At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead HR operations, manage employee relations, and drive performance improvements.
- Company: Dynamic manufacturing company with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, excellent benefits, and a thriving work environment.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth in a fast-paced industrial environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on people practices and support a high-performing culture.
- Qualifications: HR experience in operational settings and strong employee relations skills.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
Reporting to the Head of HR, this is a highly operational role where you'll take ownership of the day-to-day people agenda, partnering with managers across both blue and white-collar populations to deliver a proactive, commercial HR service.
This is an opportunity for an HR professional who isn't afraid to challenge, influence and drive improvements.
You'll be comfortable operating in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, building strong relationships with stakeholders while ensuring people practices are consistent, compliant and aligned with business objectives.
Description
As HR Manager, you'll be responsible for delivering a broad range of operational HR activities, including:
- Managing a wide range of employee relations cases, providing pragmatic and commercially focused advice.
- Coaching and developing managers to improve people management capability, accountability and decision-making.
- Building effective relationships with Trade Union representatives and supporting a positive industrial relations environment.
- Leading on absence management, supporting managers to reduce long-term sickness and improve attendance.
- Driving performance management processes, ensuring managers are confident in addressing performance concerns.
- Reviewing, implementing and maintaining HR policies, procedures and employment contracts, ensuring consistency across sites.
- Supporting wellbeing initiatives and helping to create a positive working environment.
- Managing recruitment activity across operational and professional vacancies.
- Supporting organisational change projects and workforce planning where required.
- Ensuring HR compliance, accurate documentation and best practice across all employee lifecycle activities.
- Using HR data and trends to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Profile
We're looking for an experienced HR professional who thrives in an operational environment and enjoys being visible within the business.
You'll ideally bring
- Previous HR experience within manufacturing, engineering, logistics or another operational environment.
- Experience working within a unionised business.
- Strong employee relations knowledge with the confidence to manage complex cases.
- Experience supporting both blue and white-collar employees.
- The ability to coach, influence and appropriately challenge managers at all levels.
- A proactive approach to improving policies, processes and ways of working.
- Experience managing absence, performance, wellbeing and recruitment activities.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to build credibility across the organisation.
- A hands-on, resilient and solutions-focused approach.
- Job Offer
- A competitive salary ranging from £45,000 to £55,000 GBP.
- Excellent benefits package.
- Opportunity to work in a thriving industrial/manufacturing environment.
- Permanent role based in Trafford Park.
- Collaborative and professional company culture.
This is a business that values HR as a key operational partner.
You'll have the opportunity to make a genuine impact by strengthening people practices, supporting managers, improving consistency across sites and helping to build a positive, high-performing culture.
If you're an HR professional who enjoys being close to the operation, isn't afraid to challenge constructively, and is passionate about delivering practical HR solutions that make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
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