HR Advisor

Owen Daniels; Rugby; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

1 day working from home

10% bonus

Pension 6–10%

Life assurance

Job summary

Owen Daniels is seeking an HR Advisor to join a well-established global engineering and manufacturing organisation in Coventry. You will provide hands-on generalist HR support with a focus on employee relations, coaching managers, and ensuring consistent policy application.

You will work closely with the HR Business Partner to resolve people issues, support operational managers, and drive effective HR practices across the business.

Qualifications

• Strong experience handling ER cases and advising managers on complex people matters.
• Experience as HR Generalist or HR Specialist in manufacturing/engineering environment.
• Ideally CIPD Level 5 or working towards this qualification.
• Experience across multiple sites in a matrix organisation.
• Good knowledge of UK employment legislation and GDPR requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support a variety of ER cases, including disciplinaries, grievances, performance management and conduct matters, ensuring fair, consistent and legally compliant outcomes.
• Advise managers and supervisors on people-related issues, coaching them through challenging situations and supporting effective decision-making.
• Oversee short and long-term absence cases, return-to-work processes, occupational health referrals, reasonable adjustments, maternity and other employee lifecycle activities.
• Maintain accurate employee records, support payroll processes, monitor HR data and reporting, and ensure policies and procedures remain aligned with UK employment legislation and GDPR requirements.
• Support wider HR initiatives, including organisational change, restructuring, recruitment, engagement activities, talent reviews and improvements to HR processes and systems.

Skills

Employee relations

Coaching managers

HR policy knowledge

GDPR & data handling

Education

CIPD Level 5 (preferred)

Job description

Are you an experienced HR professional with a strong background in employee relations and supporting managers within a fast-paced environment?

We are recruiting an HR Advisor to join a well-established, global engineering and manufacturing organisation based in Coventry.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an established HR function, providing hands-on generalist HR support, with a particular emphasis on employee relations, coaching managers and ensuring consistent application of HR policies and procedures.

You’ll work closely with the HR Business Partner, supporting operational managers and key stakeholders, helping to resolve people-related challenges and drive effective HR practices across the business.

HRAdvisor

Permanent

Hours: 8:00am-4:30pm and Friday, 8:00am-3:30pm

Very Competitive Salary on Offer + 10% Bonus

Coventry

Key Responsibilities

Manage and support a variety of ER cases, including disciplinaries, grievances, performance management and conduct matters, ensuring fair, consistent and legally compliant outcomes.

Act as a trusted HR advisor to managers and supervisors, providing practical guidance on people-related issues, coaching them through challenging situations and supporting effective decision-making.

Oversee short and long-term absence cases, return-to-work processes, occupational health referrals, reasonable adjustments, maternity and other employee lifecycle activities.

Maintain accurate employee records, support payroll processes, monitor HR data and reporting, and ensure policies and procedures remain aligned with UK employment legislation and GDPR requirements.

Support wider HR initiatives, including organisational change, restructuring, recruitment, engagement activities, talent reviews and improvements to HR processes and systems.

About You

Previous experience in a broad HR Generalist or HR Specialist position, ideally within a large manufacturing, engineering or FMCG environment.

Strong, hands-on experience managing employee relations cases and advising managers on a range of complex people matters.

Ideally CIPD Level 5 qualified, or working towards this qualification.

Experience supporting multiple sites, departments or a broad range of operational stakeholders within a matrix organisation.

Good working knowledge of UK employment legislation, HR policies and best practice.

A confident and professional communicator who can build credibility with managers and employees at all levels.

Organised, proactive and commercially aware, with the ability to manage competing priorities and work independently.

The Person

We're looking for someone professional, approachable and credible, who is comfortable challenging and coaching managers when required. You'll need to be confident handling sensitive employee matters, able to build strong relationships across the business and have a practical, solutions-focused approach to HR.

Benefits

• 10% bonus
• 1 day working from home
• Pension: Employer contributions starting at 6%, increasing up to 10%, depending on employee contributions.
• Life assurance at four times annual salary.
• Group income protection.
• Health cash plan.
• 25 days' annual leave, increasing to 30 days with service.
• Option to buy or sell up to five annual leave days.
• Employee share purchase scheme.
• 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• Additional benefits including dental cover, critical illness cover, travel insurance, Cycle to Work, GymFlex and employee discounts.