Emplois Sponsorship Visa (Province de Québec)

Responsibilities

• Extend offers and ensures that all related correspondence and onboarding requirements for crafts persons are met.
• Actively sources candidates through a variety of channels to improve candidate quality and maintain a balanced pipeline of candidates for hard-to-fill roles.
• Work closely with project team to review and understand project demands and needs.
• Ensure that required safety training for new hires is complete and pre-employment testing is accurately completed.
• Work with appropriate project and field team members to identify training needs and coordinate safety training for new hires on each jobsite.
• Guide and coach supervisors through progressive disciplinary process for crafts persons, including the development and delivery of performance improvement plans and/or progressive disciplinary strategies on employee-relations issues up to and including termination.
• As a key liaison with union representation, work with unions and management to resolve grievances, and investigate and evaluate union complaints for viability
• Analyzes, understands, and handle labor agreements.
• Advance issues that meet predefined criteria and uses judgment to assess risk and sensitivity to discern when to bring forward to labor relations management.
• Advise management on matters related to the administration of contracts or employee discipline or grievance procedures.
• Presents the position of the company during arbitration and/or other labor negotiations. Leads the collective bargaining team as the spokesperson for the management side.
• Works with union to develop project labor agreements to establish rates, travel allowances and any other specific terms.
• Lead all aspects of the administration and implementation of the drug and alcohol programs; this includes training, compliance, and substance abuse assistance.

Qualifications

• Craftsperson certificate or bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred. Certificate in negotiation or equivalent experience preferred.
• 10 years of progressive experience in lead hand/foreperson role and/or labor relations or a related field preferred.
• 5+ years of supervisory experience.
• Ability to effectively lead a team comprising of craft recruiters, workforce specialists, and workforce supervisors.
• Seen as a trusted advisor with outstanding relationship leadership skills with the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with key partners and handle confidential information.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills with the ability to negotiate and present content and ideas that influence a favorable outcome.
• Demonstrates knowledge and experience with full-cycle recruitment and development of talent acquisition strategies and Labor Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) applications.
• Knowledge of Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE), Workers Compensation, and alcohol and drug testing protocol and laws.
• Extensive experience with collective bargaining, labor negotiations, mediation, formal complex investigations and providing appropriate recommendations.
• Experience building and implementing a labor relations strategy for the organization. Knowledge of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
• Experience with succession planning for departments and/or divisions.
• Validated critical-thinking skills.