HR Advisor

Reports to: Finance Director

Location: Chandlers Ford Head Office

The Company:

Established in 2001, Aqua design, supply and install innovative temperature control solutions across the UK. Our Sales, Hire and Service teams support customers from every industry sector, whether they are looking to purchase, hire or maintain equipment. Products include process chillers, adiabatic, dry air & free coolers, cooling towers, temperature control units, boilers, air conditioning units and portable heaters. As a business, we have a strong focus on energy efficiency and the ability to design completely bespoke solutions. Aqua are proud recipients of a Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation. The Company has a clearly defined growth plan over the coming years which will offer employees training and development opportunities.

Due to our continued growth we are seeking a talented HR Manager to join our current team. This role will, in time, form part of the management team, ensuring that HR has a voice in business decision making and is working towards a HR strategy within the business.

Main Duties:

• Maintain HR Information Systems, BreatheHR to ensure information is accurate and current, and employee personnel files and records in electronic format.
• Support the Directors with talent acquisitions and recruitment processes and onboarding (e.g IT) process.
• Provide timely payroll information to the finance team each month including starters, leavers, contract changes, variations and private fuel usage.
• Provide day to day support to employees and manager in mediating conflict, handling grievances, and manage disciplinary procedures to resolve employee issues.
• Assist (in coordination with legal advisors) with development and implementation of human resources policies, in line with employment law and best practice.
• Ownership of annual performance reviews and maintain records via BreatheHR.
• Regularly review benefits offering to keep the business competitive in the marketplace.
• Conduct an annual employee survey to monitor engagement and ongoing development of initiatives to improve employee morale, engagement, and retention.
• Undertake exit interviews as necessary.
• Manage Fleet administration, including provision for new employees, quotations, renewals, off hires, tolls and insurance.
• Responsible for training and development, including maintenance of the iHasco training suite and the company training matrix.
• Coordinate Company Newsletter in conjunction with Marketing.

A minimum of 5 years experience in a similar role.

In addition to a competitive salary package, all our employees receive the following company benefits:

• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays.
• Private medical cover, after qualifying period.
• 8% Company pension contribution, after qualifying period.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity & sickness pay.
• Bike to work salary sacrifice vouchers.

Aqua's core values include:

• Transparency: We have such strong and enduring customer partnerships because we are always honest. Honest about what solution our customers need, not what we want to sell them, and honest about what it will take to deliver that solution to always manage and deliver against expectations.
• Responsibility: At Aqua we have the opportunity to create real, tangible positive impact for our customers and their business, for their customers and for the environment. We take our role in that seriously and are committed to doing good. We know everything about temperature control but our customers know their business better than us. When we work together internally and in partnership with customers to design solutions, success is guaranteed. It is true that power lies in partnerships.