Sadler Recruitment
HR Advisor
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Job Title: HR Advisor (Operational HR & Administration)
Location: Bridgend
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Salary: £30,000 to £40,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
About the Role
This is a hands-on, operational HR Advisor role within a manufacturing, logistics, and ecommerce business, supporting a blue-collar, shift-based workforce. The role sits within an established HR team, reporting to the Head of HR, and combines first-line employee relations support with a strong emphasis on HR administration and process.
You will work closely with an experienced HR leadership team and act as the day-to-day point of contact for HR queries across the operational workforce.
Key Responsibilities
HR Advisory and Employee Relations
- Act as first point of contact for day-to-day HR queries.
- Support absence, performance, disciplinary, and grievance processes.
- Handle flexible working requests and general employment queries.
- Build working relationships with line managers in an operational environment.
HR Administration and Employee Lifecycle
- Deliver HR administration across the full employee lifecycle.
- Draft contracts, offer letters, and contractual variations.
- Manage starters, leavers, onboarding, and probation processes.
- Maintain absence, sickness, and holiday records.
- Ensure employee records are accurate and GDPR compliant.
- Keep HR policies, procedures, and documentation up to date.
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HR Systems, Data, and Payroll Support
- Maintain HR system data accuracy and integrity.
- Support the implementation and ongoing use of the HR system.
- Act as a system super-user for managers and employees.
- Produce HR reports and metrics as required.
- Support payroll processes within the HR team.
Operational Support and Continuous Improvement
- Support a manufacturing and logistics workforce, including shift-based teams.
- Manage own workload independently.
- Identify opportunities to improve HR processes.
- Support audits, compliance checks, and internal reviews.
Experience Required
- Experience in an HR Administrator or HR Advisor role supporting a blue-collar and white-collar workforce.
- Experience supporting absence, performance, disciplinary, and grievance processes.
- Experience managing starters, leavers, onboarding, and probation processes.
- Experience maintaining absence, sickness, and holiday records.
- Strong understanding of HR processes.
- Comfortable working fully on site in a hands-on HR role.
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Skills and Attributes
- High attention to detail with a track record of producing accurate, well-structured work.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Confident, calm communicator able to deal with experienced stakeholders.
Desirable
- Experience in manufacturing, logistics, or similar environments.
- Experience using HiBob or another HR system.
- CIPD Level 3 or Level 5, or working towards.
- Experience supporting audits or compliance activity.
What's on Offer
- A stable, hands-on HR role within a growing operational business.
- Support from an experienced interim HR leadership team and wider HR function.
- Opportunity to help embed HR processes and systems from the ground up.
- Suited to someone who enjoys operational HR and high-quality administration work.
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