Irving Oil

Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Irving Oil Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

As a Senior HR Business Partner your role is accountable to act as a contributing/participating strategic HR partner that provides support to the business in the areas of the employee life cycle, employee relations, performance and compensation management, learning and development, annual talent cycles, recruitment and participation in HR projects.

What We Offer

  • Work Environment - Work and grow within Canada’s largest Refinery, with strong safety culture, access to a fitness facility, an onsite medical team, and a café. 
  • Competitive Compensation - Including an annual bonus plan and pension plan. 
  • Flexible Benefits Plan – In effect from day one and offers three levels of coverage to select from to meet your unique, personal needs.  
  • Paid Vacation – Plus an annual option to purchase additional vacation.
  • Wellness Support – With an annual wellness allowance, paid personal care days and a 24/7 Employee & Family Assistance Program. 
  • Opportunity to give back to some amazing causes in our community – Choose when and where to make an impact with a paid volunteer day, company volunteer opportunities, and a donation matching program.

Your Responsibilities

  • Working with leaders and employees to provide senior-level strategic advice, counsel, coaching and support throughout the employee life cycle (attract, recruit, onboard, learning & development, reward, recognition & benefits, progression & performance, retain and exit).
  • Learning and understanding the business area you support to provide strategic HR advice and counsel.
  • Leading the annual Talent Cycles, supporting leaders and employees to complete activities and tasks associated with each Talent Cycle.
  • Planning and executing the annual Workforce Planning process.
  • Working with business leaders and employees to enhance the leader and employee experience, aligning to the HR Strategy and Initiatives.
  • Act as a risk manager to support business area leaders to keep them informed of employee relations matters, ensuring compliance of regulations.
  • Responsible for working with HR COEs and internal stakeholders to capture monthly HR data and metrics to provide HR People & Talent reporting.
  • Responsible for monthly HR stewardship and reporting to the business area leaders to inform fit-for-purpose HR guidance and solutioning to assess and address Leadership and Employee matter (i.e. perform and identify root cause).
  • Responsible for supporting recruitment for the business to meet workforce plan and talent requirements.
  • Working collaboratively with HR COEs, provides timely and relevant feedback to support continuous improvement efforts of HR programs, processes and initiatives.
  • Participating and contributing to HR and business area projects to support business requirements (i.e., Organizational Effectiveness, Development of Talent, and People Strategies).
  • Active participation in continuous learning opportunities to stay informed with respect to the ever-changing landscape of strategic HR operations (i.e., keeping up with the pace of change).

Your Skills

  • Ability to establish strong relationships with key stakeholders and build credibility.
  • Employee advocate with a strong people and safety mindset.
  • Team player who acts with integrity and respects diversity and inclusion.
  • Proven ability to maintain confidence and professionalism while navigating through ambiguous and complex situations.
  • Coaching, problem solving, and negotiation skills with ability to influence without authority.
  • Experience using HRIS systems.
  • Ability to analyze data.
  • Ability to adapt communication style to the audience.

Your Experience

  • Post-secondary education in Human Resources Management, business, or related field.
  • Minimum 5 years HR operational experience.
  • CPHR designation an asset.

Irving Oil is committed to supporting a diverse and inclusive work environment. We thrive on the good energy that’s created when our people from different backgrounds, identities, cultures and experiences share their unique perspectives. Diversity is key to our success and inclusion is everyone’s responsibility.

Job Requirements - Work Experience

Job Requirements - Education
  • Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level
  • Employment type

    Full-time
  • Job function

    Human Resources
  • Industries

    Oil and Gas

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