Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Stantec; New York (NY); On-site; USD 123,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and innovative HR team as a Senior Human Resources Business Partner. This role offers a unique opportunity to support leaders and employees across various business lines, fostering a collaborative and inclusive workplace. As a trusted advisor, you'll engage with business leaders to develop strategic HR solutions that enhance employee engagement and organizational performance. With a flexible hybrid work environment, this position allows you to thrive in a supportive culture that values your insights and contributions. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact in the HR field, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Wellness program

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase program

Tuition reimbursement

Paid family leave

Vacation accrual (10-20 days per year)

Paid holidays (10 per year)

Qualifications

• 10+ years of HR experience with proven influencing and collaboration skills.
• Strong analytical, strategic, and coaching abilities required.

Responsibilities

• Establish effective relationships with internal client groups and provide strategic HR guidance.
• Develop and implement HR-related projects and initiatives.

Skills

Coaching Managers

Conflict Resolution

Relationship Management

Analytical Skills

Strategic Guidance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, or a related field

HR certifications (PHR/SPHR/GPHR or SHRM-SCP/SHRM-CP)

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Senior Human Resources Business Partner - ( 25000132 )

Description

Grow with the best. Join a smart, creative, and inspired team that works to support operational excellence. The Stantec community unites more than 32,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. Bringing together individuals with diverse backgrounds, talents, and expertise worldwide are vital to making our Company stronger. Explore opportunities in Human Resources!

Your Opportunity

Join a best-in-class team of HR Professionals!

We are in pursuit of an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to join our passionate, collaborative, and results-driven team. As part of our US Northeast HR Client Services (HRCS) team, you will be supporting 350 /- leaders and employees throughout our various business lines located primarily across the Northeast portion of the US. We are excited to have this person located in our New York City office with an expectation of office visits within the Northeast periodically. This position offers a flexible hybrid work option of in-office three days and remote two days.

You will need to wear several hats, be a trusted advisor, strategist, consultant, analyst, change agent and coach. 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, inspiring and inclusive 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.

This opportunity is truly career changing and an opportunity elevate to the next level.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Quickly establishes and practices 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.
• Provides strategic guidance and effectively scales the application of the HR generalist disciplines 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, facilitation, and inclusion & diversity to positively impact Stantec’s culture of performance and safety.
• 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 Northeast regional team of HR professionals!

Qualifications

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.
• Strong MS Office Suite skills preferred.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of related work experience.
• 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.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best!

Salary Range(s):

• $123,700 - $185,600 Min/Max Pay Range(s) for postings located in MN, NYC/NY

The final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees 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-New York-New York

Organization : BC-1997 HR Client Services-US United States

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : Yes, 10 % of the Time

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Mar 25, 2025, 6:13:12 AM

Req ID: 25000132

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, 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 local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans