Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Contract Type: Apprenticeship
Hours: Full Time
Are you passionate about people, processes, and making a positive impact? As an Apprentice for HR & Recruitment, you'll gain practical experience across core HR functions while supporting a dynamic team dedicated to attracting top talent and delivering exceptional employee experiences.
About AmcoGiffen:
AmcoGiffen is a reputable and growing engineering solutions provider committed to maintaining and improving transport infrastructure across the UK. Our portfolio includes innovative projects ranging from planned maintenance to reactive works, supporting vital transport networks. With approximately 1,500 colleagues nationwide, we foster a collaborative, safety-focused culture.
Join us and contribute to meaningful projects that make a difference, while supporting our valued colleagues throughout the organisation.
The Role
This is an excellent opportunity to develop foundational skills in HR operations and Talent Acquisition—while making a positive contribution from day one. Your daily role will include supporting a variety of core recruitment and HR tasks, such as:
Recruitment Support
- Assisting with full-cycle recruitment activities, including job posting, CV screening, interview scheduling, and offer processing
- Collaborating with the Recruitment team on creative campaigns across digital platforms like LinkedIn, job boards, and careers events
- Building relationships with external recruitment agencies and suppliers
- Coordinating with internal managers to progress candidates through each stage of the recruitment process, including gathering feedback and next steps
- Drafting and sending candidate communications such as interview invitations and feedback, ensuring clarity and professionalism
- Promoting diverse and inclusive recruitment practices aligned with our D&I objectives
- Supporting onboarding processes by preparing contracts and induction materials
- Collecting and analysing data to support recruitment KPIs, trends, and budgets
- Assisting with administrative tasks like reference requests, right-to-work checks, interview prep, and calendar management
HR Shared Services & Administration
- Providing administrative support for employee lifecycle activities, including documentation, letters, and onboarding
- Maintaining accurate records across HR systems (e.g., onboarding, leavers, contractual updates)
- Monitoring the HR inbox and responding to routine queries or escalating as needed
- Supporting payroll-related documentation for new hires and contractual changes
- Assisting with initiatives related to employee engagement, policies, D&I, and wellbeing
What We're Looking For
- An enthusiastic, proactive individual with a strong interest in HR and recruitment
- Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
- Great interpersonal skills and a willingness to engage with colleagues at all levels
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, confidential environment
- Eligibility to undertake apprenticeship training through a recognised provider
Training & Development
- Enrolment onto an approved CIPD or HR Apprenticeship programme
- Hands-on coaching from experienced HR professionals
- Opportunities to shadow interviews, onboarding sessions, and stakeholder meetings
- Access to a range of internal resources and external development opportunities
What We Offer:
- Age related national living wage
- 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (with increases over time)
- Contributory pension scheme
- Life insurance, health cash plans and rewards platform (via Westfield Health & Westfield Rewards)
- Opportunities for personal and professional development
- A supportive, safe, and collaborative work environment
- Employee forums and feedback channels to promote open communication
- ‘Earn & Learn’
- Practical knowledge of recruitment principles and HR operations
- Confidence using HR systems and maintaining confidential employee data
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for stakeholder and candidate interactions
- Analytical thinking when working with metrics and KPIs
- Practical project experience across onboarding, engagement, and employer branding
The Company
Why AmcoGiffen?
You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.
AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.
Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen
We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.
We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.
Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.
AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.
Health & Wellbeing
Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.
Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now!
For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:
[email protected]
Recruitment Manager
