Human Resources Advisor - Recruitment

Fountain Tire; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life insurance

Annual bonus structure

RRSP matching

Paid training and education allowances

Flexible policies and office location

Associate perks including discounts on

Job summary

Fountain Tire is hiring an HR Advisor - Recruitment to partner with hiring managers across Canada. You will coach on strategies, build pipelines, and enhance recruitment tools for consistent, high-quality hiring. You’ll lead full-cycle recruitment for hard-to-fill roles and shape our employer brand across channels.

You’ll monitor labour-market trends, support CDS, and travel up to 10% for events, with benefits and a focus on continuous process improvement within a busy automotive ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, or related field.
• 5+ years Direct sourcing or HR Generalist with recruitment focus.
• Proven success sourcing, pipelining, selecting and closing talent.
• Knowledge of interviewing methods and online attraction.
• Ability to assess candidate competencies and manage priorities.

Responsibilities

• Recruitment coaching and support for hiring managers on strategies and labour-market conditions.
• Develop creative sourcing to attract active and passive candidates, including rural recruitment.
• Maintain and enhance the Applicant Tracking System and improve efficiency.
• Lead full-cycle recruitment for key roles, including ads, screening, interviews, references, and offers.
• Create recruitment content for careers site, social channels, and campaigns.
• Monitor market trends and translate findings into practical recommendations.
• Represent Fountain Tire at career fairs and school events to build pipelines.
• Deliver recruitment-related training for managers and support HR team.

Skills

Recruitment strategy

Stakeholder management

Sourcing expert

Interviewing techniques

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

Applicant Tracking System (ATS)

Job description

Join Fountain Tire as a Human Resources Advisor - Recruitment and go beyond traditional recruitment by building and continuously improving the strategies, tools, and resources that help our managers across Canada build successful, productive teams.

About Fountain Tire

Founded in 1956 in Wainwright, Alberta, Fountain Tire has built its success on strong partnerships, experienced ownership, and a commitment to quality. Today, we operate over 170 locations with more than 3,000 associates from British Columbia through Ontario. Our success is grounded in our values.

• Act with a win-win partnership mindset
• Embrace opportunity thinking and innovation
• Value simplicity and practical solutions
• Work hard while making time to have fun
• Lead with a balance of heart, head, and hands

These principles have helped us remain one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies year after year.

About the Role

The successful candidate will partner closely with hiring managers, provide full-cycle recruitment coaching, build processes and partnerships that strengthen candidate pipelines, enhance recruitment tools and promote consistent, efficient, and high-quality hiring practices across the organization.

• Recruitment Coaching Coach and support hiring managers on recruitment strategies, selection practices, labour-market conditions, wage competitiveness, relocation support, scheduling options, and other hiring considerations.
• Talent Sourcing and Pipelines Develop creative approaches to attract active and passive candidates, including targeted sourcing campaigns, rural recruitment strategies, and partnerships with secondary and post-secondary schools.
• Recruitment Systems and Process Improvement Support the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of the Applicant Tracking System and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency, and the candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Full-Cycle Recruitment (10%) Lead recruitment for key and hard-to-fill roles, including job advertising, candidate sourcing, résumé screening, interviewing, reference checking, offer preparation, and candidate follow-up.
• Employment Brand and Recruitment Marketing Create clear and compelling recruitment content for Fountain Tire’s careers website, social media channels, in-store advertising, and seasonal recruitment campaigns.
• Labour-Market Research Monitor recruitment, compensation, scheduling, and workforce trends within the automotive and skilled-trades markets and translate findings into practical recommendations.
• Events and Community Outreach Represent Fountain Tire at career fairs, trade shows, school events, and industry functions to promote employment opportunities and build candidate pipelines.
• Training and HR Support Develop and deliver recruitment-related education for managers, and provide backup support to the broader Human Resources team.

What We Offer

At Fountain Tire, we’re committed to supporting our Associates’ well-being and financial future. Our total rewards package includes

• Comprehensive cost-shared benefits including health, dental, vision, life insurance, and short/long-term disability coverage
• Competitive base compensation with an annual short term incentive bonus structure
• RRSP matching to help you plan for a secure financial future
• Paid training and educational allowances to support your ongoing professional development
• Work-life balance supported by flexible policies and a convenient office location near Calgary Trail and Anthony Henday
• Associate perks including discounts on tires, parts, and services at all Fountain Tire locations

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred.
• 5+ years in a direct sourcing or as an HR Generalist with a recruitment focus
• Demonstrated success sourcing, pipelining, selecting, and closing talent, including recruitment for rural locations and non-professional roles.
• Strong knowledge of effective recruitment practices, including behaviour-based interviewing and online attraction methods.
• Demonstrated ability to identify the competencies required for success and assess candidates against those requirements.
• Strong consultative, customer-service, organizational, communication, listening, persuasion, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, collaborate effectively, and maintain a positive, self-motivated approach in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to travel up to 10% to attend events and source candidates.
• Familiarity with skilled-trades regulations and programs across Canada is an asset.
• Experience with Temporary Foreign Worker programs is preferred.
• Experience in the automotive aftermarket industry is an asset.
• Due to the confidential nature of the role, a criminal and credit check will be required.