Workforce Manager

As a Workforce Manager for Construction PCL Inc. in Montréal, Quebec, you'll have the opportunity to join a fast-growing team in the Québec market and help create meaningful impact by contributing to the delivery of outstanding projects. Here's how a Workforce Manager for Construction PCL Inc. within Montreal district contributes to our team: 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. Company: Construction PCL Inc. Primary Location: Montréal, Quebec Job Title: Workforce Manager Requisition ID: 14315