Work Schedule
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OfficeJob 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:
Are you an experienced HR professional who enjoys partnering with leaders, navigating complex employee relations matters and turning people insights into meaningful action?
We’re looking for a Senior HR Generalist to join Thermo Fisher Scientific in Paisley. This is an opportunity to build broad HR experience within a large global organisation, partnering with an assigned client group while also gaining exposure to colleagues, leaders and HR teams across the wider UK North and Central region.
You’ll join a close-knit, collaborative HR team that works together daily to review priorities, share expertise and support one another across employee relations activity. Alongside your day-to-day client group responsibilities, you’ll have opportunities to contribute to UK&I projects, process improvements and organisational change initiatives.
The key objectives of this role is to support the UK Regional HR Function effectively and professionally support Thermo Fisher's execution of the company goal tree, helping to make the UK HR team a highly efficient, valued and well-regarded resource for managers and employees.
Working model: 4 days onsite and 1 day working from home
Responsibilities:
- Coach managers and leaders on all aspects of employee lifecycle, HR policies, people management, and career/talent development.
- Apply data analysis to offer people analytics that aid the business in formulating impactful decisions rooted in data-driven trends.
- Actively participate in country HR projects to share standard processes and drive the improvement and development of UK-wide HR policies, processes, and harmonization activities.
- Support management in conducting employment and employee relations matters, including conduct and capability, grievance and disciplinary, reductions in force, restructuring, absence, and health issues. Identify regional employee relation trends and support in the execution to resolve with our business areas.
- Harness all elements of the HR Model (BPs, Field HR, Platforms, Coll. Services) and Technologies to boost the value of collaboration for an enriched colleague experience.
- Offer outstanding advisory skills and collaboration to the business to support strategies for enhancing the overall work experience by strengthening Role Model Leadership abilities.
- Harness Country & Regional Talent Plans to speed up the Company’s progress towards outstanding representation.
- Support key change management initiatives (site, regional, and country level) working within a complex collaborator structure.
- Leverage HR & Management Information to identify trends and risks in order to support business leadership in the management of diversity, attraction, retention, career development, performance, engagement, and compliance.
Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:
- CIPD qualified, Human Resources, Business Management, Economics or other business-related field.
- Prior experience of the various aspects of human resources (employee relations, absence management, talent acquisition, talent management, compensation, and organizational development).
- Experience in a fast paced, large site (manufacturing/operational environment) or rapid expansion/growth preferred.
- Detailed expertise and comprehension of labour and employment laws and regulations, along with HR concepts experience as an advisor to the business.
- Strong process improvement orientation.
- Ability and experience in collecting and interpreting data. Highly proficient in using excel (Pivot Tables, Vlook up’s, basic excel formula’s).
- Passion for colleague development and improving management capability.
- Analysis, problem-solving, decision-making and influencing skills.
- Ability to establish relationships and demonstrate excellent communication with all levels of the organization including mentoring, written communication, and presentations, etc.
- Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality, work independently with little instruction on day-to-day or assignment work, multi-task, and follow up on projects and issues.
- Demonstrated proficiency in project and time management with the capability to excel in a fast-paced setting and balance numerous tasks concurrently.
- Demonstrates personal awareness and desire for continual learning, personal development, as well as being structured, with a positive 'can-do' attitude.
- Demonstrates Thermo Fisher Scientific values Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement and alignment to our Core Competencies, 'Puts the Customer First', 'Owns their Results' and 'Finds a Better Way Each Day'.
- Good general knowledge of all key aspects of UK employment law;
- Capability to manage change in a fast paced environment dealing with occasional high levels of uncertainty;
- Ability to navigate sophisticated matrix structures and organisational relationships;
- Confident in engaging and collaborating with managers and business leaders;
- Travel to other Thermo Fisher Scientific sites may be required within the UK.
What we offer
We want our colleagues to feel supported both inside and outside of work. Alongside your salary, you will have access to a comprehensive and flexible UK benefits package designed around your health, financial wellbeing and lifestyle.
Skills Required
- CIPD qualification or degree in Human Resources, Business Management, Economics, or another business-related field
- Experience across employee relations, absence management, talent acquisition, talent management, compensation, and organizational development
- Experience working in a fast-paced, large-site manufacturing or operational environment, or rapid expansion/growth environment
- Detailed knowledge of labor and employment laws, regulations, and HR concepts
- Strong process improvement orientation
- Ability to collect and interpret data
- High proficiency using Excel, including PivotTables, VLOOKUP, and basic formulas
- Passion for colleague development and improving management capability
- Analysis, problem-solving, decision-making, and influencing skills
- Ability to establish relationships and communicate effectively with all organizational levels
- Ability to mentor, write, and deliver presentations
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and work independently with minimal instruction
- Ability to multitask and follow up on projects and issues
- Demonstrated project and time management skills
- Ability to balance numerous tasks in a fast-paced setting
- Commitment to continual learning and personal development
- Good general knowledge of key aspects of UK employment law
- Ability to manage change in a fast-paced environment with uncertainty
- Ability to navigate complex matrix structures and organizational relationships
- Confidence engaging and collaborating with managers and business leaders
- Ability to travel to other Thermo Fisher Scientific sites within the UK
Thermo Fisher Scientific Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thermo Fisher Scientific and has not been reviewed or approved by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a strong company 401(k) match and an employee stock purchase plan that add meaningful long‑term value. Feedback suggests these features stand out among core financial benefits even when base pay feels average.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage offers multiple national medical options alongside dental and vision, with company‑paid life and disability coverage. This breadth is considered a solid foundation even if some costs may not be the lowest among peers.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave, backup care, adoption assistance, and specialized family resources are available. Feedback suggests these supports are a notable plus for colleagues managing family and caregiving needs.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Insights
What We Do
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.
Why Work With Us
You will join a company which every colleague has the opportunity to create possibilities, for oneself, for our customers and patients. There is no more exciting place to be than at the forefront of solving problems which help improve lives around the world. As a company, we are committed to supporting your career aspirations and your journey.
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