HR & Training Advisor

Refresco; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Early Friday finish

28 days leave plus bank holidays

Option to purchase additional leave

Life assurance

GP access 24/7

Eye-care vouchers

Employee referral scheme

GroceryAid support services

Cheers benefits platform

Free onsite parking

Discounted products

Job summary

Refresco in Milton Keynes is seeking an HR & Training Advisor to join the site team, working closely with the HR Business Partner to deliver a proactive, practical people service in a busy manufacturing environment.

You will lead recruitment, handle employee relations, drive performance and attendance processes, coordinate training and development, and support compliance and governance while promoting Refresco values and a positive workplace culture.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law.
• CIPD Level 5 qualification desirable.
• Ability to build credible relationships with managers and employees.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a professional HR service across the site, coaching managers on ER, performance, conduct, absence, and policies.
• Lead end-to-end recruitment and onboarding for site-based roles with accurate offers and contracts.
• Drive performance and attendance management, investigations, absence reviews, appraisals, and occupational health referrals.
• Coordinate learning and development initiatives, training records, and training matrices to enhance capability.
• Support compliance, audit, and governance activities to meet legal and internal requirements.
• Act as an HR ambassador, promoting Refresco values and fostering a positive workplace culture.

Skills

HR generalist

Employee relations

Recruitment

UK employment law

Coaching managers

Education

CIPD Level 5

Tools

HRIS

Job description

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an HR & Training Advisor to join our site team in Milton Keynes. Working closely with the HR Business Partner, you will play a key role in supporting both the site and HR department in a busy, fast-paced, and varied environment. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their HR career while making a real impact across people, training, and operational activities

HR & Training Advisor

Permanent

Refresco – Milton Keynes

Benefits

• Annual bonus and regular pay reviews
• Early Friday finish to kick‑start your weekend
• 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase additional leave, increasing your allowance to 31 days plus bank holidays
• Life assurance coverage
• 24/7 virtual GP access for you and your family
• Free eye‑care vouchers and discounted glasses
• Employee referral scheme with bonuses for successful referrals
• GroceryAid support services offering financial, legal, wellbeing and practical guidance
• Cheers benefits platform providing discounts, free perks, and wellbeing tools
• Free onsite parking and discounted products

Key responsibilities of the role

• Deliver a professional and proactive HR service across the site, providing expert guidance and coaching to managers on employee relations, performance management, conduct, absence, and company policies to ensure a fair and consistent approach.
• Lead and support end-to-end recruitment and onboarding activities for site-based roles, ensuring vacancies are filled efficiently, offers and contracts are issued accurately, and new starters receive a positive onboarding experience.
• Drive performance and attendance management processes, supporting managers with investigations, absence reviews, appraisals, objective setting, and occupational health referrals while ensuring compliance with company procedures.
• Coordinate and support learning and development initiatives, including line manager training, policy briefings, training records management, and maintenance of training matrices to improve capability across the workforce.
• Support compliance, audit, and governance activities, ensuring HR processes, documentation, and corrective actions meet business, legal, and internal audit requirements.
• Act as a trusted HR ambassador within the plant, promoting company values and behaviours, supporting employee engagement initiatives, delivering effective communication, and contributing to a positive workplace culture and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate would have

We are looking for a proactive and professional HR practitioner with experience in a fast-paced manufacturing, FMCG or similar operational environment. You'll have a strong understanding of UK employment legislation, excellent communication and problem-solving skills, and the ability to build credible relationships with managers and employees at all levels. Organised, adaptable and customer-focused, you'll be confident managing multiple priorities, supporting recruitment and employee relations activities, and driving HR best practice. A CIPD Level 5 qualification, or equivalent experience, is desirable, alongside a commitment to continuous professional development and a passion for delivering a high-quality people service.

Ultimately, we encourage everyone to role model our core values of agility, responsibility, passion, excellence, and entrepreneurship as we believe these are what has made Refresco successful so far.

Find out more about the Refresco Values here: https://www.refresco.co.uk/uk/about/our-values

About Refresco

Refresco is the global independent beverage solutions provider for Global, National and Emerging brands, and retailers with production in Europe, North America, and Australia.

Refresco offers an extensive range of product and packaging combinations from juices to carbonated soft drinks and mineral waters in carton, PET, Aseptic PET, cans, and glass.

Refresco continuously searches for new and alternative ways to improve the quality of its products and packaging combinations in line with consumer and customer demand, environmental responsibilities, and market demand

Refresco is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and has more than 13,500 employees. www.refresco.com.

Our drinks on every table. That's the Refresco vision. We’re a global business and currently produce 12 billion litres of soft drinks from 64 manufacturing plants in 12 countries and we’re only just getting started.

We’re the proud owners of six drinks manufacturing sites within the UK. Our UK business provides a great place to work for over 1,800 employees, who produce private label soft drinks and fruit juices for all the leading retailers.

Whether it’s packed in cartons, bottles or cans, we ensure that our products are made to the highest quality standards. Our products get where they need to be when they need to get there to meet the needs of our high-profile customers.

Refresco believes that equal opportunity for all is fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process.