Senior HR Advisor

Senior HR Advisor – Cookstown, Co. Tyrone. Reporting to HR Director – Omagh, Cookstown & Coalville.

Employment Type:

Full-time Permanent – 39.75 hours per week.

Terex is a fast-moving engineering company and the Cookstown site is part of the Materials Processing division. We are looking for an experienced Senior HR Advisor to lead and take accountability for the Cookstown site which currently employs 90 team members. This stand-alone role will have full responsibility for day to day HR generalist duties and initiatives, and for providing customer focused advice and support to managers, supervisors and team members in line with Terex policies, procedures and legal requirements.

• Build strong relationships with line managers and supervisors to provide business partnering support to ensure the effective and seamless delivery of end-to-end HR processes. Proactive engagement with line managers and supervisors will be a fundamental feature of the role.
• Provide guidance and coaching to managers, supervisors and team members.
• Support line managers and supervisors to set goals for Team Members, assess capability and drive calibration across the performance management cycle.
• Build and maintain robust relationships with key stakeholders across our operational business to create a collaborative approach to people related initiatives.
• Management of the recruitment life cycle from inception to completion partnering with hiring managers to ensure quality of talent.
• Lead change management, Team Member engagement initiatives, and Culture & Inclusion activities.
• Manage the on-boarding, HR orientation & probation review processes for all new Team Members at the site.
• Develop and maintain HR policies and procedures and ensure they are applied consistently at the site and updated where necessary.
• Assist in the development and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives and instill HR practices/processes which add value.
• Proactively manage absence and supporting the coordination of occupational health provision.
• Professional Handling of disciplinary & grievance issues.
• Payroll administration for the site (both salaried & weekly paid).
• Planning, organising and delivering training & development for team members at all levels.
• HR reporting as required for weekly, monthly and quarterly reports.

• HR related Degree advantageous.
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) or relevant professional qualification.
• Applicants must be able to work as part of a wider HR team as and when required, prioritising the workload and completing tasks and objectives in a timely manner.
• Applicants must have a good working knowledge of NI employment legislation and the ability to apply it in a practical manner within our manufacturing environment.

This is a rewarding and challenging role, requiring a CIPD qualified HR professional or at least working towards CIPD qualification, who enjoys the broad spectrum of both planned, reactive and proactive HR work. It is preferrable that you have previously worked within a manufacturing environment and have extensive employee relations experience, combined with strong NI legislation knowledge. Strong interpersonal skills and IT skills are required.

Previous experience should illustrate a track record of acting as a true HR business partner where you have provided operational HR support. You will be adept at working in a fast paced environment and able to balance the operational demands of the business along with project initiatives. You will be a creative individual who is able to understand how short term decisions impact the long term goals of the organisation.

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