HR Advisor in Newton Aycliffe

Job Responsibilities

• Provide timely, accurate advice on all employee relations matters and attend employee meetings as appropriate. This includes discipline, grievance, absence, performance, probation management, restructures, and family‑friendly activities such as maternity and paternity leave.
• Maintain up‑to‑date records of activity on all employee relations matters within own client group, including note taking.
• Provide Head of HR and HR Business Partner with reports and dashboards, as needed.
• Provide policy advice to client group, encouraging a self‑service approach.
• Support HR Business Partner with pay and reward activities (pay benchmarking, salary review and bonus), talent and succession planning, local employee engagement and retention activities (employee forums, Union Joint Negotiation Committees where they exist), organisational structure design, resource planning, recruitment approvals and queries, and project work.
• Work with the HR Shared Service team to ensure action items are processed in a timely manner and letters/contracts are correct.

Qualifications

• Maths and English GCSE at grade C or above, or equivalent.
• CIPD Level 5 or above, or working towards.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and organise own work while remaining calm under tight deadlines and changing priorities.
• Ability to interpret and analyse data.
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team and independently with limited supervision.
• High level of confidentiality and discretion.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to represent Hitachi in a professional manner at all times.
• Ability to build effective relationships.
• Desirable experience in a manufacturing, engineering or other technical environment.
• Experience of Workday HR system.

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting‑edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multicultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into.

At Hitachi Rail, we welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. We are proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. Find more about us and our latest jobs at https://www.hitachirail.com/careers. Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/hitachirail.