HR & Payroll Administrator

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented HR & Payroll Administrator to join our growing manufacturing business. The role will be responsible for providing comprehensive administrative support to the HR Manager across the employee lifecycle, whilst also supporting end-to-end payroll processing for both salaried and hourly paid employees in the UK and the US.

This is a hands-on role suited to someone who is highly organised, confidential, and comfortable working in a fast-paced SME environment.

HR Administration:

• Provide day-to-day HR administrative support across our UK and US operations.
• Coordinate recruitment administration, including job postings, candidate management and interview scheduling.
• Manage onboarding and offboarding processes, preparing contracts, documentation, right-to-work checks and employee records.
• Maintain accurate HR records and ensure compliance with GDPR and data protection requirements.
• Support absence management processes, including sickness and holiday administration.
• Assist with employee benefits and pension administration.
• Maintain training records and support performance review processes.
• Provide administrative support for employee relations cases and HR projects as required.
• Support employee engagement initiatives, surveys, policy updates and other people-related activities.
• Produce HR reports and metrics, identifying opportunities to improve processes and increase efficiency.

Payroll Administration:

• Process accurate and timely monthly payroll for UK and US salaried and hourly paid employees.
• Prepare payroll inputs and liaise with external payroll providers.
• Review timesheets and payroll data to ensure accuracy.
• Calculate overtime, shift premiums, bonuses, statutory payments and deductions.
• Support compliance with UK and US payroll legislation and statutory requirements.
• Maintain payroll records and support audit activities.
• Respond to employee payroll queries in a timely and professional manner.
• Prepare payroll reports and reconciliations for Finance and management.
• Assist with year-end payroll activities, including P60s, P11Ds and statutory reporting requirements.

Key Skills & Competences

Essential

• Previous experience in payroll administration, including hourly and salaried payroll.
• Good understanding of payroll legislation and statutory requirements.
• Experience providing HR administrative support across the employee lifecycle.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Experience handling confidential and sensitive information.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and HR/payroll systems.
• Proactive, reliable and solutions-focused approach.

Desirable

• Exposure to US payroll and employment administration.
• Experience within a manufacturing, engineering or SME environment.
• CIPP qualification or working towards one.
• Knowledge of pension auto-enrolment administration.
• Comfortable working independently and collaborating within a small team.
• Adaptable and willing to take on a broad range of HR and payroll responsibilities.

What's in it for you

Salary – competitive

Bonus – Performance related bonus scheme

Pension - 9% employer contribution with an optional employee contribution

Annual Leave – 25 days, plus statutory holidays

Who we are

DEEP Manufacturing, based in Avonmouth (Bristol) offers advanced manufacturing capabilities and expertise in large-format metal additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping and material testing. Our advanced manufacturing facilities include a state-of-the-art robotics suite, offering 3D printing services and Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) capabilities which means we can deliver manufacturing projects in less time and at lower costs compared to traditional manufacturing processes.

As an organization with multi-generational objectives and ambitious goals, the values we bring to work every day are critical:

Be Curious – Find a better way and ask why not?". Answers are easy, questions are hard – ask original questions and be a curiosity catalyst!

Be Exceptional – It will take the most intelligent, talented and creative people on the planet working together to achieve DEEP's mission. Get it done, be relentless in your pursuit of excellence, and demand excellence from everyone.

Be Fearless – No one has done this on the scale we're doing it before. Impossible things must be done for the first time. We are the team pushing boundaries!

Be Good – Cultivate passion and thrive together. Be safe, take intelligent risks, but never compromise the safety of the team – ever!

At DEEP, we celebrate and embrace diversity and inclusion and strongly believe that the best innovations come from diverse perspectives. We invite applicants from all backgrounds to join us in creating technology that makes a meaningful impact on humanity, our oceans and planet.