HR Business Partner

Job Description

Job Title: Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP)

Salary: Up to £56,000 depending on skills and experience

Location: Radway Green, Crewe. Hybrid working 3–4 days onsite with flexibility for remote working

What you’ll be doing:

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, aligning people strategies with business goals and driving organisational performance through effective workforce planning and talent initiatives.
• Support and guide multi-layered employee relations matters, building good relationships with Trade Union representatives to foster constructive dialogue, positive outcomes, and a stable industrial relations environment.
• Review, develop, and implement HR policies in line with current legislation and best practice, ensuring compliance within a unionised, industrial setting.
• Support and drive organisational change initiatives within a manufacturing/heavy industry environment, ensuring clear communication, engagement, and minimal disruption to operations.
• Develop and implement pragmatic, commercially focused HR solutions to address operational challenges, workforce risks, and organisational change.
• Analyse HR metrics and trends to provide actionable insights to leadership, supporting data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.

Your skills and experiences:

• CIPD Level 7 Qualified
• Extensive Generalist HR Experience: with a considerable track record of managing a broad range of HR matters independently.
• Experience working within manufacturing or heavy industrial environments, with an understanding of operational workforce challenges.
• Experience working with Trade Unions, including collective consultation, negotiations, and maintaining effective industrial relations.
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement practical, business-focused HR solutions that drive performance and mitigate risk.
• Comfortable interpreting HR data, identifying trends, and translating insights into meaningful action plans that support operational excellence.
• Highly organised and proactive, with the ability to manage a standalone workload and prioritise effectively in a hybrid working model.

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The HRBP Team:

You’ll join a dynamic People & Culture team that partners closely with leaders to drive performance, engagement, and growth. Our HRBPs operate as trusted advisors — translating business strategy into practical, people-focused solutions across workforce planning, talent development, organisational change, and employee relations.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date:6th March 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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