Position overview

As HR Business Partner for Hydroscand UK, you will play a pivotal role in driving the people agenda across the business. You will be responsible for delivering strategic and operational HR support, ensuring alignment with business goals while fostering a high performance, values driven culture. This role requires a proactive, hands on HR professional who can balance strategic thinking with day to day execution.

Key Responsibilities

Core HR Functions

• Provide expert HR guidance and support to managers and employees across all branches.
• Ensure compliance with UK employment legislation and company policies.
• Manage employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, and performance issues.

Onboarding & Offboarding

• Own and continuously improve the onboarding and offboarding processes to ensure a smooth and professional experience.
• Conduct exit interviews and analyse feedback to inform retention strategies.

Training & Development

• Develop and maintain training schedules across departments.
• Support the creation and implementation of Personal Development Plans (PDPs).
• Coordinate internal and external training initiatives to support employee growth.

Performance & Engagement

• Lead the Appraisal Process System, ensuring consistency, fairness, and alignment with business objectives.
• Manage the Great Place to Work Survey process, including communication, analysis, and action planning.
• Champion employee engagement initiatives and support a positive workplace culture.

Recruitment & Retention

• Manage end to end recruitment processes, including job design, advertising, interviewing, and onboarding.
• Develop and implement retention strategies to reduce turnover and improve employee satisfaction.
• Support succession planning by identifying talent and development opportunities.

HR Systems & Reporting

• Act as the UK lead for CatalystOne, our HR platform ensuring data accuracy, reporting, and system optimisation.
• Maintain HR metrics and dashboards to support decision making and strategic planning.

Additional Responsibilities

• Support organisational change and development initiatives.
• Collaborate with Group HR and other country HR teams as needed.
• Lead or contribute to HR related projects and initiatives.
• Maintain confidentiality and professionalism in all HR matters.

Main Accountabilities / Activities

• Translate business needs into actionable HR activities.
• Collaborate with business units using HR tools and processes.
• Use data analytics for reporting and decision making.
• Support managers in people development and organisational design.
• Follow up on engagement surveys and drive change.
• Support compensation and benefits queries.
• Manage monthly payroll via Payroll Provider.
• Ensure compliance with global HR policies.
• Lead or contribute to HR projects.
• Administrative follow up (e.g., medical visits, contracts).
• Frequent travel within the UK.

Qualifications

• 2 years minimum in a similar role
• HR Management
• Recruiting

Desirable

• CIPD qualified or working towards.
• Experience in a manufacturing, engineering, or service-based industry.
• Familiarity with employee engagement frameworks and survey tools.

Skills/Personal profile

Essential

• Proven experience in a generalist HR role, ideally within a multi-site or operational environment.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to influence and build relationships at all levels.
• Experience with HR systems (CatalystOne or similar).
• Strong organisational and project management skills.