Sunderland
The Rewards and Benefits on Offer: • A full time and permanent role from day 1!, • A competitive basic salary, • The opportunity to work with an industry leading business, • Immediate starts available, • Company contribution pension scheme, • Life Insurance, • Holiday Club – discounted breaks, • Employee benefits platform, • Employee Assistance Programme & 24/7 GP access MTrec’s new opportunity: MTrec Recruitment are proudly representing our industry leading client in their search for a people focused, HR Officer. The position will work as part of a team of HR professionals and provide critical support to the business in areas such as employee relations, recruitment, and UK employment Law. This role is open to those with a level 5 CIPD qualification or equivalent. If you are looking for your next career move, and meet the person specification below, apply now for an immediate response! The job you will do: • Manage probation, performance, and capability processes end-to-end, • Manage absence cases proactively, including welfare reviews and structured action plans, • Advise and coach managers on investigations, disciplinary and grievance procedures, • Attend and minute formal hearings, ensuring procedural compliance and robust documentation, • Provide commercially grounded advice aligned to company policy and UK employment law and assist in development policies, • Produce accurate people data reports to support informed decision-making, • Deliver end to end support across recruitment, onboarding and early careers initiatives, • Maintain high standards of HR administration, reporting, and record-keeping, • Support wider HR projects and business initiatives as required About you: • It is essential that you are CIPD qualified to a minimum of level 5 or hold equivalent qualifications., • Ideally you will have experience working within a manufacturing environment., • Over 3 years’ experience in a People/HR Officer role, • Experience leading disciplinary, grievance, and capability investigations end-to-end, • Strong working knowledge of UK employment law, • Experience facilitating workplace mediation and conflict resolution - desirable, • Mental Health First Aider accreditation - desirable, • High standards of documentation and case management, • You are calm under pressure, solutions-focused and confident having difficult conversations when required., • You understand that strong people management protects both culture and performance, and you always operate with discretion and professionalism