Ruth Jones

About Ruth Jones

As an HR Business Partner at UTEC, part of the Acteon Group, I bring over 25 years of experience in delivering centralized HR support across the Americas. My role focuses on advising and guiding employees and managers on HR and employee relations matters, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and mitigating legal risks. Collaborating with operating company MDs and line managers, I help develop and implement people plans and programs tailored to meet business segment needs, while proactively managing talent acquisition, development, and retention. Previously, I held key HR leadership roles at Vertex Data Science, including managing the HR Enquiries team and supporting employee relations across a diverse, international workforce. Skilled in HR policies, recruiting, and employee benefits, I am committed to fostering strong stakeholder relationships and delivering practical solutions to improve organizational and employee outcomes. My expertise extends to talent management and HR systems, making me a strategic partner in driving workforce engagement and compliance initiatives.

Experience

1. HR Business Partner

   Acteon

   Jan 2012 — Present

   As HR Business Partner for the Americas region, I am responsible for aligning business objectives with employees and management in designated operating companies. The position formulates partnerships across the HR function to deliver value-added service to management and employees that reflects the business objectives of the organizationJob Duties Include but not limited to:• Provide advice, support, information and guidance to employees and managers on HR and employee relations issues, ensuring HR policies and management practices comply with regulatory requirements and mitigate legal exposure. • Proactively manage the attraction, acquisition, development and retention of all employees• Work with the operating company’s MD’s and line managers to develop and execute people plans and programmes to meet Segment needs.• Act as the local interface between Regional HR Leads and the business, assisting with the development and implementation of employee recruitment, development, reward and retention programs. • Execute HR process improvement initiatives arising from the new centralized People programmes to ensure they will fit and add value to the OpCo “customer-focused” approach to HR delivery to the business.• Work with the MD’s and Regional Leads to co-ordinate the salary planning process, including use of market data research and analysis, providing recommendations for merit increases and bonuses based on regional budgets or specific contract requirements.• Empower, coach and enable Managers to take full responsibility for the leadership and management of their teams.• Act as a support function for local HR Advisors on all day to day and project based HR activities.• Quickly respond to requests for help from employees, managers or leaders, coaching where possible such that repeat requests are avoided

Skills

• Recruiting
• Payroll
• Offshore Operations
• Employment Law
• Employee Benefits
• Student Recruiting
• Employee Engagement
• Onshore
• Subsea Engineering
• Project Planning
• Petroleum
• Offshore Oil & Gas
• Pipelines
• Upstream
• Employee Relations
• Supervisory Skills
• Offshore Drilling
• Inspection
• Oil & Gas
• Oil & Gas Industry
• Oil/Gas
• HR Policies
• Gas