Director, Total Rewards

Pinchin Canada; Toronto; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinchin Canada is seeking a strategic Director, Total Rewards to lead compensation, benefits, and incentive programs across Canada. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, this newly created role will shape the total rewards strategy and ensure programs are competitive and aligned with Pinchin’s growth and people priorities.

You will develop governance, oversee market benchmarking, manage vendors, and guide senior leaders on compliance, pay equity, and workforce integration.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years in total rewards, compensation, or People & Culture.
• Experience implementing compensation and benefits strategies in a complex, multi-location organization.
• Strong benchmarking, salary structure design, incentives, and pay equity analytics.
• Experience overseeing benefits and retirement programs and vendor management.
• Ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable recommendations for leaders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead an integrated compensation and benefits strategy across Canada.
• Establish compensation governance, including job architecture, salary structures, evaluation, and guidelines.
• Lead base pay, incentives, and annual compensation planning with regulatory compliance.
• Conduct market benchmarking and provide analytics to support decisions.
• Oversee employee benefits, retirement and wellness programs across Canada.
• Manage compensation and benefits vendors, consultants and surveys, ensuring value and cost effectiveness.
• Strengthen how Pinchin defines and communicates its employee value proposition for total rewards.
• Advise senior leaders on compensation, benefits, compliance, market competitiveness.
• Support acquisitions and workforce integration as it relates to Total Rewards.
• Develop scalable processes and tools for fair and defensible rewards decisions.

Skills

Total Rewards

Compensation

Benefits

Incentives

Vendor management

Analytics

Leadership

Cross-functional

Education

University degree in HR/Business

Total Rewards certification

Job description

Annual Salary Range: $150,000 - $175,000

Build the Future of Total Rewards at Pinchin!

Pinchin is seeking a strategic and experienced Director, Total Rewards Canada to lead our strategy surrounding compensation, benefits, incentives across Canada.

Job Overview

This newly created role reports to the Chief People Officer and will lead Pinchin’s total rewards strategy across Canada. The Director will oversee compensation, benefits, incentives, compliance, market benchmarking and vendor optimization to ensure programs are competitive and aligned with Pinchin’s business and people priorities.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and lead an integrated compensation and benefits strategy aligned with Pinchin’s growth and workforce priorities.
• Establish compensation governance, including job architecture, salary structures, job evaluation and compensation decision guidelines.
• Lead base pay, incentive and annual compensation planning programs including maintaining compliance with prevailing legislation.
• Conduct market benchmarking and provide analytics that support informed workforce and financial decisions.
• Oversee employee benefits, retirement and wellness programmes across Canada
• Manage compensation and benefits vendors, consultants and survey providers, ensuring strong service, value and cost effectiveness.
• Strengthen how Pinchin defines and communicates its employee value proposition respecting total rewards.
• Advise senior leaders on compensation, benefits, compliance, market competitiveness and emerging total rewards risks.
• Support acquisitions, organizational growth and the integration of new employee groups as it relates to Total Rewards.
• Develop scalable processes and tools that promote fair, consistent and defensible rewards decisions.

What You Bring

• University degree in Human Resources, Business or a related discipline; with a relevant Total Rewards certification is required.
• A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in total rewards, compensation, benefits People & Culture discipline.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing compensation and benefits strategies in a complex, multi-location organization.
• Strong knowledge of market benchmarking, experience in implementing salary structure design, job evaluation, incentives, compliance to pay equity and compensation analytics.
• Experience overseeing benefit and retirement programs, managing vendor relationships and ensuring plan optimization.
• The ability to translate complex data into clear, practical recommendations for leaders.
• Strong business, financial and consulting skills, with the ability to influence people at all levels across a collaborative organization.
• Experience supporting employee populations across multiple Canadian provinces is required.
• Experience in partnerships, professional services, consulting, engineering, environmental services, construction or another technical, project-based industry is highly preferred.
• Experience supporting acquisitions or workforce integration is preferred.

For Current Employees

Current employees are encouraged to speak with their HR Advisor for information on the application process.

Compensation and Assessment

Pay ranges are listed as required by law. Final compensation reflects each candidate’s education, experience, qualifications, and work location.

As part of our recruitment process, we use AI technology to support a fair and consistent evaluation of all applicants.

Why Pinchin?

Pinchin is a multidisciplinary environmental, engineering, building science, and health and safety consulting firm serving clients across North America. Our people work together to create safer, healthier and higher-performing buildings and environments.

We offer a collaborative and inclusive workplace, competitive benefits, retirement savings support, professional development opportunities and programmes that promote employee well-being and career growth.

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Our Commitment to Inclusion

Pinchin is committed to providing equal opportunities throughout the employment process. Accommodation is available upon request for candidates participating in any stage of the recruitment process.