HR Specialist
Position Type: Regular — Full Time
Requisition ID: 39967
About the Role
As an HR Specialist at McCain’s Hull manufacturing plant, you will support the daily HR functions for our team of approximately 130 employees. Your responsibilities will include employee relations, recruitment, and the complete employee lifecycle, ensuring compliance with all HR policies and statutory requirements.
Accountabilities
* Partner with leaders and employees to navigate people matters – from employee relations and investigations to managing appeals, misconduct, and disciplinary actions, including suspension or termination when required.
* Drive local recruitment by managing job requisitions in SuccessFactors, hosting job events and fairs, proactively sourcing talent, and nurturing strong local talent pools – with a spotlight on early careers.
* Own employee movement and contract management, ensuring seamless updates to personal information and smooth transitions for all employees.
* Spot trends and share meaningful insights with stakeholders to elevate the impact and efficiency of HR service delivery.
* Champion HR compliance, including right‑to‑work checks, GDPR data practices, and internal audit requirements.
* Keep the employee experience at the heart of everything, continually identifying and implementing improvements that make our HR processes smoother, smarter, and more human.
Qualifications
* Professional HR qualification.
* Experience working within a FMCG manufacturing plant.
* Solid employee relations experience, including managing conduct, absence, and related matters.
* Strong stakeholder management skills.
* Ability to work at pace in a high‑pressure, demanding environment.
* Strong recruitment experience, including talent attraction and recruitment at pace and volume.
* Good administrative skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
* Self‑motivated and able to work independently.
Location
Hull, United Kingdom – You will be based at the Hull plant, part of McCain’s manufacturing network.
Benefits
* Excellent pension – McCain pays double what you contribute, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay.
* Flexible holidays – buy and sell up to 5 days of holiday per year.
* Optional health cash plan.
* Cycle‑to‑work scheme.
* ‘Chips In’ volunteering day off – to support community initiatives.
Equality and Diversity
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree that this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. You can understand how your personal information is being handled here.
Job Information
Job Family: Human Resources
Division: GB HR
Department: GB Manufacturing North
Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd
Locations: GB – United Kingdom: England: Hull
GB – United Kingdom: England: Kingston‑upon‑Hull
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