HR Business Partner

Your Job

We are seeking a HR Business Partner in Wilton Centre, UK to support our Koch Engineered Solutions United Kingdom based businesses (Redcar, Poole and Stoke). The successful candidate will drive strategies that create competitive advantages for the business through a focus on talent and culture.

This position is not eligible for VISA Sponsorship.

Our office at the Wilton Centre is part of a large science and business park, just ten minutes from Middlesbrough. With the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, North Yorkshire coast, Teesside International Airport, and the East Coast main line all within half an hour, you will enjoy a perfect balance of work and leisure.

Our Team

Koch Engineered Solutions is a dynamic network of businesses that work together seamlessly to create an ecosystem of domain expertise. We have global engineering and sales offices, research and development, manufacturing facilities, comprehensive aftermarket support, and more than 9,000 employees to meet our customers’ needs as they evolve with their business. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better.

What You Will Do

• Understand key drivers of business performance, how talent and culture contribute to those drivers and partner with business leaders to deliver results.
• Develop effective working relationships, trust and credibility with business and HR stakeholders.
• Support leaders in connecting employees to how they create value for the company; identify talent gaps and coach leaders on the development of gap closure plans.
• Demonstrate courage to proactively recognize and articulate when ideas and/or strategies may not align with cultural expectations and the business vision and offer alternative solutions.
• Act as a steward of our Principle Based Management culture, consistently identifying opportunities to enhance application.
• Provide guidance and challenge in areas of change management, communication, and employee development.
• Develop, propose, and implement strategies that will improve our talent position in the market (attract, motivate, develop, and retain talent while fostering an inclusive culture).
  
  
  

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience implementing talent initiatives to accelerate achievement of business results.
• Strong knowledge of HR best practices and employment laws.
• Experience coaching, leading and influencing experienced supervisors and business professionals.
• Demonstrated application of marginal analysis and adept at assessing the benefits and costs of decisions s to drive optimal outcomes.
• Willing and able to travel to our two additional UK offices (Poole & Stoke) approximately 25% or based on business needs.
  
  
  

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience working in an engineering or manufacturing company and/or a global organization.
• Understanding of culture as an enabler to reach desired business results.
• Demonstrated capability to leverage creative ways of achieving goals while optimizing risk.
• Experience working in and influencing a matrix team environment.
• Degree or experience in Human Resources or related field.
• Experience in a supervisory role where you have coached and developed professionals. 
  
  
  

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value, and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• 25 days of vacation plus 8 statutory holidays
• BUPA Medical Cover
• A 38.75-hour workweek with core hours from 10:00 to 16:00
• Defined-contribution pension scheme with Fidelity
• Gym subsidy
  
  
  

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to create the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.