HR Manager

Job Description

HR Manager (Generalist) Hull / East Yorkshire

Location: Hull area with regular travel to other local sites
Working pattern: Mainly on-site 1 day WFH per week
Salary: Up to 45000 benefits
Contract: Permanent full-time

The opportunity

• Newly created role due to business growth across multiple sites
• Broad standalone HR position with real influence and autonomy
• Working closely with the Board and senior leadership to deliver people strategy
• Ideal for a proactive HR professional who enjoys owning the function end-to-end
• Great development opportunity including funded CIPD progression

What youll be doing

Strategic HR leadership

• Partner with senior leaders to align HR strategy with commercial goals
• Use people data and metrics to inform decision making
• Support organisational design and workforce planning across sites

Talent acquisition & onboarding

• Lead end-to-end recruitment across operational and technical roles
• Manage agency relationships and hiring manager partnerships
• Design and deliver structured onboarding programmes

Employee engagement & culture

• Drive initiatives that improve engagement wellbeing and retention
• Promote a positive inclusive culture across multiple locations
• Manage the full employee lifecycle from start to finish

Performance & development

• Oversee appraisals goal setting and performance frameworks
• Coach managers on difficult conversations and development planning
• Coordinate statutory and professional training requirements

ER policy & compliance

• Provide expert ER advice on grievances disciplinaries and conflict resolution
• Maintain HR policies handbook and contractual documentation
• Ensure compliance with employment law and best practice

About you

Youll suit this role if you are confident hands-on and comfortable working across several sites in a male-dominated engineering environment.

Essential

• CIPD Level 3 (Level 5 preferred or in progress)
• Proven experience across the full employee lifecycle
• Strong knowledge of employment law recruitment and performance management
• Experience writing and implementing HR policies
• Confident communicator at all levels
• Full UK driving licence

Personal fit

• Proactive and autonomous happy to take control of the function
• Pragmatic solutions-focused and commercially aware
• Comfortable visiting sites and working closely with operations teams
• Resilient organised and able to juggle priorities

Whats on offer

• Up to 45000 salary
• 25.5 days holiday bank holidays plus birthday off
• Option to buy/sell up to 5 days annual leave
• Cycle to Work and EV salary sacrifice schemes
• Company pension (matched up to 5%)
• Retail discounts platform
• Funded CIPD study and professional development
• Future performance-related bonus potential

Working environment

• Multi-site business with around 135 employees
• Friendly fast-paced and operational culture
• Strong leadership support and clear growth trajectory
• New office move planned in the coming months