HR Specialist in York

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role. We have ambitious growth business plans at McCain, but we can't achieve those without our people. Our HR team play a huge part in driving our winning culture, and it's the role of our HR Specialist to get under the skin of the people behind the potatoes. This is a hybrid role, with three days per week based on site, giving you the balance of flexibility and the on-the-ground presence needed to really connect with our people.

As HR Specialist it's your job to work alongside your people leaders across our Scarborough Manufacturing Plant to make McCain a great place to work. This covers many elements of HR including Employee Relations, Recruitment, and day-to-day HR Employee Lifecycle processes and compliance. Our ideal candidate will already be living and breathing a HR generalist role so you'll already have a good idea of what this role will entail.

What you'll be doing:

• Support our leaders and employees with employee and labour relations issues (which may include conducting investigations, managing appeals, addressing misconduct, issuing discipline, suspension and/or termination).
• Execute local recruitment initiatives.
• Manage job requisitions on our recruitment portal (Success Factors), run job events and fairs, proactively source candidates, and manage the local talent pools - with an ongoing focus on early talent.
• Manage employee movement and contract management, including the updating of personal information.
• Share insights and trends with key stakeholders to drive more effective and efficient HR service delivery.
• Manage HR compliance e.g. right to work applications, GDPR storage, auditing requirements.
• Ensure the employee experience is at the centre of everything you do; identify and implement Continuous Improvement activities to enhance our HR Processes.
• Create impactful relationships between HR Specialists and our Global Employee Experience Centre to provide a world-class service to our employees.
• Partner with other departments outside of your normal business areas.

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to grow their career in HR. We have a clear career path to HR Business Partner with opportunities locally and globally.

What you'll need to be successful:

• You'll be a HR generalist ideally with experience in a manufacturing environment (FMCG would be advantageous!).
• A professional HR qualification.
• Experience of working within a FMCG Manufacturing plant.
• Solid ER experience, with previous knowledge of managing conduct, absence etc.
• Strong stakeholder management.
• Experience of working at pace in a high pressured, and demanding environment.
• Strong recruitment experience, with experience of talent attraction as well as recruiting at pace and volume.
• Good administrational skills with a knowledge of Microsoft Office particularly Excel.
• The ability to work well on your own, and self-motivated.

Benefits:

• Private healthcare.
• An excellent salary sacrifice pension scheme where we'll contribute double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your salary.
• 25 days' annual leave from day one plus bank holidays (increasing with service), giving you plenty of time to recharge with the opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days holiday per year.
• Life insurance cover providing peace of mind for you and your family.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Medicash health cash plan, helping you claim money back on everyday healthcare costs, with access to a virtual GP and wellbeing support.
• TELUS Health employee and family assistance programme offering full wellbeing support.
• A paid 'Chips In' Volunteering Day.
• Flexible/hybrid working arrangements where the role allows.

And because you're joining a global business, your career opportunities don't stop at the factory gate. Whether you're looking to deepen your expertise, step into leadership, or even explore opportunities internationally, we'll support your growth.

About the team. This role reports directly to the HR Business Partner (HRBP) and sits within our wider Regional HR team. The Regional HR team brings together HR Specialists and HRBPs across our four plants at Hull, Wombourne, Whittlesey, and Scarborough, working collaboratively to share best practice, provide consistent support across the region, and ensure every site has access to a strong, connected HR network.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.