HR Manager

Castle Employment Agency Ltd; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job description

HR Manager (Generalist) – Hull / East Yorkshire

Location: Hull area, with regular travel to other local sites

Working pattern: Mainly on-site, 1 day WFH per week

Salary: Up to £45,000 + benefits

Contract: Permanent, full-time

The opportunity

• Newly created role due to business growth across multiple sites
• Broad, standalone HR position with real influence and autonomy
• Working closely with the Board and senior leadership to deliver people strategy
• Ideal for a proactive HR professional who enjoys owning the function end-to-end
• Great development opportunity, including funded CIPD progression

What you’ll be doing

Strategic HR leadership

• Partner with senior leaders to align HR strategy with commercial goals
• Use people data and metrics to inform decision making
• Support organisational design and workforce planning across sites

Talent acquisition & onboarding

• Lead end-to-end recruitment across operational and technical roles
• Manage agency relationships and hiring manager partnerships
• Design and deliver structured onboarding programmes

Employee engagement & culture

• Drive initiatives that improve engagement, wellbeing and retention
• Promote a positive, inclusive culture across multiple locations
• Manage the full employee lifecycle from start to finish

Performance & development

• Oversee appraisals, goal setting and performance frameworks
• Coach managers on difficult conversations and development planning
• Coordinate statutory and professional training requirements

ER, policy & compliance

• Provide expert ER advice on grievances, disciplinaries and conflict resolution
• Maintain HR policies, handbook and contractual documentation
• Ensure compliance with employment law and best practice

About you

You’ll suit this role if you are confident, hands‑on and comfortable working across several sites in a male-dominated engineering environment.

Essential

• CIPD Level 3 (Level 5 preferred or in progress)
• Proven experience across the full employee lifecycle
• Strong knowledge of employment law, recruitment and performance management
• Experience writing and implementing HR policies
• Confident communicator at all levels
• Full UK driving licence

Personal fit

• Proactive and autonomous, happy to take control of the function
• Pragmatic, solutions-focused and commercially aware
• Comfortable visiting sites and working closely with operations teams
• Resilient, organised and able to juggle priorities

What’s on offer

• Up to £45,000 salary
• 25.5 days holiday + bank holidays, plus birthday off
• Option to buy/sell up to 5 days annual leave
• Cycle to Work and EV salary sacrifice schemes
• Company pension (matched up to 5%)
• Retail discounts platform
• Funded CIPD study and professional development
• Future performance‑related bonus potential

Working environment

• Multi‑site business with around 135 employees
• Friendly, fast‑paced and operational culture
• Strong leadership support and clear growth trajectory
• New office move planned in the coming months