Job Title: Human Resources Business Partner (HR Site Manager)
Location: Galway City
Type: Permanent, Fully Onsite
Salary: €70–80k DOE + benefits
Summary:
An established manufacturing facility in Galway City is seeking a strategic and hands-on Human Resources Business Partner to lead the onsite HR function and join the Senior Leadership Team. This is a key appointment responsible for all aspects of HR management, team leadership, and business partnering in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities:

• • Lead, coach, and develop the onsite HR team (HR Generalist & HR Administrator), allocating workload and ensuring the delivery of consistent, high-quality HR support.
  • Build a collaborative, high-performing HR department focused on continuous improvement.
  • Operate as a trusted partner to site leadership, providing data-driven insights (turnover, absenteeism, labour costs, training compliance, retention) to support business objectives.
  • Contribute to workforce planning, organisational design, succession planning, and talent pipeline development for business-critical roles.
  • Oversee complex employee relations cases, ensuring timely, fair, and compliant resolutions.
  • Advise and guide managers on performance, conduct, attendance management, and conflict resolution.
  • Ensure consistent policy application and compliance with all employment regulations and company standards.
  • Oversee full-cycle talent acquisition and onboarding; lead key hiring campaigns as needed.
  • Manage training matrix compliance, grant processes, and support audits with robust documentation.
  • Drive leadership and competency development initiatives for supervisors and front-line managers.
  • Ensure accuracy and compliance in HR documentation, contracts, HRIS data, and training records.
  • Lead annual HR budgeting and forecasting (including headcount and training budgets).
  • Manage performance and compensation review cycles, and policy/process updates.
  • Implement site-wide engagement and improvement initiatives.
  • Support site safety culture in collaboration with EHS.
  • Attend daily leadership meetings and support operational excellence projects.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, or related (or equivalent experience)
• CIPD qualification desirable
• 5+ years’ HR management or business partnering experience, ideally in a fast-paced, manufacturing or regulated environment
• Strong leadership, coaching, and influencing abilities
• Well-versed in all aspects of HR operations, talent acquisition, employee relations, compliance, and HRIS
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, and decision-making skills
• Able to work onsite and to support occasional after-hours HR matters

What’s on Offer:

• Competitive salary: €70–85k DOE
• Comprehensive benefits: health and dental cover, pension contributions, death in service, company phone/laptop, annual bonus, and long-service awards
• Early-finish Fridays (Mon–Thurs 8am–4:30pm, Fri 8am–3pm), 39 hours per week
• 21 days annual leave plus additional days with service
• Business expenses covered

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