HR Generalist

HR Generalist
Commutable from Luton, Stevenage, Hitchin, Leighton Buzzard, Watford
Up to £50,000 per annum + Hybrid Working + Early Finish on Friday + Excellent Benefits

An outstanding opportunity has arisen for an experienced HR professional to join a long-established and innovative manufacturer recognised for quality, continuous improvement, and a people-focused culture. This organisation is enjoying sustained growth and investment, creating an exciting environment for someone who enjoys building strong relationships, supporting organisational development, and making a real impact across the employee lifecycle.

As HR Business Partner, you will operate in a varied and hands-on role, partnering with managers across the business to provide expert HR support on employee relations, recruitment, organisational change, learning and development, and employee engagement. You will play a key role in supporting the organisation's people strategy, ensuring HR policies and practices remain compliant, consistent, and aligned with business objectives, while contributing to a positive and inclusive workplace culture.

This role would suit a proactive HR professional with strong generalist experience within a manufacturing or industrial environment, excellent stakeholder management skills, and a passion for supporting both people and business performance.

The Role:

• Provide expert guidance to managers on employee relations matters including disciplinary, grievance, performance and attendance cases, ensuring fair and legally compliant outcomes. Support recruitment activities, organisational change initiatives, apprenticeships and early careers programmes, learning and development, employee engagement, payroll administration, HR metrics, and internal communications while acting as a trusted HR partner across the business.
• 37 hours per week with flexible start/finish times (core hours 8:00am-4:30pm), 1pm Friday finish, with 1-2 day per week working from home available
• Excellent benefits including extensive training & development, 3.5%/5.5% pension, 4x life assurance, 33 days holiday plus the option to buy 10 additional days, and a range of employee discounts.

The Person:

• CIPD Level 5 qualified (or working towards) or equivalent HR experience.
• Previous experience within a manufacturing or industrial environment is preferred.
• Strong generalist HR background with proven experience managing employee relations cases, a sound knowledge of UK employment legislation, and the ability to build effective relationships with managers and employees. Experience supporting apprenticeships, organisational change, and trade union engagement would be advantageous.

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To apply for this role or to be considered for further roles, please click "Apply Now" or contact Sophie Fox at Rise Technical Recruitment.

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.

The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client.

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.