Sky Eye Measurement is looking for an experienced Senior HR Advisor to join our team in Acheson, Alberta for a 12-month contract.
This is an opportunity for a seasoned HR professional to step into a broad, hands-on senior generalist role with meaningful exposure to leadership, complex employee matters, organizational initiatives, and the full employee lifecycle.
The Senior HR Advisor will work closely with senior leadership and provide leadership to our People Operations function, with the Lead, People Operations reporting directly to this role. You will also work in close partnership with our Payroll & Benefits Administrator to ensure HR, payroll, benefits, and employee processes remain well coordinated.
We're looking for someone with the experience and confidence to quickly understand our business, build credibility with leaders and employees, and provide practical, thoughtful HR leadership in a growing, operational environment.
What You'll Do
This role offers the opportunity to work across a diverse HR portfolio and get directly involved in the people matters that shape our organization.
- Partner with senior leaders and managers on workforce planning, organizational change, role design, succession planning, and other people-related business decisions.
- Lead complex employee relations matters, including investigations, workplace conflict, performance concerns, discipline, terminations, accommodations, and other sensitive employee situations.
- Coach and advise managers on leadership, performance management, employee development, accountability, and effective people practices.
- Contribute to compensation and organizational initiatives, including job evaluation, compensation recommendations, promotions, internal changes, and evolving organizational needs.
- Lead and support recruitment for professional, technical, operational, and leadership positions, partnering closely with hiring managers throughout the recruitment and selection process.
- Guide performance and talent practices, including employee development, performance conversations, goal setting, succession considerations, and manager support.
- Interpret employment legislation and HR policy, providing practical guidance that balances employee experience, organizational needs, consistency, and risk.
- Contribute to HR programs and continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to strengthen policies, processes, systems, and the overall employee experience.
- Provide leadership and guidance to the Lead, People Operations, supporting effective delivery of employee lifecycle processes, HR systems, onboarding, employee support, and day-to-day People Operations.
- Partner closely with Payroll & Benefits to support coordinated employee changes, compensation, benefits, leaves, and other employee-related processes.
- Contribute to broader HR and business initiatives as organizational needs evolve.
What You Bring
- 10+ years of progressive HR generalist experience, including substantial experience operating in a senior advisory capacity.
- Demonstrated success independently advising managers and senior leaders on complex employee and organizational matters.
- Extensive experience across employee relations, performance management, workplace investigations, recruitment, compensation, policy interpretation, and organizational change.
- In-depth working knowledge of Alberta employment standards, human rights requirements, and employment practices.
- Well-developed judgment and the confidence to navigate sensitive, complex, or ambiguous situations independently.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to coach, influence, challenge, and provide practical advice at all levels of an organization.
- A collaborative leadership style and the ability to provide direction and support while remaining actively involved in the work.
- Proven organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to shift comfortably between strategic initiatives, complex employee matters, and day-to-day HR needs.
- A post-secondary degree or diploma in Human Resources, Business, or a related discipline.
- CPHR designation is strongly preferred.
- Experience within an industrial, manufacturing, engineering, construction, technical, or field-service environment is considered an asset.
The Kind of Person Who Will Thrive Here
You're an experienced HR professional who enjoys being in the work, not managing it from a distance.
You're equally comfortable sitting down with a senior leader to work through an organizational challenge, coaching a manager through a difficult performance conversation, navigating a sensitive employee relations matter, or partnering with your HR colleagues to improve how we support our employees.
You know when to coach, when to challenge, when to dig deeper, and when a practical solution is better than an overly complicated one.
You bring sound judgment, discretion, approachability, and a business-minded, people-focused approach to HR. You're comfortable joining an established environment, learning the business quickly, and building trusted relationships across different levels and functions.
Position Details
Position: Senior HR Advisor
Employment Type: Full-Time, 12-Month Contract
Location: Acheson, Alberta
Experience: 10+ years of progressive HR generalist experience
Designation: CPHR strongly preferred
Direct Report: Lead, People Operations
