HR Business Partner

Overview

As an HR Business Partner, you will act as a trusted advisor to managers, delivering strategic and operational HR support to drive performance and positive business outcomes. You will partner across the MSD division to attract, develop, engage and retain talent, shaping leadership capability and employee experience. You will lead HR initiatives, use people analytics to inform decisions, and promote a high-performance, inclusive culture. This role sits in a fast-paced engineering environment, offering tangible impact on the organisation’s capability and growth.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working options
• hybrid home/office working
• part or full time employment

Responsibilities

• Build credible relationships with leaders and stakeholders as a trusted people partner
• Deliver proactive, commercially focused HR support aligned to business objectives
• Coach leaders to enhance people management capability and decision-making
• Develop practical solutions to people challenges to enable performance
• Guide employee relations with compliant, fair outcomes
• Interpret HR policies and legislation to manage risk
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition for attracting and retaining talent
• Support workforce planning, succession planning, and talent development
• Lead HR projects aligned with people strategy and improve processes
• Utilise HR data and metrics to inform decisions and drive improvements
• Oversee HRIS-related lifecycle activities and data accuracy
• Promote employee engagement, wellbeing and inclusive culture
• Support organisational change with stakeholder engagement

Key requirements

• Proven HR Business Partner experience
• Knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
• Strong generalist HR expertise with leadership collaboration
• CIPD Level 7 (preferred)
• Experience in engineering, manufacturing or operational environments (desirable)
• Experience in large corporate organisations and partnership with CoEs (advantageous)
• Credible influencer with coaching and relationship-building skills
• Commercial mindset focused on delivering results and continuous improvement
• Proactive, resilient, solutions-focused in a fast-paced setting
• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Collaborative, adaptable team player who embraces change
• Analytical mindset with data-driven decision making
• Willingness to travel occasionally
• Nationality and security vetting readiness

• Influencing and coaching capability
• Strong communication across all levels
• Collaborative and adaptable attitude
• HR analytics and metrics
• HR policies and governance
• GDPR/compliance

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