About The Role

We’re looking for a HR Business Partner to join our team at Moor Road, Leeds and manage the full UK colleague life cycle, supporting the day-to-day operations of the HR department in an engineering/manufacturing environment.

This role involves implementing HR policies, managing administrative processes, and ensuring compliance with employment laws and workplace standards. The HRBP works closely with colleagues and managers to promote a productive and safe work environment while addressing HR-related needs effectively.

This role is ideal for a proactive and organised individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is confident managing multiple projects simultaneously.

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About You

What You’ll Be Doing

Recruitment & Onboarding

  • Supporting end-to-end recruitment for technical, skilled and operational roles.
  • Coordinating interviews, offers and pre-employment checks.
  • Delivering effective onboarding and induction to ensure new starters are set up for success.
  • HR Administration & Data Management
  • Maintaining accurate and up-to-date employee records within the HR system, including contracts, attendance, absence and performance documentation.
  • Providing timely, accurate data to support payroll processing (including overtime, attendance and deductions).
  • Administering employee benefits and responding to queries, while supporting continuous improvement of benefits alongside the COO and CPO.

Employee Relations & Engagement

  • Acting as a first point of contact for HR queries, employee relations matters and day-to-day people issues.
  • Supporting managers with informal and formal ER processes, escalating appropriately.
  • Building trusted relationships across the workforce and contributing to a positive, inclusive and engaged culture.
  • Compliance & Governance
  • Ensuring HR policies and procedures are applied consistently and in line with employment legislation.
  • Supporting audits and ensuring compliance with employment, health and safety, and workplace regulations.
  • Working closely with SHEQ teams on safety processes, PPE requirements and health surveillance activity.

Performance, Training & Development

  • Supporting performance review cycles, documentation and follow-up actions.
  • Coordinating training, certifications and mandatory compliance requirements.
  • Maintaining accurate training records and supporting skills development initiatives.

HR Projects & Continuous Improvement

  • Contributing to HR initiatives such as engagement activity, retention strategies and workforce planning.
  • Supporting the analysis of HR metrics and people data to inform decisions and highlight trends.
  • Helping to embed new processes, systems and ways of working as the business evolves.

What We’re Looking For

Essential:

  • Proven experience in a HR role, ideally within manufacturing, engineering, construction or retail environments.
  • Strong capability in handling HR data accurately, including attendance, overtime, and reporting.
  • Confidence working at pace, managing multiple priorities without compromising accuracy or compliance.
  • Demonstrable experience engaging directly with colleagues and managers across different levels of the business.
  • Solid understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice.
  • Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
  • Confident user of HR systems and Microsoft Office (particularly Excel).
  • A practical, approachable and solutions-focused mindset.
  • Comfortable spending time both in the office and engaging with operational teams on site.

Desirable:

  • CIPD Level 5 qualification (or equivalent).
  • Exposure to HR projects, system implementations or process improvement.
  • Confidence presenting people data and insights to management.
About Us

Facultatieve Technologies is a global leader in cremation and incineration systems, recognised for delivering environmentally responsible and technically advanced solutions.

Driven by our mission ‘Leading with Integrity, Innovating with Purpose, Prioritising Sustainability’ we design, and service high-performance cremators trusted in over 20 countries around the world. With over 140 years of engineering expertise and a commitment to continuous improvement, we’re proud to set the standard in our field.

We’re equally committed to the people behind our products. As a Disability Confident Employer, we champion accessibility, inclusion, and fairness at every level. We actively promote wellbeing in the workplace and prioritise investing in the growth and development of our colleagues.

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About the perks
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Birthday Leave
Enhanced Pension
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About the process

If your application is shortlisted, the next steps will be:

We aim to keep the process straightforward, respectful of your time, and focused on getting to know you as well as possible.

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