HR Systems Administrator

GKN Aerospace; Newport; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus scheme

Pension

Life Assurance

25 days holiday

Flexible hours

Income protection

Discounts

Cycle to work

EAP

Virtual GP

Collaborative culture

Job summary

GKN Aerospace is seeking an HR Systems Administrator to ensure accuracy and integrity of employee data across HR and time management systems. The role provides reporting and system administration foundations for HR and business operations, with data input, holiday calculations and reporting duties.

This on-site position in Filton, Bristol, suits someone with payroll experience in large manufacturing and a keen eye for data quality.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting payroll processes.
• Demonstrable experience administering an HRIS.
• Experience producing and interpreting HR data and management reports.
• Some knowledge of UK employment legislation.
• Experience administering time and attendance systems.
• Ability to manage high-volume, deadline-driven data processing.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date employee records in the HRIS.
• Conduct regular data quality audits across HR systems.
• Maintain accurate organisational structure/hierarchy in the HRIS.
• Produce and distribute standing HR reports.
• Prepare data packs.
• Ensure time management system reflects changes including shift patterns.
• Provide ongoing payroll support.
• Liaise with the business on operational matters including factory shutdown arrangements.

Skills

Payroll support

HRIS admin

HR data reporting

UK employment law

Time & attendance

Data processing

Education

CIPD Level 3

Tools

SAP HR

Job description

Job Title: HR System Administrator

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

It’s great to know you’re making a difference to the future of aviation! Whatever part you play you’ll be helping us deliver operational excellence to our customers.

At our GKN Filton site, we specialise in the design and manufacture of large complex structural wing assemblies, detailed metallic components and wing systems for a combination of both civil and military aircraft.

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented HR Systems Administrator to join us on a permanent basis.

The main purpose of this role is to ensure the accuracy, integrity, and reliability of employee data across all HR and time management systems, providing the reporting and system administration foundation that enables the HR function and the business to operate effectively.

To put into simpler terms: data input, calculating holiday allowances, and generating system reports.

This role would suit someone with a background working in payroll for a large manufacturing business or temporary recruitment agency.

This role will be 100% on site at our Filton, Bristol location.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date employee records on the HRIS.
• Conduct regular data quality audits across all HR systems.
• Maintain accurate organisational structure and hierarchy within the HRIS.
• Produce and distribute standing HR reports.
• Prepare data packs.
• Ensure the time management system is updated to reflect changes including shift patterns.
• Provide ongoing payroll support.
• Liaise with the business on operational matters including factory shutdown arrangements.

What You’ll Bring

Essential Behaviours

• Excellent customer service, able to interface with people at all levels.
• Excellent English communication skills.
• Ability to self-organise and prioritise workload.
• A team player, willing to work with the HR team to troubleshoot issues.
• High level of discretion and diplomacy working in an HR environment.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience supporting payroll processes
• Demonstrable experience administering an HRIS
• Experience producing and interpreting HR data and management reports
• Some knowledge of UK employment legislation
• Experience administering time and attendance systems
• Ability to manage high-volume, deadline-driven data processing

Desirable

• CIPD Level 3 Foundation Certificate in People Practice
• Previous experience in the aerospace, or manufacturing sector
• Experience with SAP HR.
• Familiarity with data quality frameworks
• Experience supporting factory or shift-based operational environments
• Understanding of training compliance requirements

What We’ll Offer

Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits:

• Competitive salary dependent on experience. £30,000 to £35,000 pa.
• Company bonus scheme.
• Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we'll pay 1.5x your contribution (max 12%).
• Life Assurance 8 x salary.
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
• Flexible working hours including the ability to finish at early on a Friday.
• Income protection.
• Shopping discounts.
• Cycle To Work Scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family.
• A collaborative, dynamic working environment.

As well as a competitive package we’ll offer you a world of opportunity. We want to see your career fly! We’ll support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. That’s the beauty of being part of a global business, once you’re on board you never know where your career journey may take you!

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.