Strategic HR Business Partner – Unionized Ops

Seaspan ULC; North Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 139,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Pension plan matching

Health and wellness benefits

Parking included

Transit shuttle

Job summary

Seaspan is seeking an HR Business Partner to support our Operations team in a full-time, on-site role with a future hybrid option. You will align HR strategies with business objectives, guide leaders through performance and discipline, and manage labour relations in a unionized manufacturing setting.

Based in North Vancouver, the role partners with HR Centres of Excellence to deliver talent acquisition, total rewards, OD, and HR systems while ensuring compliance with contracts and legislation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive HR experience, with at least 2 years in a unionized environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in conflict resolution, workplace investigations and progressive discipline/performance management.

Responsibilities

• Translate organizational strategy into actionable people plans with supervisors to support productivity and engagement across operations.
• Cultivate constructive labour relations with leaders and union representatives to resolve issues proactively.
• Guide leaders through performance management, coaching and development planning, ensuring accountability and alignment with values.
• Lead workplace investigations, disciplinary processes, and dispute resolution.
• Provide guidance on employment legislation, collective agreements and HR policy interpretation to mitigate risk.
• Serve as strategic partner between operations and HR Centers of Excellence to deliver talent acquisition, compensation, learning, wellness and HR systems.
• Oversee attendance and absence management programs, analyzing data to identify root causes and drive improvements.
• Support return-to-work and accommodations in partnership with Wellness and Disability teams.
• Support organizational transformation with change management practices addressing people impacts.

Skills

Conflict resolution

Workplace investigations

Progressive discipline

Performance management

Labor relations

Change management

HR governance

Attendance data analysis

Strategic partnership

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Job description

Seaspan is seeking an HR Business Partner to support our Operations team in a full-time, on-site role with a future hybrid option. You will align HR strategies with business objectives, guide leaders through performance and discipline, and manage labour relations in a unionized manufacturing setting.

Based in North Vancouver, the role partners with HR Centres of Excellence to deliver talent acquisition, total rewards, OD, and HR systems while ensuring compliance with contracts and legislation.