People Business Enabler

We are recruiting on behalf of a globally recognised engineering and manufacturing organisation. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced HR professional to provide both strategic and operational support across a multi-site UK business, leading complex pensions and benefits consultations, managing employee relations matters, engaging with Trade Unions and employee representatives, and delivering key People Experience projects.

The successful candidate will be a trusted business partner with strong stakeholder management skills, a commercial mindset, and the ability to drive people-focused initiatives within a fast-paced, unionised environment.

Key Responsibilities for a People Business Enabler:

* Lead complex pensions and benefits projects, including consultations, scheme changes, and organisational restructuring activities.

* Manage collective and individual consultation processes, ensuring compliance with UK employment legislation and best practice.

* Build and maintain effective relationships with Trade Unions and Employee Representatives, leading negotiations on complex people matters.

* Deliver end-to-end People Experience (PX) projects, developing project plans, communication strategies, and stakeholder engagement frameworks.

* Provide expert employee relations support and case management across disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability, and complex employee matters.

* Partner with business leaders to deliver people strategy, support organisational change initiatives, and provide commercially focused HR guidance across multiple UK sites.

Key Skills for a People Business Enabler:

* Significant generalist HR experience within a multi-site, unionised UK environment, ideally within manufacturing, engineering, or industrial sectors.

* Extensive knowledge of pension schemes (DB and/or DC) with experience leading complex pension and benefits change programmes.

* Proven expertise in managing collective and individual consultation processes in line with UK employment legislation.

* Strong Trade Union and Employee Representative engagement skills, with experience leading negotiations and consultations on complex people matters.

* In-depth knowledge of UK employment law and a successful track record of managing high-risk and complex employee relations cases.

* Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to lead HR projects and build effective relationships at all levels of the organisation.

If you feel you can be a good fit for this role and want to work for a company that can really add value to you, then please apply now