Senior HR Business Partner

Overview

At Stantec, we have some of the world’s leading professionals passionate about enabling our business to be its best. Our business teams include finance, procurement, human resources, information technology, marketing, corporate development, HSSE, real estate, legal, and practice services. We bring diverse backgrounds, skills, and expertise and create a caring culture where everyone can thrive. Through teamwork and collaboration, we’re building a stronger, more resilient Stantec every day.

We are in pursuit of an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to join our passionate, collaborative, and results-driven team. In this role, you will partner with all levels of leaders, including executive leaders supporting teams across Canada and the United States. You will be a trusted advisor, strategist, consultant, analyst, change agent and coach. Sit alongside and collaborate with corporate leaders to develop and implement strategies that support people and organizational needs in addition to facilitating the deployment of our HR Strategic Plan.

Every day you will engage in business conversations, influence, and equip people leaders to lead their teams and foster a highly engaged, inspiring and inclusive workplace.

We are looking for someone who is resilient, pragmatic, adaptable, and collaborative. Your counsel should be logical, analytical, and strategic. Your passion to make a difference will contribute to the success of our internal clients in creating better outcomes for our Stantec clients and the various communities we serve.

As a member of Stantec’s HR team you will join a powerhouse of experts and resources to inspire and elevate your work as an HR business partner. Join our team to have fun and learn with a great team of HR professionals!

This opportunity is truly career changing and an opportunity elevate to the next level.

• Provide strategic guidance on HR disciplines including employee engagement, conflict and exit management, employment legislation, employee relations, and investigations.
• Manage the strategy rollout and results for all HR calendar of events.
• Lead and report on workforce management activities including recruitment, retention, and workforce balance.
• Participate in identifying and implementing people-related strategic initiatives.
• Partner with Leaders to ensure alignment to our compensation philosophy.
• Manage the rollout and results for talent management strategies.
• Drive engagement & culture initiatives to foster a positive and inclusive work environment.
• Participate in organizational design efforts to optimize structure, succession, and efficiency.
• Serve as a workforce champion and promote a positive work environment and employee experience.
• Support Leaders through the business planning processes.
• Influence excellence and results across all HR programs through effective and easy programs and strategies.
• Foster a continuous improvement mindset and continually look for opportunities to increase the impact and return on investment of human resources programs.

• Develop and maintain a trusted advisor relationship with executive leaders and their teams by presenting multiple perspectives and challenging the status quo.
• Strategic partner to leaders providing counsel on business strategies.
• Offer dynamic and transformative solutions to unusual and complex issues in order to meet the business need and create an inspired culture.
• Provide seasoned counsel that upholds Stantec’s culture, vision, and values and safeguards Stantec and its team members.
• Collaborate with partners across our HR Center of Excellence to harness the collective knowledge and work of our expert teams including – talent acquisition, compensation, immigration, learning and organizational development, engagement and employee experience, and benefits and wellness.
• Guide Leaders in constructive ways to model behavior to drive engagement and retention of top talent and develop a high performing team.
• Collaborate within a geographically dispersed team to communicate, facilitate, and/or present HR programs and initiatives.
• Establish and maintain credibility through a robust…