Senior HR Professional

Description

As a Senior HR Professional, you will play a key role in driving HR (Personnel and Wellness) strategy, culture, and operational excellence across a group of growing companies. This role provides expert guidance on HR strategy, workforce planning, employee relations, and organizational development while leading key HR programs that strengthen culture, engagement, and business performance across the organization.

• Support engagement and retention initiatives that strengthen culture and connection within technical and project-based teams.
• Provide coaching and guidance to leaders on employee relations, conflict resolution, and organizational change.
• Maintain confidentiality, accuracy, and professionalism in all employee documentation and interactions.
• Ensure HR (PW) policies, handbooks, and programs reflect current legislation and best practices in the engineering and energy industries.
• Work closely with executive and senior leadership to align HR (PW) initiatives with business strategy, project goals, and organizational growth, including workforce planning, organizational design, succession, and culture development.
• Manage the full employee lifecycle (recruitment, onboarding, performance development, retention, and offboarding) with consistency and compliance across multiple technical disciplines.
• Contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that enhance belonging and representation across all teams.
• Lead or collaborate on HR (PW) projects that improve systems, processes, and people programs across Solaris and its group of companies.

Requirements

Thank you for your interest in Solaris. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. To comply with Canadian employment law, candidates must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities.

This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, technical environment and understands how HR strategy fuels business performance, innovation, and employee engagement.

• Proactive: Anticipates needs and challenges, providing timely, pragmatic solutions.
• Minimum 8 years of progressive HR experience, ideally in engineering, construction, or energy sectors with 200+ employees.
• Strong business acumen and ability to translate HR strategies into operational results.
• CPHR designation (or in progress) preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite; experience with ADP, SharePoint, or HRIS platforms is an asset.
• Strategic: Understands the broader business landscape and how people strategy drives results.
• Resilient: Remains composed under pressure and navigates complex dynamics with confidence.
• Proven track record in managing employee relations, organizational change, and workforce development.
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills with leaders at all levels.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or advising C-suite and senior technical leaders.
• Deep understanding of Canadian employment law and HR best practices.
• Professional Presence: Communicates with credibility, maturity, and warmth at all organizational levels.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field.

Benefits

At Solaris, we support your career and well-being with comprehensive benefits and a balanced work environment. We offer a competitive total rewards package that includes health and wellness coverage, retirement savings support, generous paid time off, and opportunities for professional growth through training and mentorship.

The salary for this role is based on an average of 37.5 hours a week. The estimated range is between 70K-130K annually, depending on skills and experience.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance