HR Business Partner in Worcester

Job Description

Provide comprehensive HR partnership including employee relations, recruitment, onboarding, compliance, data management, and policy implementation. Address complex employee relations issues with a diverse scope, focusing on developing partnerships with directors and managers. Contribute to HR strategy, leads workforce planning, and champions Talent Management, Total Rewards, Diversity and Inclusion, and Employee Engagement initiatives.

Job Responsibilities & Requirements

At MiTek , we believe HR is at its best when it is close to the business, trusted by leaders and focused on making a real difference to people’s experiences at work.

We’re looking for an experienced and commercially minded HR Business Partner to join our UK team. This is an opportunity to work in a role with genuine variety, influence and ownership, supporting leaders across the business while helping to shape our culture, talent and people strategy for the future.

This role is ideally suited to a highly credible HR professional who holds a BA or BSc degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology or a related discipline, together with CIPD Level 7 Chartered Member (Chartered MCIPD) status.

If you enjoy building strong relationships, solving problems collaboratively and balancing strategic thinking with practical delivery, we’d love to hear from you.

About Our Team

You’ll be joining a close-knit and supportive EMEA HR team. As a small team, we work collaboratively, support one another and sharing a strong sense of accountability. There is no “that’s not my job” mentality here. We all contribute to the success of the function and the business, stepping in where needed and working together to deliver great outcomes.

This means you’ll have the opportunity to get involved in a wide range of HR activities, own your work from start to finish, and see the direct impact of your contribution.

The Opportunity

This is a broad and influential role where you’ll partner with leaders and managers across our UK business to help drive performance, engagement and organisational success.

You’ll act as a trusted adviser, helping leaders navigate people challenges while translating business priorities into practical and effective HR solutions.

From employee relations and organisational change to talent planning, leadership development and workforce planning, you’ll play a key role in supporting every stage of the people journey, helping to create an environment where our people can perform, develop and thrive.

We are looking for someone who is equally comfortable discussing strategic business goals as they are supporting day-to-day operational HR activity.

What You’ll Be Doing

In this role, you will:

• Build trusted relationships with leaders and managers across the business.
• Provide expert guidance on complex employee relations matters and support managers through sensitive situations.
• Partner with leaders on organisational change, restructures and workforce planning initiatives.
• Contribute to talent reviews, succession planning and leadership development discussions.
• Support initiatives that strengthen people engagement, performance and accountability.
• Use people data and insights to identify trends, inform decisions and measure impact.
• Advise on reward, recognition and compensation activities.
• Work closely with Talent Acquisition and wider HR colleagues to deliver joined-up people solutions.
• Ensure compliance with UK employment legislation, company policy and HR best practice.
• Lead and support HR projects that improve the experience of our people and managers.

What We’re Looking For:

We’re looking for someone who combines strong HR expertise with commercial awareness and enjoys operating as a true business partner.

Essential Requirements

• BA or BSc degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology or a related discipline.
• CIPD Level 7 qualification and Chartered Member (MCIPD) status.
• Significant experience in an HR Business Partner, Senior HR Advisor or similar generalist HR role. within an enterprise/Centre of Excellence HR functional model.
• Strong employee relations experience, including managing complex cases from start to finish.
• A thorough understanding of applied UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience supporting organisational change, restructures and consultation activity.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to understand commercial drivers and translate them into effective people solutions.
• A data-led and analytical approach, using people insights and HR metrics to support decision-making.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Confidence coaching, influencing and constructively challenging leaders at all levels.
• The ability to move seamlessly between strategic thinking and hands‑on delivery.

Highly Desirable: Experience supporting both manufacturing, operational, frontline or international populations alongside software engineering remote team members.Experience working within a matrix or global organisation.Exposure to talent management, succession planning and workforce planning processes.

Location & Working Pattern:

This role is based at our Worcester site and requires a strong on‑site presence to build relationships, support leaders and remain connected to our people and operations. We are looking for candidates who: Live within a reasonable commuting distance of Worcester. Are able to work on‑site for at least four days per week (the option to be home‑based one day per week is available). Enjoy being visible, accessible and actively involved in the day‑to‑day life of the business.As a people‑focused and operationally connected HR team, we believe that regular face‑to‑face interaction is essential to building trust, understanding business challenges and delivering meaningful HR support.

Who Will Thrive Here:

You are likely to enjoy this role if you: Like taking ownership and seeing tasks through to completion. Enjoy working as part of a collaborative and supportive team. Are comfortable balancing strategic priorities with operational delivery. Have strong employee relations expertise and enjoy helping leaders navigate complex situations. Bring commercial curiosity and a genuine interest in business performance. Enjoy using data insights to influence decisions. Prefer being close to the business rather than operating remotely. Value building strong relationships through regular face‑to‑face interaction. Want to make a visible difference within a small HR team.

What Success Looks Like:

Success in this role is not measured by how many policies you write. It’s about becoming a trusted partner to leaders, helping them make better people decisions, confidently navigating complex employee relations matters, improving organisational effectiveness and using insight to drive business performance. You will establish credibility through strong judgement, practical problem‑solving and commercial awareness while supporting the business through growth, change and day‑to‑day people challenges. Most importantly, you will help create a positive employee experience while ensuring our people practices support both our team members and the future success of the business.

Why Join MiTek:

This is an opportunity to be part of a business where HR has a valued voice, and where your contribution will genuinely matter.In return, you’ll have:The opportunity to influence people priorities across a diverse UK business. Meaningful exposure to senior leaders and operational stakeholders. A broad role covering the full employee lifecycle from strategy through to delivery. The chance to contribute to talent, engagement, culture and organisational effectiveness initiatives. A supportive EMEA HR team that works collaboratively and celebrates success together. A role that offers challenge, variety, autonomy and the opportunity to grow professionally. Flexibility around daily working hours (we operate within 7am-7pm Monday to Friday with core hours of 10am – 3pm).

MiTek is a platform innovator and enabler that exists to transform the building industry with better building solutions. In 1955, MiTek transformed residential construction with the invention of the Gang‑Nail plate and a digital platform that provided an affordable and scalable way to manufacture wood trusses. Today, MiTek delivers software, services, engineered products, and automated solutions that enable the building industry toimprove efficiencies by optimizingthe balance between off‑site and on‑site. With nearly 5,600 team members worldwide, MiTek collaborates across the building industry to enable and accelerate transformational breakthroughs in design and construction to transform the way the industry designs, makes, and builds. As a Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A, NYSE: BRK-B) company since 2001, MiTek has a record of continuous growth and innovation.

We are an equal opportunity employer; and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ethnicity, physical or mental disability, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or transgender status), age (40 and over), genetic information (including family medical history), veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.