HR Business Partner

HR Business Partner

Location: Based atHaydock and Preston with travel to our Westlakes and Egremont sites

Job type: Permanent / Full time

Salary: Competitive

Delkia is a specialist engineering and technology company focused on safetycritical and missioncritical systems in highly regulated industries including aerospace clean energy and maritime. Our services include engineering design technical consultancy and systems integration.

At Delkia we believe engineering is more than technology manufacturing and innovationits about the people behind it. By fostering a culture of passion commitment and innovative thinking we ensure our teams are at the heart of our business delivering exceptional results for our customers. We are proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and actively invest in future talent through STEM initiatives apprenticeships placements and summer internships.

Our Head Office is located at Westlakes Science and Technology Park in West Cumbria supported by systems integration assembly and testing facilities in Egremont Cumbria and design offices in Preston Lancashire. We are also expanding with a new manufacturing facility in Haydock St Helens Merseyside opening in early 2025. Alongside these locations we have a network of skilled staff working across the UK forming a dynamic and highly capable team.

Join a company that values its people and is growing rapidly.

Overview of the role:

As we continue to expand our workforce and grow our business this new role will play a key part in the shaping of our HR function and supporting our line managers to deliver and embed the people initiatives.

Youll be a trusted advisor to our line managers in all stages of the employee lifecycle including day to day support in employee relations matters including performance management absence management wellbeing and when needed discipline and grievance.

What youll be responsible for:

• Managing the new employee onboarding process and welcoming new employees to the team
• Building effective relationships with key stakeholders to ensure people initiatives are delivered against the companys objectives
• Supporting line managers in the management of absence including close management of ongoing sickness issues
• Supporting line managers in a coaching and advisory capacity with employee relations matters such as disciplinary and grievance cases
• Manage the performance review process ensuring employees and managers are aware of and engaged in the cycle to drive performance improvement and development of individuals
• Support employee learning and development in line with the companys competency framework and objectives for growth

What youll bring:

• Youll be an HR Generalist and ideally be CIPD Level 5 qualified (or equivalent) and have practical experience in a similar HR role.
• Youll have experience of managing and driving HR initiatives with a proven capability of embedding these successfully
• Youll have worked in a multisite environment and understand the need for HR visibility and a positive HR presence
• Youll have a proven background in adding value and maximising operational efficiencies
• Youll be able to demonstrate good relationship management skills at managerial and key stakeholder level.
• Youll be able to demonstrate effective coaching and mentoring skills

Nice to have:

• Experience of interpreting people data into actions to support achievement of the companys objectives
• If you have experience of working in a highly regulated industry that would be advantageous

The Person:

• Proven Relationship Builder: You form positive relationships with ease and can coach influence and challenge appropriately
• Business Acumen: You have a strong understanding of business priorities and the role HR plays in driving success
• Clear Communicator: You can convey complex information clearly across all levels adapting your communication style to your audience.
• Proactive ProblemSolver: You take a pragmatic approach to resolving issues and advancing initiatives
• Resilient & Organised: You can handle multiple tasks in a fastpaced environment meeting deadlines and delivering results

What we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working
• Training and development
• Excellent company standards
• Cycletowork scheme
• Health care
• Company bonus scheme
• Birthday leave
• Great team spirit
• Organised social events
• Professional membership

Our Vision:

To be the UKs leading engineering and technology partner for safetyrelated and missioncritical systems.

Our Mission:

To enable a safer more resilient world through the provision of engineering and technological solutions. We take pride in our role as a partner for safetycritical systems ensuring the protection of people assets and missions that matter most.

Our Values:

• Collaboration and teamwork
• Integrity trust and accountability
• Safety and security
• Client focused
• Positive social value and impact
• Continuous improvement

Our Purpose: At Delkia we are driven by our purpose to protect lives and critical assets.

Equal opportunities: Delkia is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex race disability age sexual orientation gender reassignment religion or belief marital status or pregnancy and maternity.

Please be aware that many roles working for Delkia will be subject to UK national security vetting restrictions. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK and satisfy requirements for national security vetting clearance as appropriate.

All applications will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process please get in touch to discuss.

Note to Agencies: Delkia has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. Please note that any unsolicited CVs submitted will be deemed as gifted to Delkia and any terms & conditions associated with the use of such CVs will be null and void.