HR Generalist / Senior HR Advisor

Castle Employment; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established manufacturing business in Scarborough is seeking a skilled HR Generalist/Senior HR Advisor to provide HR guidance across the employee lifecycle. This full-time, office-based role involves supporting employee relations cases, maintaining HR records, and contributing to projects like engagement and training. The ideal candidate has experience in HR within fast-paced environments, is solution-oriented, and holds a CIPD qualification. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to have a significant impact on a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Experience in HR within manufacturing or fast paced environments.
• Confident advising managers on HR and ER queries.
• People focused and calm in practical HR situations.

Responsibilities

• Provide day to day HR guidance across all employee lifecycle aspects.
• Support ER cases including investigations and absence management.
• Maintain accurate HR records and site compliance.
• Work with managers to strengthen their HR capability.
• Support recruitment and onboarding for new employees.
• Contribute to HR-led projects like engagement and training.
• Build strong relationships across various teams.

Skills

HR guidance

Employee relations

Strong organisational skills

Coaching

Attention to detail

Solutions-oriented

Education

CIPD Level 3 or 5

Job description

Overview

HR Generalist / Senior HR Advisor

Scarborough

Full time, office based

Salary depending on experience

Join a well established manufacturing business in Scarborough where people, culture and continuous improvement sit at the heart of the operation. This full time, office based role offers broad HR responsibility, hands on support and the chance to shape people processes across a busy site.

The Role

• Provide day to day HR guidance across all aspects of the employee lifecycle.
• Support ER cases including investigations, disciplinary, grievance and absence management.
• Maintain accurate HR records, contracts, onboarding documents and site compliance.
• Work closely with managers to strengthen capability through coaching and clear HR advice.
• Support recruitment activity, onboarding and induction for new starters.
• Contribute to people led projects such as engagement, wellbeing, training or process improvement.
• Build strong working relationships across Production, Operations, Engineering and Support teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in HR within manufacturing, engineering or fast paced environments.
• Confident advising managers and handling a range of HR and ER queries.
• Strong organisational skills with high attention to detail and compliance.
• People focused, calm and solutions oriented with a practical approach to day to day HR.
• CIPD Level 3 or 5 is desirable but experience will be valued equally.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Senior HR Advisor or established HR Generalist looking for ownership, involvement and the chance to add real value within a collaborative, site based team.