Apprentice HR Generalist

Location: Slough, United Kingdom; onsite role supporting UK HR activities.

Company

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, provides mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries, including mechanical seals, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.

What you will do

• Act as a first point of contact for day-to-day UK HR queries and provide guidance on policies, procedures, and HR processes.
• Support recruitment, pre-employment screening, new-hire documentation, onboarding, site inductions, HR systems demonstrations, and new-starter engagement check-ins.
• Maintain employee lifecycle records, coordinate with Shared Services, track site meeting actions, and produce monthly HR metrics and quarterly audit reports.
• Support employee relations activities, including preparing documentation, scheduling meetings, maintaining case records, attending meetings, and monitoring absence cases.
• Coordinate employee engagement, DEI activities, communication initiatives, feedback action plans, and site events.
• Support training programmes and learning initiatives, including Team Leader and Respect & Ethics training, while maintaining accurate training records.

Requirements

• GSCE, A-level, or Level 3 CIPD qualification.
• HR experience.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Pivot Tables.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Good attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Ability to plan, meet deadlines, and proactively take ownership.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive environment with employee resource groups including Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity.
• Opportunities to participate in employee engagement networks, DEI activities, awareness campaigns, and site events.
• Recognition through the annual Smiths Excellence Awards and Smiths Day celebration.
• Equal opportunity employment regardless of legally protected characteristics.