Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP)

Role Overview

Business Partnership and Employee Relations

• Partner with leaders on workforce challenges, organizational needs, and practical HR solutions.
• Coach managers on employee management, performance, attendance, conduct, and employee development.
• Guide interpretation and application of HR policies, procedures, and employment legislation.
• Lead or support conflicts, investigations, disciplinary measures, performance issues, accommodations, and terminations.
• Promote a respectful, accountable, high-performance workplace culture.

Talent, Recruitment, and Development

• Identify talent, development needs, training priorities, succession opportunities, and retention initiatives.
• Support performance management, employee development, engagement, recognition, workforce planning, and succession planning.
• Partner with hiring managers on recruitment strategies, sourcing, interviews, selection, offers, references, and onboarding.
• Monitor recruitment activity and workforce trends and identify staffing challenges.

HR Programs and Administration

• Implement and improve HR policies, programs, practices, processes, tools, and compliance activities.
• Monitor compliance with employment legislation and internal policies.
• Provide HR metrics, analysis, reports, and recommendations to management.
• Support compensation, benefits, leaves, payroll coordination, employee records, and annual HR processes.
• Contribute to regional and corporate HR projects, acquisitions, restructurings, and transformation initiatives.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of progressive HR experience, ideally in a generalist, HRBP, or similar role.
• Experience advising and coaching managers and leaders on HR matters.
• Strong employee relations and performance management experience.
• Experience with recruitment, talent management, employee engagement, organizational development, HR systems, and HR data or metrics.
• Manufacturing or operational environment experience is strongly preferred.
• Unionized environment experience is considered an asset.

Pay

• Pay range is $80,000 to $110,000 per year.

What We Offer

• Permanent full-time position with a 40-hour work week.
• Three weeks of paid vacation, four paid personal days, and two additional holiday-season paid days.
• Group insurance program paid at 50% by the employer.
• Dental, disability, life insurance, on-site parking, and paid time off.

Work Location

• This is a 100% on-site position based in Ottawa.
• Work location is in person.