Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Date published: 06-Mar-2026
Job ID: 171097
Description and Requirements
Human Resources Manager
Position Type: Full-time / Permanent
Location: Hamilton (fully onsite)
Compensation: $100-$135 K
Our North American construction client is seeking an HR Manager for a project in Hamilton.
What is the Opportunity?
As the Human Resources Manager, you oversee and support all HR functions, including employee relations, performance management, talent acquisition, training and development, and compensation benefits for a joint venture Project. In this role you will work closely with the Project/Partner teams to ensure HR strategies/initiatives support business objectives and enhance overall employee experience and engagement.
What You’ll Do Here:
Employee Relations
- Effective situation/conflict management, working closely with managers to ensure employee relations issues are handled professionally and timely
- Identify potential employee relations issues, resolving as appropriate and elevating to legal and parent company’s HR leads as needed
- Proactive outreach HR communications (supporting town halls, leadership/ operational team meetings, etc.)
- Case management and investigations
- Coaching managers and employees as required, applying progressive discipline principles as appropriate
- JV Policy creation, interpretation and application
- Work closely with applicable home company HR teams to facilitate promotions, demotions, transfers, relocations, retirements, and terminations in a professional manner. Ensuring balance between project and employee needs
Recruitment
- Advise parent companies on role requirements, development of role profiles, and job analysis
- Provide headcount projection and strategic workforce planning support
- Collaborate with hiring managers to schedule and participate in interviews as needed
- Interview alongside hiring managers, performing thorough candidate assessments
- Compensation & Benefits
- Work with the Home Company Human Resources team on any disability case management
Talent Management
- Support managers with performance management and objective setting during the regular cycle as well as when required. Effectively creating clear connections to Project plans
- Facilitate Talent Reviews for the project teams and ensure appropriate follow-up on actions
- Ensure training needs for the business are evaluated and appropriate training selected, reinforced and tracked
- Support succession management initiatives and ensure appropriate succession plans are in place for the project
HR Team Management
- Work closely with the home company Human Resources teams to keep them continually up to date on all project Human Resources issues
What You Bring to the Team:
- Post secondary education in Human Resources Management
- Minimum 7 years’ experience in an HR Business Partner function with preference for people leadership experience
- Demonstrated partnership with senior leaders, consultative decision‑making, and hands‑on employee relations support.
- Versatility and full‑scope HR portfolio capability (end‑to‑end employee life cycle) including workforce planning, recruitment strategy, onboarding, performance management, development planning, compensation discussions, investigations, and offboarding
- Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic and collaborative environment/ structure with high resiliency. Previous experience working on JV major project is a strong asset
- Superior problem-solving skills, ability to manage complex scenarios
- Tactful and effective written and verbal communication skills, ability to interact with all levels within the organization and influence as required
- Ability to build a consensus among peers to support human resources strategies
- Strong Microsoft Office and HRIS knowledge
- Accurate and detail oriented
- Excellent organizational & interpersonal skills
All interested applicants who meet the qualifications listed above are invited to submit a resume by clicking “Apply Now.”
The indicated pay range is a good‑faith estimate based on required qualifications, experience, training, and other factors permitted by law. It reflects the pay band established by the client company. Actual offers may vary depending on skills, experience, geographic location, and expected work quality. Most candidates start in the lower half of the range. Pay history is not considered where prohibited by law. This information serves as a general guideline for compensation discussions.
To support a fair and efficient hiring process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help review applications. Our team carefully reviews all candidates, and AI is used only as a support tool—never as the sole decision-maker.