HR Business Partner (Aerospace Manufacturing)

Location: Prestwick, Ayrshire, United Kingdom; site-based 100%. Hours: 37 hours per week with a half-day Friday. Occasional travel required.

Salary: £50,960 per year

Company

hirify.global manufactures aircraft wing structures for Airbus commercial aircraft from its Prestwick site.

What you will do

• Provide strategic and operational HR partnering across the full employee lifecycle.
• Lead and develop the HR Advisory team and ensure consistent case management.
• Engage with Trade Union representatives on employee relations, consultation, and organisational change.
• Develop and maintain HR policies, procedures, and people plans.
• Advise and coach leaders in a unionised, safety-critical manufacturing environment.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of UK employment law and core HR practices.
• Experience advising managers in a unionised environment.
• Generalist HR experience in a complex operational organisation, ideally manufacturing or engineering.
• Experience with trade union engagement, employee relations, and organisational change.
• CIPD Level 5 or above, or equivalent experience operating at HR Business Partner level.
• Right to work in the UK is required; visa sponsorship is not available.
• BPSS, Disclosure Scotland, and pre-employment medical checks, including drug and alcohol testing, are required.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent employment with a 37-hour working week.
• 33 days of annual leave, increasing with service.
• Defined contribution pension with 4% employee and 8% employer contributions.
• Annual company-performance bonus and Airbus employee share purchase scheme.
• Life assurance, virtual GP service, employee assistance, and wellbeing support.
• Professional development opportunities and free on-site parking.

Hiring process

• Successful applicants complete right-to-work and employment reference checks.
• Disclosure Scotland and pre-employment medical checks are required.