HR Officer

HR Officer

Are you an experienced HR professional looking for a broad generalist role where you can make a real impact across a busy manufacturing environment? MCS Group is delighted to be working with a well-established manufacturing organisation seeking to appoint an HR Officer to join their team, on a full-time, permanent basis.

The role

As HR Officer, you will play a key role in delivering a high-quality HR service across the organisation, working closely with employees and line managers across a broad range of HR activity. From employee relations and recruitment to HR projects, policy implementation and employee engagement, this is a varied opportunity for an experienced HR professional looking to further develop their career within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Key responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day HR support across all departments, advising managers and employees on a wide range of HR matters.
• Support employee relations processes, including low-level investigations and providing appropriate HR coaching and guidance.
• Coordinate end-to-end recruitment activity, including advertising, shortlisting, interview panels, selection testing and associated documentation.
• Support HR and salary administration, including benefits administration and maintaining accurate employee records.
• Maintain and utilise HR systems and databases, extracting, analysing and reporting on HR information where required.
• Support the development and maintenance of job descriptions and wider HR documentation.
• Ensure HR policies, procedures and processes are effectively implemented and remain aligned with employment legislation and best practice.
• Keep up to date with developments in HR and changes to employment legislation across Northern Ireland.
• Support the delivery of company health, wellbeing and corporate social responsibility initiatives.
• Assist with a range of HR projects and initiatives, including project coordination, recruitment campaigns and employee engagement activities.
• Organise and support HR and Senior Management meetings as required.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives while maintaining a high level of confidentiality across all HR activities.

The ideal candidate

• Relevant Level 3 qualification and/or CIPD qualification.
• Previous experience in a generalist HR role.
• Experience providing HR coaching, guidance and support to line managers and employees.
• Strong working knowledge of Northern Ireland employment legislation.
• Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills.
• Confident using Microsoft Office, with experience using HRIS systems desirable.

What's on offer?

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working
• Early finish Friday
• Wider benefits package
• Full-time, permanent position.
• Excellent opportunity for continued professional development and career progression.

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please send an up to date CV via the link provided or contact Tara Duffy (HR Recruitment Specialist, MCS Group) at 02896935489 or t.duffy@mcsgroup.jobs.

Even if this position is not right for you, we may have others that are. Please visit MCS Group to view a wide selection of our current jobs www.mcsgroup.jobs

MCS Group is committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion for all, being the first recruitment agency in NI to achieve Bronze Diversity Mark accreditation, if you have a disability which means you require a reasonable adjustment to be considered at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us and we will endeavour to facilitate the request.

Not all agencies are the same…MCS Group are passionate about providing a first-class service to all our customers and have an independent review rating of 4.9 stars on Google.

MCS Group - Proud CIPD NI HR Awards Headline Sponsor 2026