HR Advisor

HR Advisor On-site | Full time | Junior

About us

In Trench Canada, we deliver state-of-the-art, safe, and reliable instrument transformers, coils, and bushings for seamless energy transmission. With a legacy of customized engineering and innovation, we enable society to harness the power of electricity with reliability and performance. But we are more than just a company. We are a force for change, committed to advancing the energy sector through cutting-edge technology and sustainable practices.

We genuinely care about continuous improvement, and our dynamic workplace values attention to detail and adaptability, fostering a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion where everyone is respected and truly valued.

• Trust
• Responsibility
• Excellence
• Navigating Change
• Candor
• Humility

As a Human Resources Advisor at Trench Canada, you will serve as a trusted partner to production leaders and employees, providing day-to-day HR support within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You will play a key role in fostering positive employee relations, supporting workforce effectiveness, and ensuring the consistent application of HR policies, programs, and collective agreement provisions.
Working closely with production supervisors, managers, union representatives, and the HR team, you will provide practical HR guidance and solutions that enable business success while creating a positive employee experience. You will support a variety of HR functions including employee relations, recruitment, disability management, benefits and pension administration, workforce reporting, employee engagement initiatives, and the use of HR technology and AI-enabled solutions to improve service delivery.

• Serve as the primary HR contact for production employees and leaders, providing guidance and support on workplace issues, policies, procedures, and programs.
• Partner with production supervisors and managers to address employee relations matters, attendance concerns, performance management, workplace conflict, and employee development opportunities.
• Support the consistent administration and interpretation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement andassist in resolving employee concerns and grievances.
• Coach and support front-line leaders in effectively managing people-related matters while ensuring compliance with company policies, employment legislation, and collective agreement requirements.
• Support employee engagement initiatives that promote a positive, respectful, and inclusive workplace culture.
• Lead onboarding and offboarding activities for hourly and salaried employees, ensuring a positive employee experience and smooth transition processes.
• Draft employment contracts, offer letters, disciplinary documentation, employee correspondence, and otherHR-related communications.
• Administer employee benefits programs for unionized and non-unionized employee groups, including enrollments, changes, terminations, and annual renewal activities.
• Administer pension programs,including enrollment, retirement, and termination processes for both Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution plans.
• Coordinate short-term disability claims and support return-to-work programs in collaboration with employees,leaders, healthcare providers, and external vendors.
• Maintain accurate employee records and HRIS data to support compliance, reporting, and workforce planning activities.
• Generate, analyze, and interpret HR metrics and reports related to attendance, turnover, vacancies, overtime,and other workforce trends to support business decision-making.
• Leverage HR technologies,AI-powered tools, and data analytics to improve HR processes, enhance employee and leader self-service, generate workforce insights, and support data-driven decision-making.
• Utilize AI tools to draft communications, analyze workforce trends, support recruitment activities,develop training materials, and streamline administrative processes while ensuring data privacy and compliance requirements are maintained.
• Identify opportunities to automate routine HR processes and recommend technology-driven solutions that improve efficiency, accuracy, and the employee experience.
• Collaborate with HR Business Partners and business leaders to implement HR initiatives that support organizational objectives, operational effectiveness, and continuous improvement.
• Participate in corporate and global HR project sand initiatives as required.

• 2-4 years of progressive Human Resources experience, preferably in a unionized manufacturing…