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HR Advisor Transport & Logistics
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Permanent | Full-time | 37.5 hours per week
Monday to Thursday: 8:45am-5:00pm
Friday: 8:45am-3:45pm
Are you an experienced HR Advisor, HR Officer, People Advisor or Employee Relations Advisor looking for a varied operational HR role within transport, logistics and agriculture?
RecruitME is recruiting for a confident and proactive HR Advisor to join the Agriculture division of a major UK food and farming business.
This role primarily supports the company's transport operation, working closely with transport managers, drivers, operational leaders, and wider support teams.
This is not a food-processing or abattoir-based position.
What's in It for You?
- Salary of up to £40,000
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Option to purchase up to five additional days holiday
- Christmas site closure
- Enhanced pension contributions of up to 8%
- Healthcare cash plan
- Life assurance at three times your annual salary
- Dental, optical, and critical illness benefits
- Training and professional development
- Support towards further qualifications
- Early finish every Friday
- Permanent role with long-term career potential
- Supportive and experienced HR team
The HR Advisor Role
As HR Advisor, you will provide practical, commercially focused, and legally compliant HR advice across a busy transport and agricultural operation.
Working closely with the Senior HR Advisor and HR Business Partner, you will support managers with employee relations, absence management, performance, recruitment, engagement, and the wider employee lifecycle.
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The role has a strong employee relations focus and would suit someone who enjoys being visible within an operational environment, building relationships with managers, and handling a varied HR caseload.
You will be based at Anwick, near Sleaford, with occasional travel to other agricultural locations. Visits to the feed mill are expected approximately once per month.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day HR advice to transport managers and operational teams
- Manage investigations, disciplinary matters, grievances, absence, and capability cases
- Coach managers on employment law, HR policies, and consistent people management
- Support absence management, return-to-work processes, and absence-reduction plans
- Advise managers on performance and capability matters
- Build strong relationships with drivers, managers, and operational colleagues
- Maintain accurate HR records, case notes, correspondence, and employee documentation
- Support recruitment, onboarding, and training-compliance activity
- Assist with workforce planning and organizational change
- Support employee engagement, wellbeing, and communication initiatives
- Produce HR reports and maintain accurate information on HR systems
- Support continuous improvement across HR policies and processes
- Provide occasional support at other agricultural locations
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About You
You may currently be working as an:
- HR Advisor
- HR Officer
- People Advisor
- Employee Relations Advisor
- ER Advisor
- HR Generalist
- Site HR Advisor
- Operational HR Advisor
- Transport HR Advisor
- Logistics HR Advisor
You will ideally have:
- Previous experience in an HR advisory or generalist HR role
- Strong employee relations and case-management experience
- Experience managing disciplinary, grievance, absence, and capability cases
- Good knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
- Confidence coaching and advising operational managers
- Strong organization and prioritization skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- A practical, resilient, and solutions-focused approach
- Experience using HR systems and Microsoft Office
- A full UK driving licence
Experience within transport, logistics, fleet operations, distribution, warehousing, manufacturing, FMCG, food, agriculture, or another fast-moving operational environment would be highly advantageous.
A CIPD qualification or current CIPD study would be beneficial but is not essential.
Apply today for immediate consideration for this permanent HR Advisor opportunity near Sleaford.
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