Labour Relations Advisor

Company:
Finning Canada

Number of Openings:
1

Worker Type:
Permanent

Position Overview:
As a Labour Relations Advisor with Finning Canada, you will utilize your experience building collaborative relationships to work with business leaders, HR representatives and union representatives across multiple Provinces and business units.

Building positive relationships with Union representatives is a major responsibility of this role and you will utilize that relationship to act as a Company spokesperson in union-management meetings, grievance meetings and collective bargaining to strengthen the labour relations environment.

If you are looking for the next challenge in your career, then this is the opportunity for you.

**Job Description**:

- Demonstrate a keen interest in the business by partnering with your clients and understanding their operation and how labour relations can be leveraged to drive business growth and employee engagement
- Provide advice, guidance and possible solutions to business leaders and HR representatives regarding the interpretation, compliance, administration and implementation of Collective Agreements across multiple Provinces and business units
- Work closely with HR representatives to resolve employee and labour relations issues in a timely manner
- Develop and deliver labour relations training content for people leaders
- Advise business leaders and HR representatives regarding employee and labour relations matters
- Grievance management including investigating and responding to union grievances at all levels of the process, including arbitration
- Establish positive relationships with union representatives and take a leadership role in union-management meetings
- Assist in spokesperson responsibilities in collective bargaining
- Contribute to collective bargaining preparation, research and costing to develop strategy and mandate
- Oversee and be responsible for the research, administration and distribution of labour relations documents such as collective agreements, letters of understanding, specific project labour agreements, wage schedules
- Maintain best practice and knowledge of setting precedent on issues which put the company at risk
- Work with internal and external legal counsel on complex labour relations matters
- Act as a point of contact for external and internal Industrial Relations related inquiries

Specific Skills
- Strong organizational, time management, analytical, administration, and prioritizing skills
- Displays initiative while working independently with the guidance and support of the labor relations manager
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Accuracy and attentive to details
- High sensitivity to urgency
- Strong presentation skills
- Strong interpretive skills
- Demonstrates good proficiency in diplomacy and dealing with sensitive issues
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced team environment
- Ability to deal and manage complex issues including the ability to manage conflict
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to solve complex problems
- Ability to escalate matters in a timely fashion

Knowledge
- Understands the requirements to work in a unionized environment
- including Finning’s HRIS system
- Knowledge of pertinent legislation and case law
- Knowledge of HR Programs, Policies & Procedures coupled with business acumen
- Maintain a current knowledge of HR best practices
- Understands and adheres to Finning policies and procedures, including Safety

Qualifications:

- Post secondary education in a relevant discipline
- Minimum of 8-10 years progressive experience in human resources, coupled with a minimum of 5 years working in an unionized environment including but not limited to: contribute to the collective bargaining pre-negotiation preparation research and proposal costing to develop and provide guidance on the strategy and obtain leadership approval on the mandate.