Human Resources Business Partner

Drnewitt; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional HR consultancy in the UK seeks an HR Business Partner to provide strategic HR advice to operational leaders. The ideal candidate will bring HR expertise from manufacturing or heavy industrial environments, focusing on leadership development, employee engagement, and safety culture. This full-time role requires strong relationship-building skills and offers genuine partnership opportunities with business leaders.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner or multi-site HR Manager.
• Strong influencing and relationship-building skills.
• Willingness to travel regularly within your region.

Responsibilities

• Partner with operational leaders to deliver the people strategy.
• Coach and support managers to enhance their leadership capability.
• Lead employee relations and industrial relations activities.

Skills

HR Business Partner experience

Influencing and relationship-building

CIPD qualification

Action-oriented mindset

Coaching skills

Job description

The opportunity

Youll act as a trusted advisor to our regional Operations Leadership Team partnering with site and general managers to deliver a practical people‑centred HR strategy that supports business goals. Youll bring both strategic insight and hands‑on delivery guiding workforce planning employee relations organisational design and leadership development.

Its a role with genuine scope and autonomy ideal for someone who enjoys variety independence and visibility across sites.

What you'll be doing

• Partner with operational leaders to deliver the people strategy aligned to business and production objectives.
• Coach and support managers to strengthen their people leadership capability.
• Lead employee relations and industrial relations activities including complex cases consultations and union engagement.
• Drive performance management succession planning and leadership development initiatives.
• Collaborate with L&D Reward and central HR colleagues to ensure consistent high‑quality HR support.
• Use data and insight to improve workforce engagement retention and productivity.
• Champion a culture of safety inclusion and continuous improvement across all sites.

About you

Youll be an experienced HR professional with strong generalist and partnering skills ideally gained in manufacturing or other heavy industrial environments. Youll bring :

• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner or multi‑site HR Manager.
• A practical action‑oriented mindset equally effective on the shopfloor and with senior leaders.
• Strong influencing coaching and relationship‑building skills.
• A resilient fair and values‑led approach.
• CIPD qualification (or equivalent).
• Willingness to travel regularly within your region (particularly to Cumbria).

Interested

If youre a capable pragmatic HRBP professional who thrives in operational environments and enjoys genuine partnership with business leaders wed love to hear from you. Apply with your CV or call 0.

Key Skills

• Marketing & Sales
• Business Administration
• Bid
• Instrumentation & Control
• HACCP

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1