People & Culture Business Partner - #439486

Modern Niagara helps building owners, managers, and general contractors meet the mechanical, electrical, integrated building technology, and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Southwestern Ontario, and Ottawa. We also develop custom, turnkey solutions to help reach the desired outcomes. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canada’s infrastructure and on the communities where we live, learn, work, and heal.

WE BUILD FOR LIFE.

We value passion, initiative, determination, professionalism, and teamwork and we are committed to ensuring that our teams have everything they need to succeed. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do and, as a result, our award-winning safety culture has a record that’s well above industry standards.

At Modern Niagara, you will work alongside values-driven, safety-conscious, and high-impact teams in a fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative environment. Here, your knowledge, skills, and excellent service will help ensure that the buildings that make up Canada’s infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet.

Modern Niagara is one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNA‘s Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) – Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazine’s Gold Winner for Canada’s Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canada’s Best Health + Safety Culture Award as well as Canada’s Best Health + Safety Leader Award.

We currently have fantastic opportunity for a People & Culture Business Partner with a strong Employee Relations background to join a progressive and dynamic organization and a growing P&C team in Vancouver. Reporting to the Director of People and Culture Operations, responsibilities will include the full spectrum of best practices in the areas of employee relations, performance management, succession planning, and policies. Key focus will be building positive relationships across the business and partnering with the business leaders.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Act as a strategic partner to leadership to help develop and implement HR strategies aligned with business goals
• Lead and support key people initiatives related to culture, engagement, talent management & development and workforce planning
• The ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously, have a bias for action – results oriented
• The ability to think big but also not be afraid to "roll up your sleeves"
• Coaching and mentoring leaders within the organization
• Maintain knowledge of best practices, legislative changes and industry standards
• Perform other related duties as required
  
  

Qualifications and Job Requirements:

• Believe in and live the Modern Niagara Core Values-Teamwork, Initiative, Dedication, Professionalism, Passion
• Post-secondary education in Human Resources Management or a related field preferred
• Minimum 5 years relevant experience in progressive HR roles
• Experience in a unionized environment an asset
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Demonstrated emotional intelligence to establish trust, maintain confidential information, and foster strong relationships with business leaders, partners, and top talent
  
  

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

At Modern Niagara, we recognize the value of fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization and are committed to eliminating barriers faced by members of equity-seeking groups (women, Indigenous, Black, racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and new immigrants) in the construction industry. Our DEI vision is to build an organization where everyone has access to the same opportunities, experience equitable outcomes, and can thrive and reach their full potential.

We value the diversity of the people we hire and serve. Modern Niagara is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise us so that suitable accommodations can be made. We can be reached at [email protected].