Human Resources Business Partner
5 days ago
Huddersfield
HR Business Partner £50,000 - £55,000 Huddersfield On-site (4 days) / 1 day WFH | 37.5 hours | Flexible working Generous benefits Elevation Recruitment Group are working in partnership with a growing, fast-paced manufacturing organisation to recruit a HR Business Partner. This is a key role within the UK HR team, supporting a large, evolving, site-based workforce during a period of transformation and growth. This isn’t a sit-back HR role. It’s hands-on, operational, and suited to someone who’s comfortable being visible on site, influencing at all levels, and dealing with the reality of a busy, (unionised) blue-collar environment. What’s on offer: • Salary up to £55,000, • 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays, with flexibility to swap), • Flexi-time scheme - up to an additional 12 days off per year, • Enhanced pension - up to 8% employer contribution, • On-site gym Reporting into the HR Manager, you’ll partner closely with operational leaders to deliver a consistent and effective HR service across the site. You’ll play a central role in aligning people strategy with business objectives while ensuring employee relations, performance, and engagement are managed proactively. Once embedded, the role will be roughly split between 50% ER and 50% broader HR activity, including workforce planning, development, and change initiatives. Key Responsibilities of the HR Business Partner: • Partner with managers to deliver people strategies that support both immediate and long-term business goals, • Lead on a wide range of employee relations cases, from investigation through to outcome and appeal, • Coach and support line managers on performance, absence, conduct, and capability, • Support organisational change initiatives including restructures, shift changes, and contract changes, • Drive engagement, development, and retention initiatives across a diverse and ageing workforce, • Manage and improve onboarding, training, and development programmes, • Ensure performance management processes are embedded and effective, • Contribute to HR reporting, analysing trends in absence, turnover, and performance, • Support payroll processes and ensure compliance across HR systems, • Build strong working relationships with employees, managers, and representatives where applicable, • Deputise for the HR Manager when required Key Skills & Experience required: • Proven experience in a generalist HR role, ideally within a site-based, operational or manufacturing environment, • Strong employment law knowledge and confidence managing complex ER cases, • Experience working in a unionised environment is highly advantageous, • CIPD Level 5 (minimum) or working towards, • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, hands-on environment with evolving systems, • Strong Excel and data analysis skills, • A proactive approach with the ability to work independently and make sound decisions If you’re looking for a role where you can genuinely influence change, build capability, and make an impact on both people and performance - this is worth a conversation.