Head of HR
£60,000 - £70,000 + £8,000-£10,000 Bonus + £6,750 Car Allowance
Location: Nottinghamshire - 60% UK Travel, 40% Home-Based & Ad Hoc European Travel
Employment Type: Permanent & Full Time
We are looking to recruit the Head of HR for a well‑established international engineering business that employs approximately 400 people across the UK and works closely with teams in Spain, Germany and the Netherlands.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the HR function across a 400‑headcount UK business.
* Partner with the Managing Director and Senior Leadership Team on people strategy, workforce planning and organisational development.
* Lead complex ER matters, settlement agreements, ACAS cases and employment tribunals in‑house.
* Manage relationships with Unite and employee representatives, supporting a unionised workforce.
* Drive retention initiatives within a specialist engineering population where skills are in high demand.
* Lead and develop a team spanning HR, Payroll and Talent Acquisition.
* Oversee payroll, benefits and reward programmes, including insurance, wellbeing and life assurance renewals.
* Partner with European HR teams and shared service functions.
* Identify gaps, improve processes and strengthen areas of HR that have historically lacked focus or investment.
* Build strong relationships across the UK through regular travel and face‑to‑face engagement with employees and managers.
About the Ideal Candidate
* CIPD qualified.
* Experienced in a senior HR leadership role within engineering, manufacturing, industrial or similarly operational environments.
* Strong employee relations and industrial relations expertise, including experience in a unionised environment.
* Comfortable managing risk, leading difficult conversations and making commercially balanced decisions.
* Comfortable operating in the "grey" and finding solutions without constant direction.
* Confident influencing stakeholders at all levels.
* Happy travelling extensively across the UK to build credibility and relationships on‑site.
We welcome candidates located within a reasonable commute of North Nottinghamshire who can attend the office regularly.
#J-18808-Ljbffr