HR Business Partner

Overview

As an HR Business Partner in Bathgate, you will provide practical HR guidance to managers and staff, supporting employee relations, performance, and development. You’ll help ensure compliant, fair outcomes while driving HR system improvements and continuous enhancement initiatives. The role sits at the center of a regulated manufacturing environment, enabling you to influence people-centric processes across the site. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape people practices that support Catalent’s mission in clinical supply services.

Pay / Benefits

• pension scheme up to 7.5% matching
• life assurance
• BUPA private medical insurance
• generous holiday entitlement and leave trade-off
• LinkedIn Learning subscription
• employee assistance program / on-site facilities

Responsibilities

• Provide practical HR guidance on policies and employee matters to managers and staff
• Coach managers on performance, attendance, conduct, capability, probation, and employee relations issues
• Support employee relations cases including absence management, disciplinary, grievance, and flexible working
• Prepare HR documentation, payroll changes, correspondence, meeting packs, and reports
• Coordinate onboarding, probation reviews, contract changes, family leave, and offboarding
• Monitor attendance and performance; identify trends and advise on follow-up actions
• Maintain accurate HR records, process data changes, and generate HR reports
• Support compliance, audits, and continuous improvement, including AI tool adoption

Key requirements

• Proven HR generalist or advisory experience in a regulated environment (pharmaceutical, manufacturing, or similar)
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR policy application
• Experience coaching line managers on employee relations matters
• Proficiency with HRIS platforms (e.g., Workday) and maintaining accurate employee records

• excellent communication
• organisational and administrative skills
• ability to manage multiple priorities
• Workday or similar HRIS
• Microsoft Office 365
• AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot

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