Senior HR Business Partner

We are in pursuit of an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to join our passionate, collaborative, and results-driven team.

As part of our HR Client Services (HRCS) team, the Senior HR Business Partner will be supporting leaders and employees throughout our various business lines located primarily across the North Central region of the US.

You will need to wear several hats – be a trusted advisor, strategist, consultant, analyst, change agent, and coach.

You will sit alongside and collaborate with business 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, and inspiring workplace.

We are looking for someone who is resilient, pragmatic, adaptable, and a team player.

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.

• Quickly establish and practice effective working relationships with internal client groups, including employees, managers, and senior leaders, along with our HR colleagues.
• Proactively partner with clients to identify strategic issues, workforce planning or organizational design challenges and provide advice and expertise to help develop creative solutions.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders by presenting multiple perspectives and challenging the status quo.
• Provide strategic guidance and effectively scale the application of HR activities including employee engagement, retention and talent development, succession planning, change, conflict and exit management, employment legislation, employee relations, performance management, investigations, job evaluation, compensation management, internal communication, coaching, data analytics, workforce planning, policy interpretation, career coaching, and facilitation to positively impact Stantec’s culture.
• Serve as a workforce champion and promote a positive work environment and employee experience.
• Facilitate trainings as needed including planning and delivering sessions with managers and employees.
• Develop and implement HR-related projects and participate as a team member on special projects as needed. May also lead local or regional initiatives and projects.
• Foster a continuous improvement mindset and continually look for opportunities to increase the return on investment of human resources programs for employees and leaders.
• Collaborate within a geographically dispersed team to communicate, facilitate, and/or present HR programs and initiatives to client groups.
• Work collaboratively with functions such as an HR service representative for accurate completion of employee transactions, talent acquisition for recruitment, etc.
• Have fun and learn with a great team of HR professionals!