HR Business Partner

MWH Treatment Limited; Preston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Preston is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to support talent management and development across several regions. In this role, you will work closely with managers, implement HR initiatives, and manage employee relations issues. The ideal candidate has substantial HR experience, excellent communication skills, and is CIPD qualified. This is a unique opportunity to join a high-performing HR team.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Senior HR Advisor or as an HR Business Partner.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders.
• Extensive senior advisory/partnering experience in HR.
• Knowledge of employment law principles.

Responsibilities

• Implement key HR initiatives in partnership with central teams.
• Manage employee relations issues within regions.
• Support recruitment team in graduate recruitment processes.
• Coordinate training and development for managers.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Relationship development

Problem analysis

Customer focus

Education

CIPD qualified to at least level 5

High level of educational achievement

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Overview

MWH treatment is a highly successful business, and we are continually looking for talented individuals to join us. An opportunity has arisen for an operational HR Business Partner to join the team covering our regions based in the North - ESD, United Utilities, Hattersley and Northern Ireland. You will partner and offer support to the business in all aspects of HR, focusing on succession & talent, learning & development, coaching and delivering our People Plan within your regions.

Key responsibilities

• Working with the central teams to implement key initiatives relating to areas such as talent, performance management, diversity and inclusion, wellbeing.
• In partnership with managers take ownership of implementing the people plan.
• Coaching Managers and individuals.
• Maintain positive relationships with the central HR functions.
• Managing all employee relations issues in your regions (disciplinary, grievance, performance management, sickness absence etc)
• Support the Recruitment team in future talent processes such as graduate recruitment.
• Undertake and support HR project work as identified
• Work closely with the L&D team to provide support in the co-ordination of training & development for managers and their teams in line with performance management tools.
• Work with L&D team to ensure key deliverables are met, monitored and reported.
• Maintain a positive and solution-oriented approach to work, providing open and honest feedback.
• You will require excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong influencing skills a flexible approach, pro-active self-starter, action orientated, resilient with a can-do attitude.

Key relationships

• Head of People
• Head of HR
• Business Area Leaders
• HR Team

Competencies

• Relationship development
• Excellent customer focus
• Resilience and drive
• Works with others to deliver results
• Takes personal responsibility to deliver results
• Problem analysis
• Communication and stakeholder management

Requirements

• Essential: You will either have experience as a Senior HR Advisor looking to utilise your skills and grow into an operational HR Business Partner position or you will be a successful HR Business partner looking to be part of a high performing HR team.
• Essential: Ability to build and maintain core business relationships with key stakeholders
• Essential: Extensive senior Advisory/Partnering experience within a professional Human Resources function
• Essential: High level of educational achievement
• Essential: Extensive experience of implementing policies and procedures
• Essential: Knowledge of employment law principles
• Essential: Excellent Microsoft skills; to include minimum intermediate level Excel and Word
• Essential: CIPD qualified to at least level 5
• Desirable: Understanding and experience of manpower planning, resourcing, benchmarking and metric delivery
• Desirable: Experience in an Engineering / Construction environment