HR Advisor

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Harlow, Essex, England, GBR
In-Office
Mid level
Aerospace • Defense
The future of aerospace and defense
The Role
Provide generalist HR support to a business area, partner with managers on employee relations, coaching, workforce planning, organisational change, TUPE and restructures, deliver people initiatives, support HR centres of excellence, and use insights to improve engagement and performance.
Summary Generated by Built In

Date Posted:

2026-08-06

Country:

United Kingdom

Location:

Harlow, Essex

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can.

Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. 

Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

What You Will Do -

As a key member of the HR team, you will help create a positive employee experience by providing practical, business-focused HR support. You'll partner with managers to navigate people challenges, strengthen employee relations, support organisational change and drive people initiatives that enable business success. This role offers the opportunity to develop broad HR expertise while building the experience working with the business.

We are looking for a proactive and commercially minded HR Advisor to provide high-quality, generalist HR support to a designated function. This is a varied generalist role working closely with a HR Partner and business managers. You will act as a trusted advisor, delivering practical people solutions that support business performance, employee engagement and organisational effectiveness.

This role combines hands-on operational HR support with opportunities to contribute to wider people initiatives. You will play a key role in fostering positive employee relations, coaching managers, ensuring policy compliance and supporting organisational change within a complex and highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities -

  • Partner closely with a HR Partner to deliver the people strategy for a business area, providing operational HR support, identifying people risks and opportunities, and ensuring consistent delivery of people initiatives aligned to business objectives
  • Coach and support managers to build high-performing, engaged teams and foster a positive working environment.
  • Manage and lead a varied caseload of employee relations matters independently, including disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability, flexible working and performance management cases. Working with the ER Partner for case escalation. 
  • Support managers in addressing workplace concerns, conflict resolution and employee engagement challenges.
  • Build strong relationships with managers and stakeholders, becoming a trusted partner on people-related matters.
  • Support workforce planning activities including recruitment, organisational design, workforce balancing and succession planning.
  • Contribute to talent development, career progression and employee retention initiatives including reward and recognition
  • Support organisational change activity, including restructures, consultations and TUPE.
  • Use insights to identify risks and recommend practical solutions to improve business outcomes.
  • Support employee engagement initiatives, surveys and action planning activity.
  • Contribute to HR projects, process improvements and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Partner with HR Centres of Excellence, including Talent Acquisition, Shared Services, Reward and Payroll, to deliver an integrated people service.

The ideal candidate will have the following skills/experience -

Previous experience in an HR Advisor or HR Generalist role.

  • Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
  • Experience independently managing employee relations cases.
  • Strong coaching and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to build credible relationships with managers at all levels.
  • Excellent communication, organisation and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Experience interpreting data and translating insights into practical recommendations.
  • Experience supporting organisational change, TUPE and restructuring activity.
  • Experience working in a matrixed organisation
  • Knowledge of unionised or security-cleared environments.

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Skills Required

  • Previous experience in an HR Advisor or HR Generalist role
  • Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
  • Experience independently managing employee relations cases (disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability, performance)
  • Strong coaching and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to build credible relationships with managers at all levels
  • Excellent communication, organisation and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience interpreting HR data and translating insights into recommendations
  • Experience supporting organisational change, TUPE and restructuring activity
  • Experience working in a matrixed organisation
  • Knowledge of unionised or security-cleared environments

RTX Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about RTX and has not been reviewed or approved by RTX.

  • Retirement Support 401(k) programs with company matching and, in some cases, additional employer contributions are emphasized as strengths across business units. Structured retirement elements, including plan variations that add a separate employer contribution, bolster total rewards for many roles.
  • Healthcare Strength Medical, dental, and vision coverage is paired with HSA participation and company seeding, alongside wellness incentives. Core health offerings are presented as comprehensive for many U.S. employees.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Generous PTO in some groups and alternative schedules like 9/80 or every‑other‑Friday off expand time‑away options. Year‑end downtime in parts of the organization further enhances perceived flexibility for time off.

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The Company
HQ: Arlington, VA
185,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

With more than 185,000 global employees, RTX pushes the limits of technology and science to redefine how we connect and protect our world. Through industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon – we are advancing aviation, engineering integrated defense systems and developing next-generation technology solutions and manufacturing to help global customers address their most critical challenges.

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