Human Resource Manager

Ciwmjobs; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% non-contributory pension

35 days holiday

Private healthcare

Death in service

Income protection 75% salary

EV salary sacrifice

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Ciwmjobs is seeking an HR Manager for an engineering organisation in a standalone, office-based role within a mid-sized business. You will lead day-to-day HR activities, manage recruitment, and drive workforce planning while supporting career development, performance management, and apprenticeship programmes.

The role requires credible communication with senior leaders, strong employment-process knowledge, and the ability to operate autonomously in a structured environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in day-to-day HR activities and managing them independently.
• Significant recruitment and workforce planning experience.
• Strong communication with all levels of the organisation.
• Comfortable in a standalone role and dealing directly with senior leadership.
• Solid knowledge of employment processes and commercially aware.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day HR support and advice to a skilled workforce.
• Manage recruitment and candidate management with a focus on workforce planning.
• Support HR projects from start to finish and maintain existing processes.
• Assist in supporting employee career paths, learning journeys and performance management.
• Handle absence management and advise senior leadership on HR matters.
• Support changing workforce needs and redundancy implications where required.
• Support apprenticeship and graduate/talent programmes.

Skills

Generalist HR

Recruitment

Workforce planning

Communication skills

Standalone role

Employment processes

Job description

Job Type: Full-time, office-based

We are seeking an HR Manager to join an engineering organisation. This standalone HR role offers the opportunity to work within a medium-size business that designs and manufactures high-value component parts. The ideal candidate will be experienced in managing day-to-day HR activities and recruitment, comfortable working autonomously, and thrive in a structured, traditional environment.

Day-to-day of the role:

• Provide day-to-day HR support and advice to a highly skilled workforce of technical employees.
• Manage recruitment and candidate management, with a focus on workforce planning.
• Support various HR projects from start to finish, maintaining and enhancing existing HR processes and procedures.
• Assist in supporting employee career paths, learning journeys, and performance management.
• Handle absence management and advise senior leadership on HR matters.
• Support changing workforce requirements as business projects start and finish, including understanding employee movement between projects/teams and redundancy implications where required.
• Support apprenticeship and graduate/talent programmes.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong generalist HR capability with the ability to manage day-to-day HR activities independently.
• Significant recruitment and workforce planning experience, with a proven track record in a similar role.
• Credibility and strong communication skills, able to interact effectively with all levels of the organisation.
• Comfortable in a standalone role and confident dealing directly with senior leadership.
• Solid knowledge of employment processes and procedures, commercially aware and pragmatic.

Benefits:

• 10% non-contributory pension.
• 35 days' holiday inclusive of bank holidays.
• Private healthcare.
• Death in service benefit.
• Income protection paying 75% of salary for long-term sickness.
• EV salary sacrifice scheme.
• Cycle to Work scheme.