HR Advisor (FTC - Maternity Cover) in Barnsley

HR Advisor (Maternity cover – FTC)

Sector: Construction & Engineering

Location: Barnsley

What We Offer

• Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
• Company pension scheme
• Life insurance and health cash plan
• Access to employee rewards and wellbeing support

• We are committed to supporting your development through:
  • Structured learning and development programmes
  • Leadership and career progression pathways
  • Inclusive initiatives such as Women in Leadership programmes
  • A safe, supportive and inclusive working environment

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced and motivated HR Advisor (maternity cover contract) to join our Shared Services team, supporting a diverse and growing workforce within a fast-paced rail and civil engineering environment.

This role offers the opportunity to play a key part in delivering a high-quality, people focused HR service, supporting colleagues and managers across the full employee lifecycle. You’ll be part of a collaborative and supportive team where your input is valued, and your development is encouraged.

The Role

As HR Advisor, you will provide expert guidance and day-to-day HR support across the business, ensuring a consistent, compliant and people-centric approach.

You’ll work closely with colleagues across HR, Recruitment and the wider business, delivering a responsive and professional service while helping to continuously improve processes and employee experience.

Key Responsibilities

HR & Employee Support

• Deliver first-line HR advice across the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, absence management, employee relations and family leave
• Provide a responsive and high-quality service to managers and employees across multiple sites
• Manage HR queries via the shared inbox, ensuring timely and accurate responses
• Maintain and update HR systems (Cascade), ensuring data integrity and accurate reporting
• Support with HR reporting and insights to inform business decisions
• Assist with absence management, disciplinary and grievance processes
• Prepare documentation, attend meetings and provide note-taking support where required
• Contribute to continuous improvement of HR processes and service delivery

Recruitment & Onboarding Support

• Support end-to-end recruitment activity, including advertising, screening, interview coordination and offer management
• Work collaboratively with the Recruitment Manager on attraction campaigns across digital platforms and events
• Build and maintain relationships with recruitment partners and stakeholders
• Ensure a positive and inclusive candidate experience throughout the recruitment journey
• Support onboarding processes, including contracts and induction materials
• Track recruitment activity and provide data to support KPIs and planning
• Promote fair, inclusive and diverse hiring practices aligned to business values

Policy, Process & Engagement

• Support the development and continuous improvement of HR policies, procedures and standard operating processes
• Contribute to the creation of self-service tools and knowledge resources to support managers and employees
• Promote engagement initiatives that enhance employee experience and understanding of HR processes

Diversity & Inclusion

• Support delivery of diversity and inclusion initiatives and engagement forums
• Contribute to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, supported and able to succeed
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to drive meaningful progress in D&I

About You

You will bring strong HR generalist experience, with a proactive and collaborative approach. You’ll be confident providing advice, building relationships and supporting a wide range of people-related activities.

You will also have:

• Previous experience in a HR Advisor or similar role
• Solid understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice
• CIPD Level 5
• Strong organisational and communication skills

Desirable:

• Experience within construction, engineering or infrastructure sectors
• Familiarity with Cascade HR system

Why Join Us?

You’ll be joining a business that values its people and is committed to creating an environment where everyone can perform at their best and build a meaningful career.

We actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are proud to be building a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Why AmcoGiffen?
You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.

AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.

Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen
We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.

We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.

Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.

AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.

Health & Wellbeing
Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.

Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now!

For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:

tom.peach@amcogiffen.co.uk
Recruitment Manager