DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

1 week ago

Vancouver BC, Greater Vancouver Regional District, BC; British Columbia, Canada Hollman, Inc. Full-time

Hollman, Inc. is seeking an experienced, hands-on Director of Human Resources to lead the Human Resources function and serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership. This position is responsible for building and maintaining a high-performing HR function that supports the company's continued growth, strengthens manager accountability, ensures consistent employee practices, and maintains strong employment-law and regulatory compliance.

The Director of Human Resources will lead and develop the HR team while maintaining a visible presence throughout the organization, including Hollman's manufacturing operations. The successful candidate will be equally comfortable working with executive leadership, coaching managers, addressing employee concerns, and improving day-to-day HR processes. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring sound judgment, strong employee-relations expertise, and the ability to create structure without unnecessary bureaucracy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Lead the Human Resources function and provide direction, coaching, development, and accountability to HR team members.
  • Serve as a trusted HR advisor to executive leadership and partner with leaders on organizational structure, workforce planning, employee relations, performance, compensation, and talent decisions.
  • Establish consistent HR policies, procedures, documentation standards, and manager practices across the organization.
  • Serve as the senior point of escalation for complex employee-relations matters and conduct or oversee fair, timely, and well-documented workplace investigations.
  • Coach managers on performance management, corrective action, attendance, documentation, conflict resolution, terminations, and employee communication.
  • Maintain a strong, approachable, and regular presence within manufacturing operations and build trusted relationships with hourly and salaried employees.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, including FLSA, FMLA, ADA, EEO, and other workplace requirements.
  • Oversee leave administration, ADA accommodation processes, workers' compensation coordination, return-to-work matters, personnel records, and required HR documentation.
  • Conduct periodic HR audits and proactively identify and address areas of compliance or organizational risk.
  • Maintain and regularly update the employee handbook, HR policies, procedures, and employee acknowledgments.
  • Oversee recruiting and hiring for manufacturing, professional, technical, and leadership positions and partner with department leaders on workforce planning.
  • Develop consistent recruiting, interviewing, selection, offer, onboarding, and orientation processes.
  • Monitor recruiting effectiveness, turnover, retention, absenteeism, time-to-fill, and other key workforce metrics.
  • Develop and oversee manager and supervisor training in HR fundamentals, documentation, performance management, harassment prevention, employee relations, and workplace expectations.
  • Lead the company's performance-management process and help managers establish clear expectations, provide meaningful feedback, and address performance issues promptly.
  • Partner with leadership on compensation practices, annual compensation reviews, benefits strategy, succession planning, and organizational development.
  • Ensure strategic payroll administration, compliance oversight, and cross-departmental coordination between HR and Finance.
  • Manage the relationship with the employee benefits broker to design cost-effective, competitive, and compliant benefit offerings and oversee the overall execution of Hollman’s employee benefit programs.
  • Oversee 401(k) plan operations, ensuring timely contributions, regulatory compliance, and smooth coordination between employees and financial providers.
  • Provide oversight of HRIS administration, manage vendor relationships, and ensure employee data, personnel changes, reporting, and records are accurate and timely.
  • Identify opportunities to improve and automate HR processes while maintaining appropriate controls and confidentiality.
  • Support employee engagement, recognition, communication, retention, and culture initiatives aligned with Hollman's business objectives and values.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources , Business Administration, or a related field required.