MacDonald Search Group is proud to partner with a well established Vancouver organization in its search for a new HR Leader. Our client not only has a reputation as a great place to work, but as a great corporate citizen through its philanthropic work and generosity to the community.
This role will be based out of the corporate office in Vancouver and provide leadership to the Human Resources and Health and Safety team supporting 500+ employees at production sites across Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest.
What you will be doing:

• Overseeing Human Resources team to provide support to operational divisions in multiple jurisdictions
• Leading employee relations practices
• Designing training and development programs
• Supporting leadership development and succession planning strategies
• Act as an advisor on a range of personnel matters to management and leadership team
• Lead HR policy development
• Oversee performance management program
• Support planning and development of new business units
• Leading talent acquisition strategies
• Support management team on employee investigations and disciplinary matters
• Providing guidance leading to competitive total rewards programs
• Being a key member in bargaining of Collective Agreements (a relatively small portion of employees are unionized)
• Ensuring health and safety initiatives are integrated with broader HR strategies

Who you are:

• You have an HR or Business related Bachelor's degree at a minimum and your CPHR Designation
• You have seven to ten years experience with exposure to a broad scope of HR responsibilities, ideally in a manufacturing/production focused organization with divisions in multiple Canadian provinces and Washington State.
• You ideally have some experience in an unionized environment
• You have provided leadership as a Manager/Director to HR professionals at the Generalist/Advisor level
• You are a great communicator, a strategic thinker, technologically savvy and a natural leader.

The successful candidate will be rewarded with a competitive compensation package (base salary +/- $130,000), a great work environment, a flexible/hybrid schedule, and an outstanding work/life balance. Interested HR professionals are asked to submit their resumes ASAP!