Senior HR Business Partner

Stantec; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to join the HR Client Services team supporting leaders and employees across multiple business lines in the North Central US, primarily in the Chicago region. You will act as a trusted advisor, strategist, and coach, deploying HR strategies and enabling a high-performing workplace.

You will partner with leaders, drive workforce planning, change initiatives, and employee relations while collaborating with a dispersed team to advance HR programs and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, business, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of related HR experience.
• HR certifications such as PHR/SPHR/GPHR or SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP preferred.
• Experience in matrix global organizations is an asset.
• Strong communication and coaching skills.

Responsibilities

• Establish relationships with internal client groups and leaders.
• Partner with clients on strategic issues and workforce design.
• Advise leaders with multiple perspectives and challenge status quo.
• Provide strategic HR guidance: engagement, retention, succession, coaching, and more.
• Promote a positive work environment and employee experience.
• Lead trainings with managers and employees.
• Develop HR projects and regional initiatives.
• Foster continuous improvement of HR programs.
• Collaborate with dispersed teams to communicate HR programs.
• Work with HR services and talent acquisition functions.

Skills

Influencer

Collaboration

Coaching managers

Facilitation

Relationship mgmt

Strategic thinking

Communication

Confidentiality

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR or related field

8+ years experience

HR certifications preferred

Job description

At Stantec, we have some of the world’s leading professionals passionate about enabling our business to be its best. Our business teams include finance, procurement, human resources, information technology, marketing, corporate development, HSSE, real estate, legal, and practice services. We bring diverse backgrounds, skills, and expertise and create a caring culture where everyone can thrive. Through teamwork and collaboration, we’re building a stronger, more resilient Stantec every day.

Your Opportunity

We are in pursuit of an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to join our passionate, collaborative, and results-driven team. As part of our HR Client Services (HRCS) team, the Senior HR Business Partner will be supporting leaders and employees throughout our various business lines located primarily across the North Central region of the US.

You will need to wear several hats – be a trusted advisor, strategist, consultant, analyst, change agent, and coach. You will sit alongside and collaborate with business leaders to develop and implement strategies that support people and organizational needs in addition to facilitating the deployment of our HR Strategic Plan. Every day you will engage in business conversations, influence, and equip people leaders to lead their teams and foster a highly engaged, and inspiring workplace.

We are looking for someone who is resilient, pragmatic, adaptable, and a team player. Your counsel should be logical, analytical, and strategic. Your passion to make a difference will contribute to the success of our internal clients in creating better outcomes for our Stantec clients and the various communities we serve.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Quickly establish and practice effective working relationships with internal client groups, including employees, managers, and senior leaders, along with our HR colleagues.
• Proactively partner with clients to identify strategic issues, workforce planning or organizational design challenges and provide advice and expertise to help develop creative solutions.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders by presenting multiple perspectives and challenging the status quo.
• Provide strategic guidance and effectively scale the application of HR activities including employee engagement, retention and talent development, succession planning, change, conflict and exit management, employment legislation, employee relations, performance management, investigations, job evaluation, compensation management, internal communication, coaching, data analytics, workforce planning, policy interpretation, career coaching, and facilitation to positively impact Stantec’s culture.
• Serve as a workforce champion and promote a positive work environment and employee experience.
• Facilitate trainings as needed including planning and delivering sessions with managers and employees.
• Develop and implement HR-related projects and participate as a team member on special projects as needed. May also lead local or regional initiatives and projects.
• Foster a continuous improvement mindset and continually look for opportunities to increase the return on investment of human resources programs for employees and leaders.
• Collaborate within a geographically dispersed team to communicate, facilitate, and/or present HR programs and initiatives to client groups.
• Work collaboratively with functions such as an HR service representative for accurate completion of employee transactions, talent acquisition for recruitment, etc.
• Have fun and learn with a great team of HR professionals!

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Proven influencer and collaborator, with the ability to provide guidance and support to business clients.
• Developed skills in coaching managers, facilitation, conflict resolution and relationship management.
• Valued for your agility and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and having a focus for action-orientation results.
• Respected for balancing strategic and operational tasks with strong organizational and time management skills.
• Noted for your ability to identify and anticipate strategic and operational business and human capital challenges, then providing and executing innovative solutions with attention to critical details.
• Distinguished as a business partner who learns the business and takes an active interest in continually enhancing your business acumen.
• Regarded as an exceptional communicator and able to influence a broad and diverse range of stakeholders through effective relationships, verbal, and written communication.
• Valued as a consummate professional, exercising confidentiality, discretion, sound judgment as well as possessing critical thinking in ambiguous situations.
• Recognized for your learning mindset, initiative, and ability to understand the business and challenges, and new and innovative approaches that result in improvements in team engagement, productivity and organizational performance.
• Distinguished for an interest in continual personal development and keeping current in human resource best practices through external resources and building a strong HR network.
• Demonstrated comprehensive understanding of the core HR competencies including but not limited to compensation, benefits, employment law, organizational development, talent development and training, mentoring/coaching/facilitation, recruitment and workforce planning and an overall understanding of HR policies and programs and other terms and conditions of employment, along with an understanding of HR best practices.
• Adaptability to rapidly changing demands.
• Prior experience successfully operating within a matrix global organization and within a geographically dispersed team is an asset.
• Ability to travel to other Stantec offices as needed.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of related work experience. An equivalent combination of education and relevant experience will be considered.
• HR certifications such as PHR/SPHR/GPHR or SHRM-SCP/SHRM-CP preferred.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

About Stantec

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.

Pay Range

• Locations in CO, HI, IL, MD & Various CA, NJ, VA Areas-$113,400.00 - $170,200.00 Annually

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part‑time roles will be pro‑rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary

Regular full‑time and part‑time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short‑term/long‑term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full‑time and part‑time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location

United States | IL | Chicago

Organization

BC-1997 HR Client Services-US

Employee Status

Regular

Business Justification

Replacement

Travel

No

Schedule

Full time

Job Posting

10/09/2026 04:09:35

Req ID

1007619

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.