Are you an experienced HR professional looking for your next challenge?

Our client, a well-established and successful manufacturing company, is seeking an HR Manager to provide both strategic and hands-on leadership across the business. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in shaping a positive, high-performing culture within a growing organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day HR support, guidance, and advice across the business.
• Manage the full employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding to development and exit processes.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of employment law and ensure full legal compliance.
• Embed HR best practice and continuously improve HR policies, processes, and systems.
• Oversee and maintain accurate HR data and records.
• Support and coach managers on all aspects of employee relations, including performance management, training, reviews, and disciplinaries.
• Lead Learning & Development initiatives, coordinating internal and external training as required.

You’ll be a confident and approachable HR professional who enjoys building strong relationships at all levels of the business. With a proactive and pragmatic approach, you’ll be experienced in delivering both operational HR support and strategic initiatives within a manufacturing or engineering environment. CIPD qualified to at least Level 5 (ideally Level 7) and with a strong working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice, you will have excellent communication, coaching, and influencing skills with a proven ability to implement and maintain robust HR policies and procedures.

This a great opportunity to make a real impact within a successful manufacturing business and truly make a difference. This role will be onsite for 4 days per week (Monday to Thursday) where you can combine strategic HR leadership with hands-on delivery. Please apply for a confidential discussion to find out more!

This role is easily commutable from Cambridge, Royston, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Bedford, St Neots, Newmarket, Mildenhall, Haverhill, Saffron Walden, Ely, Littleport, St Ives, Cambourne, Biggleswade, Thrapston, Sandy, Chatteris, Rushden and many more places in the East of England.