Human Resources Generalist

About Us

SECURE is a leading environmental and energy infrastructure business headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. Our extensive infrastructure network located throughout western Canada and North Dakota includes waste processing and transfer facilities, industrial landfills, metal recycling facilities, crude oil and water gathering pipelines, crude oil terminals and storage facilities. We provide critical services to meet customer processing, recovery, recycling, and disposal requirements.

Your Opportunity at SECURE Energy

As an integral part of SECURE’s People & Culture team, the Human Resources (HR) Generalist will work closely with Operational Managers within the Metals Recycling, Mining, and Rail business units to support all operational and strategic HR needs.

The HR Generalist will help to facilitate and consistently improve operational HR strategies related to the employee lifecycle and is accountable for recruitment, onboarding, employee performance management, workplace investigations, risk mitigation, and employee relations and engagement that promotes a transparent and safe environment for all divisional staff.

A Day in The Life

Overall Responsibilities

• Primary point of contact for the Business Unit Leaders, establishes and maintains relationships with key stakeholders.
• Partners with leaders in management meetings ensuring HR support for the delivery of strategic objectives and alignment with overall corporate objectives.
• Travel to remote field locations within Western Canada monthly (BC, SK, MB).
• Drives a continuous improvement mindset using business process analysis (performing independent studies, analysis, interpretations, conclusions, and recommendations).
• Participates with leaders on annual short and long-term strategic planning, ensuring HR support for the delivery of strategic objectives and alignment with overall business unit objectives.

Talent Acquisition

• Delivers full cycle recruiting for the business to include the following: advertise, recruit, screen, interview, and assess candidates to ensure that only qualified and interested candidates are presented to hiring managers.
• Designs, builds, and implements innovative recruitment programs by ensuring consistency of the SECURE brand in conjunction with job postings, career fairs, and industry events.
• Coordinates new hire onboarding to create a welcoming employee experience.

HR Advisory

• Acts as a business partner to leaders; bringing a confident voice to business-critical conversations and decisions while demonstrating expertise to ensure people needs and priorities are a key part of SECURE’s business decisions.
• Administers core HR programs for the business unit in the broad categories of employee relations, engagement, compensation, recruitment, learning and development and performance management.
• Collaborates with the HR Manager and broader Strategic Partnering team to provide consistent employee relations advice within the guidelines of SECURE, Labour and Human Rights laws and any other applicable legislation.
• Conducts workplace investigations including creation of investigation plans, performing interviews, and making recommendations in alignment with SECURE’s values, guidelines, and policies.
• Partners with the Health and Safety team to promote SECURE’s safety culture and application of practices and policies to reduce and eliminate safety and environmental incidents.

Skills, Experience, & Qualifications

The individual in this role will have:

• A degree and/or diploma in Human Resources or Commerce/Management, combined with 5-7 years of HR Generalist experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with multiple leaders, providing effective guidance and respectful challenge where appropriate.
• Build credibility and trust among employees; resolve employee concerns with compassion and follow through.
• Proven ability to work with Senior Leaders, as well as the ability to persuade and influence decision makers and key stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively with a local client group and remote HR team.
• Strong critical thinking with the ability to analyze trends with data and key metrics to propose recommendations.
• Strong coaching, people, management, conflict resolution, relationship and team building skills, and demonstrated ability to influence.
• Knowledge of HR legislation (within BC, AB, SK & MB) and applications along with demonstrated project management/change management skills
Has a continuous improvement mindset with the ability to be resourceful and work both independently and as part of a team.

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What’s in it for you:

At SECURE, we focus on opportunities for growth and improvement; for our employees, our customers, our partners, and the communities we operate in. We are an energetic team, driven by the needs of our customers, and we care about making a meaningful contribution. We strive to attract, retain, and motivate employees by offering a competitive compensation package that recognizes employee contributions and performance.

In addition to rewarding job opportunities, we offer:

• Competitive industry wages, and compensation programs which includes:
  • Employer paid benefits: health, dental & more
  • Health care spending account
  • Employee wellness program
  • Employee savings plans
• Career progression
• A competitive employee referral program
• Industry leading safety standards
• Community investment initiatives https://www.secure-energy.com/community-investment

Our Commitment

We believe our team’s strength comes from our diversity.

Every SECURE employee has a right to feel safe and welcome. We pride ourselves on being respectful workplace where all employees have equal access to opportunity and support.

We are a trusted partner. We extend those same efforts outside of the organization through our respectful engagement with our diverse base of stakeholders in the communities in which we operate.

Applicants are not assessed on the grounds of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, or physical handicap. Our operations span across Canada and the United States and we actively seek out a wide range of applicants for both field operations and office roles.

Experience

• 5 - 7 years: Ability to work effectively with a local client group and remote HR team.
• 5 - 7 years: Proven ability to work with Senior Leaders, as well as the ability to persuade and influence decision makers and key stakeholders.
• 5 - 7 years: Build credibility and trust among employees; resolve employee concerns with compassion and follow through.
• 5 - 7 years: Ability to work with multiple leaders, providing effective guidance and respectful challenge where appropriate.

Education

• Bachelors or better in Human Resource Administration or related field

Behaviors

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Loyal: Shows firm and constant support to a cause
• Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them
• Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity