Job Title: HR Business Partner Location: Falmouth Location Type: On-Site Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/ Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/ Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies. When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more. Job Summary: We are looking for a passionate and skilled HR Partner to contribute to our growing success. As a key member of the Factory Senior Leadership Team, you will provide strategic and operational HR Leadership to enable the delivery of business objectives. You will lead the HR and Admin Management teams, ensuring a high-quality, efficient, and forward – thinking people service. Acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, you will shape and deliver the people agenda, drive continuous improvement, ensuring alignment with the wider business and Group HR strategy. Key accountabilities include: Act as a strategic HR partner to the Factory Leadership Team, influencing decision-making and embedding effective people practices across the site. Lead, develop and coach the HR team and Admin Management team, creating a high-performing, collaborative culture with clear accountability and capability development. Own and deliver the factory people plan, ensuring all site‑specific HR priorities are executed in line with business needs and aligned to Group HR strategy Deliver the wider WMFTS HR functional agenda beyond the factory, embedding our HR non‑negotiables and ensuring alignment with the broader Spirax Group people strategy Provide expert advice on complex employee relations matters, ensuring a fair, consistent, and legally compliant approach. Drive continuous improvement of HR processes, systems, and ways of working to reduce manual activity and improve colleague and manager experience. Lead on organisational design, workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, and leadership development within the factory. Champion engagement, wellbeing, inclusion, and health & safety initiatives, ensuring colleagues feel supported and able to perform at their best. Use data and insight to inform decisions, track people metrics, and identify risks and opportunities. Ensure effective change management support for business transformation, restructures, and operational change. Skills/Experience: Extensive experience in HR leadership role within a complex, operational environment (manufacturing or similar is essential). Strong people leadership capability, with experience of leading, developing, and motivating HR and administrative teams. Ability to operate credibly at senior leadership level, influencing and challenging with confidence and professionalism. Experience of Leading on organisational design, workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, and leadership development Deep knowledge of UK employment law and best-practice HR principles. A collaborative mindset, with a track record of working across teams, functions, and business areas to achieve shared outcomes. Passion for continuous improvement, with experience of simplifying process and improving efficiency and service delivery. Strong commercial acumen and ability to align people initiatives to business performance. Experience of working within a matrix organisation is advantageous. CIPD Level 7 qualification and/or equivalent commercial experience. At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package, including: A competitive salary Flexible working arrangements A generous holiday allowance Three days’ paid volunteering leave Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan Everyone is Included at Spirax Group We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique. We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working. We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include Gender-neutral parental leave 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave Paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse Menopause-friendly workplace principles and more Learn more at spiraxgroup.com/inclusion. We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. If you require accommodations during the application process, please let us know. Company Overview At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, we are driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products, including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-use applications. Our shared Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 116 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones! Our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.