Senior HR Officer

Senior HR Officer

We are working with an established manufacturing company with a strong reputation in the marketplace to recruit a Senior HR Officer. This is a permanent full-time role based in Portadown.

The Senior HR Officer will take ownership of the company’s HR policies, processes, and practices, ensuring they are compliant, effective, and aligned with the needs of the business.

This is a stand‑alone HR role, working closely with the Senior Management Team and providing professional HR advice and support across the business.

• Taking ownership of HR policies, procedures, employee handbook, and employment contracts, ensuring they are legally compliant and kept up to date
• Managing end-to-end recruitment, including job descriptions, advertising, agencies, shortlisting, interviews, offers, and onboarding
• Overseeing performance management, including appraisals, KPI setting, probation reviews, and employee development
• Managing employee relations matters including disciplinaries, grievances, absence, capability issues, and investigations
• Providing HR advice and guidance to managers and the Senior Management Team
• Supporting learning and development, employee engagement, wellbeing, and succession planning initiatives
• Acting as the HR link with payroll, maintaining accurate employee records, running weekly payroll via Sage, and resolving payroll queries
• Managing employee benefits including pensions and wellbeing schemes, while supporting employees with HR queries

• Proven experience in a HR Officer, HR Advisor, HR Generalist, or similar role
• Strong working knowledge of Northern Ireland employment law, particularly contracts, policies, and employee relations
• Experience managing or supporting end-to-end recruitment processes
• Experience with performance management, appraisals, and KPI frameworks
• Strong experience handling disciplinary, grievance, absence, and capability matters
• Ability to work independently, take ownership, and provide confident HR advice
• High levels of discretion, integrity, and professionalism
• Excellent written, verbal, and organisational skills