About This Role
This People Partner / HR Manager role is an exciting opportunity to join a new operation at Maersk's site in Doncaster. The role involves partnering closely with site leadership to build a positive, engaging, and high-performing working environment from the outset. It suits an experienced HR professional with strong generalist HR expertise and a particular strength in Employee Relations.
Responsibilities
- Partner with site Operations, HR Business Partners, and People Advisory teams to support the delivery of the People Strategy
- Build strong relationships with leaders and their teams, acting as a trusted adviser and key point of contact on people-related matters
- Provide expert advice and coaching on Employee Relations, including complex and sensitive cases
- Support and guide leaders through matters including absence, performance, disciplinary, and grievance processes
- Coach managers to build their confidence and capability in managing people matters effectively and consistently
- Support organisational change and business transformation initiatives
- Drive the local delivery of the annual HR cycle, including performance management, compensation, succession planning, and development
- Help establish and embed effective HR policies, processes, and ways of working across the new Doncaster operation
- Ensure people practices remain aligned with UK employment legislation and company policies
- Support TUPE activity where required
- Partner with leaders to identify talent, encourage development, and support internal mobility across the organisation
- Use people data and insights to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement
- Deliver HR training, workshops, and coaching sessions for leaders and employee groups
- Support recruitment, onboarding, and other site-based people activities where required
- Work collaboratively across the wider HR organisation to provide a consistent and effective HR service
Requirements
- Solid generalist HR experience, ideally gained within warehousing, contract logistics, supply chain, manufacturing, or another fast-paced operational environment
- Previous warehousing experience would be highly desirable
- Strong Employee Relations expertise, with experience supporting and advising on complex and sensitive ER cases
- Confidence coaching and advising managers on absence, performance, disciplinary, grievance, and wider employee matters
- Strong knowledge of UK employment law and its practical application
- Experience in performance management, employee engagement, organisational change, and people development
- Experience interpreting and applying HR policies and processes
- The ability to balance commercial requirements with fair, consistent, and pragmatic people solutions
- Experience working within a large or complex organisation and navigating multiple stakeholder relationships
- Strong business partnering skills, with the confidence to coach, challenge, and influence leaders
- Experience within a unionised environment would be beneficial
- TUPE experience would be advantageous
- Strong change management, coaching, and facilitation skills
- The ability to take ownership and work autonomously while remaining collaborative and team-focused
- Resilience and adaptability, with the ability to navigate change and ambiguity
- A proactive, energetic, and solutions-focused approach
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
About the Company
Maersk has a vision to be a true integrator of container logistics, connecting and simplifying customers' supply chains through global end-to-end solutions.
