Human Resources Manager in Edmonton

Hours

Monday to Friday, 8:00 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.

Compensation

Our client, a family-owned Alberta industrial contractor with over 30 years in industrial construction, is seeking an HR Manager to join their team.

This role suits an HR leader with high-volume trades recruiting experience who wants to build an HR and recruitment function from the ground up.

Position Overview

• Lead HR and recruitment across all three companies in the group.
• The role starts as roughly half recruitment and half HR operations.
• Build a recruitment team of a Senior Recruiter and two Recruiters within about 3 months, then step back from day-to-day recruiting.
• Oversee high-volume trades and corporate hiring, including hundreds of trades positions over the next 6 months.
• Build HR processes, policies and SOPs from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead and run the recruitment function across the group of companies.
• Recruit, hire and onboard a Senior Recruiter and two Recruiters, and have the team running within about 3 months.
• Set objectives, coaching, training and performance expectations for the recruitment team.
• Oversee full-cycle hiring for corporate roles and high-volume trades, including pipefitters, welders, ironworkers, millwrights, electricians, instrumentation technicians, scaffolders and analyzer technicians.
• Work with project managers and mod yard teams on 3-week manpower look‑ahead requests and last‑minute site staffing needs.
• Lead workforce and trades planning, including manpower forecasts for current and upcoming projects and tracking labour market trends.
• Research wages and build wage data to support the estimating and bidding teams on project bids.
• Provide labour costing, workforce requirements and organizational charts for project proposals.
• Design, implement and enforce HR processes, policies and SOPs across the group.
• Keep HR practices compliant with Alberta employment standards, human rights, occupational health and safety and other employment legislation.
• Manage day-to-day employee relations and act as the main HR contact for managers.
• Build and maintain performance management and employee evaluation programs.
• Manage compensation and benefits, including market benchmarking and compensation reviews.
• Oversee onboarding, transfers, promotions, offboarding and exit interviews.
• Lead employee health, safety and wellness initiatives, track safety tickets and coordinate training and development.
• Visit project sites and offices in Northern Alberta on day trips, roughly every 3 to 4 months, to support site staff.

Must Have Qualifications

• 5+ years of HR experience
• 2+ years of high-volume trades recruiting in industrial or construction
• Knowledge of Alberta employment standards and employment legislation
• Experience building HR processes, procedures and SOPs
• Experience working in high‑pressure, fast‑paced environments

Like To Have Qualifications

• Post‑secondary education in human resources or a related field
• Oil and gas industry experience
• Experience building and running a recruitment team
• Experience working at a smaller company
• Lives within commuting distance of Nisku

Why You Should Work Here

• Executive‑class benefits package through Sun Life, starting on day one.
• 4 weeks of vacation, accrued.
• 5 flex or personal days.
• A 2‑week office closure over the Christmas holidays, with 1 week paid.
• A path to a Director or VP of HR role as the group grows.
• The chance to build the HR and recruitment function from the ground up, with room to shape processes and team culture.
• Room to grow across the wider group of companies as their HR teams expand.
• Long‑tenured employees and good collaboration across the company.
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