lead or manager who thrives in private or founder-led environments and knows how to build people systems to scale.
Profile 2 – The General Manager: A highly-capable generalist who knows how to run things and who loves the challenge of building scalable systems and high-performing teams
This is a rare role.
It is the chance to own the "People Engine" for a growth-focused private industrial group.
No Politics, No Red Tape, No BS: Just putting the right people in the right seats with a high-performance culture and the right tools – and letting them achieve great things.
Talent Consigliere: Partner with the Founder and senior leaders across multiple businesses to build high-performing teams that win.
A-Player Standard: Work in a business that truly 'gets' the 10x power of A-Player talent.
High Autonomy: Freedom to make things happen and group-wide scope across multiple businesses.
Tech Stack Ownership: Build the HR tech stack and leverage AI tools to create simple, high-impact processes that sustain high performance.
Serious Opportunity: Work directly with the Founder, influence strategy & decision-making, deliver results and make a big impact, with no limits or glass ceiling.
Skills Required
- 8+ years professional experience with clear progression in hands-on management or people-related roles
- Proven experience in private company or founder-led environments
- Demonstrated ability to personally recruit senior, executive, and mission-critical hires
- Experience designing and implementing performance frameworks and high-accountability feedback systems
- Experience in organisational design and workforce planning to support growth strategies
- Remuneration and incentive design experience to attract, align, and retain talent
- Experience across mixed workforces (white-collar professional and technical/blue-collar)
- Ability to select and implement an HR technology stack and leverage AI tools to drive productivity
- Strong cultural fit with company core values and high-performance mindset
What We Do
We manufacture high-performance slurry transfer systems for mineral process plants and pipelines. Our vision is to build a world-class company that is the dominant market leader in this specialty area
