Head of HR

Head of HR - Nottinghamshire The rewards

• £60,000–£70,000 per year
• £8,000–£10,000 annual bonus
• £6,750 car allowance
• Permanent, full-time

• 60% UK travel, 40% home-based, plus ad hoc European travel

• Lead the HR function across a 400-headcount UK business
• Partner with the MD and SLT on people strategy, workforce planning, and organisational development
• Lead complex ER matters, settlement agreements, ACAS cases, and employment tribunals in-house
• Manage relationships with Unite and employee representatives within a unionised workforce
• Drive retention initiatives within a specialist engineering population
• Lead and develop a team spanning HR, Payroll, and Talent Acquisition
• Oversee payroll, benefits, and reward programmes including insurance, wellbeing, and life assurance renewals
• Partner with European HR teams and shared service functions
• Identify gaps, improve processes, and strengthen areas of HR that have historically lacked investment
• Build strong relationships across the UK through regular travel and face‑to‑face engagement

• CIPD qualified
• Experienced in a senior HR leadership role within engineering, manufacturing, industrial, or similarly operational environments
• Strong employee relations and industrial relations expertise
  
  Experience working within a unionised environment
• Comfortable managing risk, leading difficult conversations, and making commercially balanced decisions
• Confident influencing stakeholders at all levels
• Happy to travel extensively across the UK and build credibility on‑site

Candidates should be located within a reasonable commute of North Nottinghamshire. First stage interviews via Teams from w/c 15th July.