HR Generalist

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

HR Generalist II

Thermo Fisher Scientific | Inchinnan, Paisley

Working pattern: Hybrid – 4 days onsite, 1 day working from home

Ready to take the next step in your HR career?

Are you an HR professional who enjoys variety, thrives on building relationships and wants to make a genuine impact? Looking for an opportunity to broaden your experience, take ownership of meaningful employee relations work and develop your career within a global organisation?

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, we're looking for an HR Generalist II to join our supportive and collaborative UK Regional HR team, based in Inchinnan, Paisley.

This isn't a role where you'll be supporting just one business area. You'll gain exposure to a diverse range of teams across manufacturing, commercial, professional services and specialist functions, giving you the opportunity to develop your HR expertise in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

You'll be joining a close-knit team that genuinely works together, sharing knowledge, tackling challenges and supporting one another. With hands-on employee relations responsibilities, involvement in exciting HR projects and opportunities to contribute to the continued development of our UK HR function, this is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to grow.

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Position Summary:

The HR Generalist II supports the UK Regional HR function by providing practical, timely and professional HR advice and services to managers and colleagues. Based in Inchinnan, the role supports sites and divisions across the UK North and Central region and, as business needs require, other UK locations. You’ll work as part of a close-knit, collaborative HR team, reviewing priorities, sharing expertise and supporting one another across employee relations and wider HR activity. The role also contributes to UK-wide projects, process improvements and change initiatives, helping the HR function remain an efficient, valued and well-regarded resource.

Responsibilities:

• Provide HR advice and support across the employee lifecycle, including but not limited to conduct and capability, grievance and disciplinary matters, absence and health issues.
• Support managers through employee relations activity, including investigations and disciplinary processes; help assess options, recommend appropriate next steps and escalate matters where needed.
• Coach and advise managers on performance management, training and development, organisational capability, talent management and change programmes.
• Work collaboratively with HR colleagues, Regional HR, HR Business Partners, colleague services and other HR platforms to coordinate support and provide a consistent colleague experience.
• Provide support for large change projects.
• Support New Manager Assimilations, Manager 360 Feedback and annual calibration and compensation planning activities with managers and regional HR.
• Prepare and interpret HR management information to identify trends and risks in absence, performance, retention, diversity, attraction and engagement; share practical recommendations with managers.
• Advise managers on Occupational Health matters, collaborate with Environmental Health & Safety on employee safety issues, and liaise with the HR Colleague Service Center on KPI maintenance, background screening and fleet queries.
• Contribute to regional, divisional and country HR meetings and projects. Share good practice and support improvement and harmonisation of UK-wide HR policies and processes.
• Support change management and activities that promote inclusion, colleague development, management capability and customer excellence. Carry out duties in accordance with the Dignity at Work Policy, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, and Thermo Fisher Scientific values; undertake other duties commensurate with ability, experience and authority.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; Associate CIPD qualification or equivalent is preferred.
• Proven generalist HR experience at advisor level.Advanced Excel and M365 skills, including VLOOKUPs, mail merges in Word and email.
• Understanding and practical application of the UK employment legislative framework.
• Evidence of proven experience in HR processes and procedures, for example performance management, leavers and absence management.
• Practical exposure to employee relations activity, such as supporting conduct, capability, grievance, disciplinary, absence or health-related matters.
• Ability to navigate complex matrix organisational relationships, with confidence in collaboration, stakeholder engagement and communication.
• Travel to other Thermo Fisher Scientific sites may be required within the UK.

Your next career move could make a real difference.

Whether you're looking to build on your existing HR advisory experience, gain exposure to new business areas or develop your career within a global organisation, this role offers the variety, support and opportunity to help you succeed.

Join Thermo Fisher Scientific and help us make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.