HR Apprentice (Bridgnorth Aluminium)
BRIDGNORTH ALUMINIUM LIMITED
Shropshire (WV15 6AU)
Closes in 9 days (Thursday 2 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 22 September 2025
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Summary
As our HR Apprentice, you will gain hands-on experience across the full employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding, to payroll, employee relations, and learning & development.
- Wage
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£18,000 a year
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Salary £18,000 - £22,000
- Training course
- HR support (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday (45 min unpaid break). Flexible contract with core hours: Mon - Thur 9:30am - 4pm, Fri 9:30am - 3pm.
36 hours 15 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 20 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
You will maintain accurate employee records and systems, act as the first point of contact for HR and payroll queries, and ensure processes are carried out in line with company policies and legal requirements. With a strong focus on personal growth, we will invest in your development, providing mentoring, training, and exposure to all areas of HR to help you thrive. This is a varied and hands-on role that offers exposure to the full scope of HR activities, making it an excellent opportunity to develop strong foundations for a successful career in Human Resources.
- Maintain and update our HR Information System (HRIS) and time and attendance system, including new starters, leavers, and any internal changes
- Support with preparing the payroll file on a monthly basis for all employees, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and compliance with UK legislation
- Be the first point of contact for all general HR and Payroll queries, escalating where necessary
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date employee records in compliance with GDPR and company policies, including onboarding and induction documentation
- Conduct drug and alcohol testing for all new starters
- Support with the coordination and booking of external training activities, including scheduling courses, booking venues, arranging transport and managing the attendee list
- Maintain training records and ensure compliance with mandatory training requirements
- Support with the preparation of new starter inductions and monitor induction completions, escalating where necessary
- Process all voluntary leavers, including supporting on exit interviews to gather feedback and insight
- Complete all employment reference requests in line with policy
- Maintain starters, leavers, and internal moves report is kept up-to-date and sending out a weekly report to relevant stakeholders
- Administer probation reviews by liaising with line managers across the business, escalating concerns within the team where necessary
- Maintain up-to-date notice boards within the HR and reception area
- General HR Administration duties
Where you'll work
Stourbridge Road
Bridgnorth
Shropshire
WV15 6AU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED
Training course
HR support (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Service Delivery: Delivers excellent customer service on a range of HR queries and requirements, providing solutions, advice and support primarily to managers. Builds managers’ expertise in HR matters, improving their ability to handle repeated situations themselves where appropriate. Uses agreed systems and processes to deliver service to customers. Takes the initiative to meet agreed individual and team KPIs in line with company policy, values, standards. Plans and organises their work, often without direct supervision, to meet commitments and KPIs.
- Problem Solving: Uses sound questioning and active listening skills to understand requirements and establish root causes before developing HR solutions. Takes ownership through to resolution, escalating complex situations as appropriate.
- Communication & Interpersonal: Deals effectively with customers/colleagues, using sound interpersonal skills and communicating well through a range of media eg phone, face to face, email, internet. Adapts their style to their audience. Builds trust and sound relationships with customers. Handles conflict and sensitive HR situations professionally and confidentially.
- Teamwork: Consistently supports colleagues /collaborates within the team and HR to achieve results. Builds/maintains strong working relationships with others in the team and across HR where necessary.
- Process Improvement: Identifies opportunities to improve HR performance and service; acts on them within the authority of their role. Supports implementation of HR changes/projects with the business.
- Managing HR Information: Maintains required HR records as part of services delivered. Prepares reports and management information from HR data, with interpretation as required.
- Personal Development: Keeps up to date with business changes and HR legal/policy/process changes relevant to their role. Seeks feedback and acts on it to improve their performance and overall capability.
Training schedule
More training information
BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.
Throughout the apprenticeship, learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Time management skills
- Accuracy
- Confident IT skills
- Microsoft Office skills
- Ability to learn quickly
- Professional
- High level of integrity
- Confidentiality & Discretion
- Proactive
- Flexibile
- To take on new challenges
- Working independently
- Enthusiasm for development
Other requirements
· Annual Bonus · Pension matched up to 7% · 4 x Annual Salary Life Assurance · Health Cash Plan and Wellbeing Support · Flexible Contract (with core business hours)
About this employer
Bridgnorth Aluminium is the UK’s leading manufacturer of flat rolled aluminium coils and the only fully integrated UK operation where all stages of research, development and production are managed on one site including casting, hot/cold rolling, heat treatment, slitting, levelling, and degreasing. With more than 80 years of heritage, Bridgnorth Aluminium serves a wide range of industrial sectors including printing (offset lithographic printing plates), foil stock for pharmaceuticals and household packaging, construction (anodized panels and building facades), automotive components, transformer coils, battery foil stock, and common alloy sheet formats. The company is also deeply committed to quality, environmental and social best practices. It invests in sustainable operations from resource efficiency and renewable energy to strong community involvement through apprenticeships, and charitable giving. With a strong export/customer base spanning 14 countries, around 340 employees, and a turnover of £260 million per year, Bridgnorth Aluminium is a major player in both the UK and international aluminium markets.
Company benefits
· Annual Bonus · Pension matched up to 7% · 4 x Annual Salary Life Assurance · Health Cash Plan and Wellbeing Support · Flexible Contract (with core business hours)
After this apprenticeship
Career progression - HR Administrator.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED
Raymond Duke
RaymondDuke@bpp.com
01133500333
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000343033.
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Closes in 9 days (Thursday 2 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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