The Opportunity

Stantec UK & Ireland (UK&I) is a rapidly growing business, through acquisitions and organic growth. Reporting to the HR Director UKI, you will lead a growing team of 10+ HR professionals spread across the UK.

You will play a key role supporting the growth of our business, through flawless employee relations, business partnering and strategic thinking. You will carefully balance operational expertise and efficiency with the coaching and development of your wider team.

You will deliver key HR initiatives that are aligned with the business strategy, preparing the organisation for growth at every step. You will support and lead the business on employee relations issues and provide guidance on complex HR issues through coaching, negotiation, and resolution.

This is your opportunity to join Stantec at the infancy of its exciting growth journey. If what excites you is applying your exemplary stakeholder management skills and commercial acumen to help achieve Stantec's strategic goals then you should seriously consider this opportunity.

We operate a hybrid work arrangement where you will be expected to work a minimum of 3 days a week in our Warrington office.

About You

You are a proven senior HR leader, having worked in large matrix, complex, and growing organisations. Holding a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Human Resources Management, Business, Social Sciences, or a related discipline you will bring proven mergers and / or acquisitions experience, coupled with organisational design theory. You will have led teams of HR professionals and have a strong track record of exemplary delivery of HR client services (operational HR).

You build effective partnerships with Executive Leadership Teams to engage, influence and challenge at all levels. You are client focussed with the ability to translate concepts and business strategy into plan and execution. You can interpret data and metrics to identify trends and/or potential issues to form and communicate insights.

Any exposure to Oracle HRIS (Human Resources Information Systems) Systems is highly regarded.

About Stantec

Stantec is a professional services firm. Our team of 28,000 global experts provides engineering, architecture, environmental, and project management services across all phases of the project life cycle.

We’re designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

From large-scale developments to challenging neighbourhood projects, we stretch across our global network to learn from others, offer our support, and gain new experiences along the way. So while we work to help the communities around us thrive, our own people thrive too.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, 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 laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.

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