HR Manager

**HR Manager - Canada**:
People Services is the face of HR, supporting our employees and delivering services and expertise globally across all HR processes to bring a world-class employee experience to life for Wärtsilä. We offer support to organizations from every region in the world with a hybrid work environment to ensure that no matter where you are, our employees will get the support they need.

Wärtsilä Canada is seeking an experienced **HR Manager** to join our team. If you want to join a global organization with opportunities for continued development, this may be your role.

As the** HR Manager,** you will play a crucial role in fostering a positive and productive work environment for our employees in Canada. You will lead the HR effort, working closely with department heads to implement and enhance HR strategies that align with the company's goals.

This position is hybrid, reports to the Head of People Services, North America, and can be based in one of our key locations within Canada: Halifax, Nova Scotia, or Vancouver.

**Main Responsabilities**:

- Compliance and Policy: Knowledgeable with country compliance, specifically within British Colombia, Nova Scotia, and Ontario. Ensure all HR policies and procedures remain updated, including the country HR Handbook.
- Labor Law: Keep abreast of legal environment and labor law updates, educating management and employees as appropriate, and advising management on needed actions.
- Employee Relations: Act as a point of contact for employee relations, providing guidance and resolution for workplace issues. Foster a positive and inclusive work culture. Partner with line managers on employee relations actions, including employee investigations, employee engagement, discipline, and terminations.
- Performance Management: Facilitate the global performance and rewards objectives and annual processes in the country and guide managers and employees through these processes.
- Compensation and Benefits: Collaborate with HR management to review and update compensation and benefits programs to remain competitive and aligned with industry standards; act as the focal point for in-country benefits and manage HR external vendors. Facilitate the global compensation and benefits annual processes in country and guide managers and employees through these processes.
- Talent Management: Oversee the recruitment and onboarding process in partnership with our Talent Acquisition team, ensuring the acquisition of top-tier talent to support company objectives.
- Together with the team, contribute to the continuous development of the Region and Global ways of working, identifying areas for improvement and opportunities for automation & digitalization.
- Regular collaboration with the different HR Teams, e.g. Talent Acquisition Services, Rewarding, HR Information Systems, among others, and with local HR Teams within your Region. Actively engage and participate as a member of the Americas People Services HR team.

If you are people-oriented, passionate about operational excellence, and foster a culture of people-centricity, you will fit right in

**The below will enable you to be successful in this role**:

- Excellent communication skills, able to work effectively within a team and deliver services based on cultural sensitivity.
- Natural ability to collaborate successfully with others, seeking opportunities for improvement and optimization.
- Relevant higher education qualification e.g. Business Administration or Human Resources or equivalently qualified by experience
- Minimum 8 years of HR experience
- CPHR or CHRL designation is preferred
- In-depth knowledge of relevant employment legislation (Employment standards, Worker's compensation, human rights) for BC, Nova Scotia & Ontario
- Fluency in English both written and verbal

Successful applicants must be authorized to work in Canada without sponsorship.

For applicants that reside in British Columbia (BC), the annual salary range is CAD 107000.00 - CAD 117000.00.

Wartsila Canada offer a generous benefits plan that includes: extended medical, dental and vision coverage, a wellness account, life insurance, short
- and long-term disability, RRSP matching program, paid time off starting at 4 weeks of vacation and 5 personal days(prorated for your first year) and Twelve (12) Company-paid holidays.

At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities.