HR Advisor

Ensinger Inc.; Tonyrefail; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Birthday day off

Life assurance x2 salary

Monthly lottery

Cycle to Work scheme

Pension enrolment including salary sac

Hybrid Working

Compressed Hours - Early finish on fr

Job summary

Ensinger is seeking an experienced HR Advisor to join our UK HR team at the Tonyrefail site. You will collaborate across four sites, travel weekly to Bridgwater, and deliver a comprehensive HR service covering recruitment, onboarding, employee relations and HR operations.

The role emphasizes supporting managers, maintaining HR processes, and delivering excellent people service. Manufacturing or multi-site experience is advantageous, with a competitive salary and hybrid working.

Qualifications

• Previous HR Advisor or generalist HR experience.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience handling a broad range of employee relations matters.
• Experience across recruitment, onboarding and contractual changes.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Familiar with HR reporting and Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day HR advice and guidance to managers and employees.
• Support employee relations matters including grievances, disciplinaries and investigations.
• Manage starters, leavers and changes to employee records.
• Prepare contracts of employment and ad-hoc HR correspondence.
• Support the full recruitment lifecycle, including CV sifting and interviews.
• Assist induction and onboarding activities and monitor probationary periods.
• Produce monthly HR reports and maintain HR records.
• Coordinate training, including compliance and annual training activities.
• Assist with occupational health referrals, pension reviews and benefits administration.
• Support apprenticeship activity and wider HR projects.

Skills

General HR

Employee relations

Communication

Organization

MS Office

Tools

HR systems

Job description

Ensinger is a global leader in high-performance engineering plastics, supplying innovative material solutions to a wide range of industries worldwide. At our Tonyrefail site, we are proud to combine the strength of an international group with a supportive, people-focused and down-to-earth working environment.

We are now looking to appoint an experienced HR Advisor to join our HR team, where we cover 4 sites across the UK. You will be expected to travel to our Bridgwater site on a weekly basis, ad hoc, there and back in one day. This is an excellent opportunity for a capable and commercially aware HR professional who enjoys variety, values strong working relationships and wants to play a key role in delivering a high-quality HR service across the business.

The opportunity

As HR Advisor, you will support the business across the full employee lifecycle, providing practical HR advice, guidance and administration to managers and employees. The role offers a broad and varied remit covering recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, reporting, training coordination and general HR operations.

This is not a heavily ER-focused role. While employee relations experience is important, the position is much broader, with a strong emphasis on supporting managers, maintaining HR processes and delivering an excellent people service.

Key responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

• Providing day-to-day HR advice and guidance to managers and employees
• Supporting employee relations matters including grievances, disciplinaries, investigations, flexible working requests, maternity and paternity processes
• Managing starters, leavers and employee changes
• Preparing contracts of employment and ad-hoc HR correspondence
• Supporting the full recruitment lifecycle, including CV sifting, interview coordination and candidate communication
• Supporting induction and onboarding activity
• Monitoring probationary periods and following up with managers
• Producing monthly HR reports and maintaining accurate HR records
• Supporting training coordination, including compliance training and annual training activity
• Assisting with occupational health referrals, pension review bookings and employee benefits administration
• Supporting apprenticeship activity, work experience placements and wider HR projects

About you

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

• Previous experience in an HR Advisor or similar generalist HR role
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
• Experience of supporting a broad range of employee relations matters
• Experience across the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding and contractual changes
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• A professional, approachable and pragmatic style
• Confidence working with HR systems, reporting and Microsoft Office

Experience within manufacturing, engineering or a multi-site environment would be advantageous, but is not essential.

What we offer

In return, we offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including:

• Salary up to £38,000
• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
• Birthday day off
• Life assurance x2 salary
• Monthly lottery
• Employee referral programme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Pension enrolment including salary sacrifice
• Hybrid Working
• Compressed Hours - Early finish Fridays

Why join Ensinger?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a business where HR is valued, relationships matter and people are treated with respect. We are a professional but relaxed organisation, and this role would suit someone who wants to make a genuine contribution in a broad and meaningful HR position.