HR Manager - Aberthaw & Southern SC&L in Barry

Are you an experienced HR professional looking for an opportunity to make a real impact in a dynamic operational environment? At Tarmac, who you are matters. We are currently recruiting for an HR Manager to support our Aberthaw Cement Plant and Supply Chain & Logistics South operations. This is a highly visible and influential role, partnering with senior leaders across the business to deliver a proactive, commercially focused and people-centred HR service.

As part of our national Cement HR team, you'll play a key role in shaping and delivering our people agenda, ensuring best practice, compliance, employee engagement and organisational effectiveness across a diverse workforce. This is an exciting opportunity for a confident HR professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys building strong relationships, influencing decision-making and driving positive change.

What You'll Be Doing

• Acting as a trusted advisor to operational and senior leadership teams, providing expert guidance across the full employee lifecycle.
• Delivering a high-quality HR service that supports both operational priorities and strategic business objectives.
• Partnering with leaders to implement people strategies, workforce planning initiatives and organisational effectiveness programmes.
• Managing complex employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, absence and capability cases.
• Building management capability through coaching, mentoring and practical HR support.
• Developing strong relationships with Trade Union representatives and supporting industrial relations activity, including pay negotiations.
• Leading organisational change programmes, restructures, consultations and transformation initiatives in a legally compliant and commercially focused manner.
• Driving employee engagement, communication and wellbeing initiatives across the business.
• Supporting recruitment, onboarding, talent management and succession planning activities to ensure strong talent pipelines.
• Identifying learning and development needs and supporting leadership teams to build future capability.
• Analysing HR metrics and people data to identify trends, recommend improvements and support informed business decision-making.
• Contributing to wider HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives across Tarmac's Cement operations.

What We Are Looking For

We're looking for a commercially minded HR professional who can confidently influence stakeholders, navigate complex people challenges and build strong relationships across all levels of the organisation. You will ideally have:

• Significant generalist HR experience within a manufacturing, industrial, engineering or similarly operational environment.
• Demonstrable experience managing complex employee relations cases and organisational change programmes.
• Experience working within a unionised environment and building productive relationships with Trade Union representatives.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment legislation and its practical application.
• Experience coaching and influencing managers and leaders at multiple organisational levels.
• A degree-level qualification, ideally in Business or a related discipline.
• CIPD Level 5 qualification (or currently studying towards it).

You’ll also bring:

• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to challenge constructively and influence decision-making.
• Strong commercial awareness and a pragmatic approach to problem solving.
• Confidence managing competing priorities in a fast-moving environment.
• A collaborative, inclusive and people-focused mindset.
• The resilience to make difficult decisions when required while maintaining trust and credibility.
• A passion for continuous improvement and driving positive organisational change.

Why Tarmac

We don't just offer a job, we offer a career. Alongside this role, you'll have access to industry-leading rewards, development opportunities, and a culture that puts people first, including:

• Bonus scheme.
• Enhanced holiday entitlement.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice.
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities.
• Training and development opportunities.

Tarmac is committed to being a Forces-friendly employer. If you're coming from a military background, we'll support your transition and help you build a successful career with us. We're proud to be part of CRH, and even prouder to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know, we're here to support you.

Ready to build your future? Click Apply to get started. Please note: we sometimes close roles early due to high interest, so don't wait too long!