Senior HR Advisor

This full-time, site-based Senior HR Advisor position in Willenhall offers a salary of £40,000 to £45,000 annually plus benefits. Reporting to senior management, the successful candidate will manage HR activity across a substantial manufacturing site of roughly 450 employees. Key duties include advising operational leaders and supervisors, handling employee relations matters, and collaborating closely with Trade Union and Health & Safety representatives. The role demands regular presence on the shop floor to build relationships and deliver pragmatic guidance at every organisational level. Applicants should possess proven generalist experience, strong employment law knowledge, and the confidence to operate within a large-scale operational setting.

Senior HR Advisor Wolverhampton £40,000 – £45,000 pa Benefits Full-Time Site-Based

Are you an experienced HR Advisor / Senior HR Advisor looking for a role where you can make a genuine impact within a large-scale operational environment? We are supporting a leading international manufacturing organisation with the appointment of a Senior HR Advisor to take ownership of HR activity across a substantial operational site employing approximately 450 people. This is a highly visible, hands‑on HR role where you will work closely with operational leaders, supervisors, employees, Health & Safety and Trade Union representatives. You will need to be comfortable being out on the shop floor, building relationships and providing pragmatic HR advice across all levels of the organisation.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Acting as the primary HR contact for operational leaders, supervisors and employees.
• Managing a broad range of employee relations matters, ensuring policies and procedures are applied consistently and fairly.
• Building and maintaining positive relationships with Trade Union representatives and supporting regular consultation and engagement forums.
• Providing pragmatic HR advice on operational people issues and supporting managers to resolve matters effectively.
• Supporting occupational health referrals and managing recommendations alongside operational and Health & Safety colleagues.
• Managing end‑to‑end recruitment activity and ensuring appropriate recruitment processes and systems are followed.
• Overseeing temporary and agency labour processes, ensuring compliance and accurate headcount/data management.
• Supporting early talent, succession planning and future skills requirements across the operation.
• Driving employee engagement initiatives and encouraging greater participation across the workforce.
• Supporting learning, development, induction and ad hoc training activity.
• Contributing to organisational change, restructuring and wider HR projects.
• Monitoring HR KPIs and providing meaningful insight to operational leadership.
• Identifying opportunities to improve HR processes, documentation and ways of working.
• Working collaboratively with the wider HR team and providing cover where required.

Reporting to the Head of HR, you will act as the primary HR advisory lead for the operation, providing trusted advice and support across employee relations, recruitment, change, engagement, talent and compliance. You will be expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy, while working collaboratively with the wider HR team and knowing when to escalation, challenge or seek support.

About You

We are looking for an experienced HR professional who has operated ideally within a manufacturing, engineering, logistics or similarly operational environment. You will need to be confident working with people at every level, from shop‑floor employees and supervisors through to senior operational leadership.

• Strong generalist HR advisory experience.
• Proven experience managing sensitive and complex employee relations matters.
• Experience working with a recognised Trade Union and an understanding of effective employee/union relations.
• Experience supporting or contributing to organisational change programmes.
• Strong knowledge and practical application of UK employment legislation.
• A pragmatic, commercially aware approach to HR.
• The confidence and credibility to challenge managers where necessary.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to adapt your style to different audiences.
• Strong emotional intelligence and sound judgement.
• The ability to work independently and take ownership of issues from start to finish.
• A genuine interest in continuous improvement and developing better ways of working.
• CIPD Level 5 qualification or equivalent.

Please keep in mind the role is site based 5 days per week and therefore no hybrid or remote opportunity for this position.

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