Senior HR Business Partner

Are you a data-driven HR professional with a passion for systems, process improvement, and organisational effectiveness? A leading aerospace engineering firm is seeking an HR Business Partner with a bias towards systems and processes to help shape workforce strategy and drive operational excellence across a multi-site environment.

About the Role

As part of the extended leadership team, you ll play a key role in delivering HR strategy through optimising systems and processes. You ll ensure seamless HRIS performance, high data integrity, and compliance, while enabling actionable insights that support business decision-making and continuous improvement.

This is a strategic and hands-on role, ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, high-tech engineering setting and enjoys cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

Systems & Process Leadership

• Oversee daily operations, configuration, and maintenance of the HRIS platform.
• Collaborate across HR, finance, IT, and external vendors to ensure systems meet business and regulatory needs.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and security in line with privacy regulations.
• Lead system upgrades, feature rollouts, and integrations to improve efficiency.
• Develop dashboards and analytics to support data-driven decision-making.
• Provide technical support and training to HR users and build systems capability across the team.

Process Improvement & Governance

• Analyse and enhance HR processes across the employee lifecycle.
• Maintain governance of HR documentation, process maps, and change controls.
• Standardise HR policies and procedures across two legal jurisdictions.
• Support broader HR workstreams including cross-training and workforce flexibility initiatives.

Onsite HR Support

• Provide HR support to site managers and business partners on employee relations matters.
• Apply sound judgment across dispute resolution, disciplinaries, grievances, absence, retirement, and redundancy.

What We re Looking For

• CIPD qualified (minimum Level 5); degree preferred.
• Senior HR experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Strong proficiency in HR systems, data analysis, and reporting tools.
• Proven ability to lead system projects and manage vendor relationships.
• Up-to-date knowledge of employment law and HR best practices.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and influencing skills.
• Key competencies: collaboration, decision quality, instils trust, ensures accountability.