HR Generalist (People & Culture Generalist)

ABSL Power Solutions Ltd. - UK; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

EnerSys is seeking an HR Advisor to deliver commercially focused HR solutions across the UK. You will support organisational development, wellbeing, resourcing, learning and policy, ensuring compliance with GDPR and statutory requirements.

You will coach managers, analyse labour trends, and contribute to global HR projects while promoting an inclusive culture and employee engagement across UK sites.

Qualifications

• Degree-level education and CIPD level 7 progress or equivalent.
• Proven experience as HR Advisor or similar role.
• Experience handling employee relations cases and organisational change.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Ability to communicate confidently across the business and build relationships.
• Experience with HR systems and database management.

Responsibilities

• Support and drive engagement by contributing to the people plan and delivery of key people initiatives.
• Coach managers on policy and operational issues and provide action plans.
• Develop and implement HR policies, processes and practices.
• Analyse labour market trends and provide management information.
• Coordinate UK payroll provision and ensure compliance with GDPR.
• Support HR change programmes and UK/Global projects.

Skills

Employee relations

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Degree-level education, CIPD Level 7 in progress

Tools

HRIS

Payroll systems

Job description

Requisition ID13775-Posted10/05/2026

EnerSys is a global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications. We have over thirty manufacturing and assembly plants worldwide servicing over 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries. Worldwide headquarters are located in Reading, PA, USA with regional headquarters in Europe and Asia. We complement our extensive line of Motive Power and Energy Systems with a full range of integrated services and systems. With sales and service locations throughout the world, and over 100 years of battery experience, EnerSys is the power/full solution for stored DC power products.

Job Purpose

Deliver commercially focused, best practice HR solutions to a diverse client group based in locations across the UK to meet business needs. Responsible for supporting best practice and consistency across all HR areas of organizational development, well-being, resourcing, learning and development, people policy, absence management, reward & recognition, performance management, disciplinaries and grievances.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Support & drive engagement by contributing to the people plan and delivery of key people initiatives aligned to business objectives
• Coach, counsel and guide managers on all people policy and operational issues, establishing action plans which focus on opportunities to deliver solutions that add value and ensure compliance and best practice
• Coach, support and build capability in people managers to manage the employment relationship effectively
• Contribute to the development of HR strategies and people plan
• Carry out regular data analysis of labour market trends in the locality;
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and sharing of best practice and support delivery and embedding of HR change programmes and initiatives
• Develop, improve and implement people policies, processes and practices
• Support global and UK wide projects in accordance with business and HR strategic priorities
• Liaise with the union/employee consultative groups to support a positive employee relations climate
• Support development of diverse and inclusive culture, embed company values and increase employee engagement
• Analyse and produce management information eg monthly headcount reporting, turnover, KPIs and metrics
• Support UK reward, recognition and benefits systems eg private medical, company cars, EAP, recognition schemes
• Lead on sickness absence and occupational health referral service working with managers to control and reduce absence
• Co-ordinate UK payroll provision and ensure legal and statutory compliance
• Manage employee data subject access requests and ensure compliance with GDPR regulations
• Input to customer questionnaires to satisfy tender requirements
• Develop clear employee communication and feedback processes
• Leverage best practice from external networks and adapt to local business needs
• Share knowledge and best practice with the wider HR team to build capability
• Regular travel required across UK sites

Qualifications

• Degree-level education and member of professional body and qualified/working towards CIPD level 7
• Demonstrated excellence within an HR Advisor (or similar) role
• Experience of managing employee relations cases and people issues related to organisational change
• Understanding and application of UK employment legislation, regulation and HR best practice
• Ability to communicate confidently across the business, building strong relationships
• Experience of HR systems and database management
• Able to effectively negotiate and influence
• Able to analyse information, make and implement suitable recommendations
• Future focused, inquisitive and open-minded; seeks out evolving and innovative ways to add value to the business
• Uses information insights, sound judgement and knowledge in a structured way to identify options, make recommendations and make robust, defendable decisions
• Ability to adapt in a changing environment

EnerSys provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.