Human Resources Advisor

At ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our core values: care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration - combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities - are key drivers in our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions. Write the next chapter of your ABB story.

This position reports to

HR Business Partner

Your role and responsibilities

Come and join ABB Installation Products Division, the number one manufacturer of electrification products in North America with a 125-year history of providing innovation and customer focused solutions for connecting and protecting electrical systems, as well as a unique differentiated medium voltage offering. Our products are used all around you, every day – orbiting the earth, working on Mars, on the fastest trains we ride, in the fastest cars of the world, crossing oceans, in factories producing your food, in the tallest buildings of the world, in the most modern hotels and in the walls of your home.
We are currently looking for a dynamic individual ready to take on stimulating challenges to fill a position of Human Resources Advisor. You will work at the Iberville plant and report to the Human Resources Business Partner.
• Ensures the management, monitoring and consolidation of employee life cycle cases, such as disability, work injury, parental leave, etc.
• Oversees the administration of the various programs and policies, organizes and leads several activities and committees (francization, pay equity, labor relations, training, pension plan, insurance plan, etc.)
• Ensures the complete staffing process, from assessing the needs in collaboration with the management team to onboarding new employees.
• Ensures the complete payroll process as well as associated transactions. Executes system transactions related to social benefits, personnel movements and any other required changes. Provides reports to various interested parties as required.
• Provides a full service to employees, answers their various questions, and plays an advisory role with operations staff by supporting them in the application of policies, programs and collective agreement.
• Participates in change management and continuous improvement activities of the services offered by human resources and ensures deployment and support to various interested parties.
• Living by ABB's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the company.

Qualifications for the role

• CEGEP/college studies in Human Resources, Administration or related field, with 2 to 3 years of experience in a similar role, or Bachelor's degree in human resources or industrial relations.
• Experience in a unionized environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and ease of learning and using systems.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Collaborative, solution-oriented approach, with strong oral and written communication skills, both in French and English. French is required. English is also required to communicate with customers outside Quebec on a regular basis.
• Rigor, attention to detail, flexibility, autonomy and team spirit.
• General knowledge of laws and regulations relating to human resources management and occupational health and safety (CNESST).
• Willingness to come to the office 4 times/week.

What's in it for you?

• Feel empowered: take ownership and drive exciting results in your scope of action
• From Employee Assistance Program to global Parental leave, we got you covered!
• Help customers in driving efficiency and sustainability, making a strong impact

More about us

Our mission Human Resources (HR) is to help ABB stand out when it comes to our people - from leadership, performance and talent management to rewards and career opportunities. In all that we do, we seek to create competitive advantage by dedicating resources to attracting, developing and retaining talented individuals who are customer-focused, collaborative, innovative and driven. For the 8th year in a row, ABB Canada has been recognized as one of Canada’s top employers by Forbes Magazine. Also named as Canada's Top 100 Employers, Montreal's Top Employers, Canada's Top Employers for Young People, Canada’s Greenest Employers and in 2021 Best Candidate Experience Award (CandE Award), ABB's culture and commitment are to provide a caring workplace where everyone collaborates, feels valued, respected, included and support-ed. Also committed to ensuring that all policies and practices respect the Employment Equity Program, we aim for our workforce to be truly representative of the four designated groups; women, aboriginal people, members of visible minorities, and/or persons with disabilities. ABB will provide reasonable accommodation to the applicant with disabilities and encourage appli-cants to self-identify in the application process. ABB's Military Reservist Policy offers Canada's Reserve Force members the flexibility to undergo military training and activities while maintaining job security, seniority, pay, benefits, and privileges as ABB employees, including up to 15 paid working days per year for training, as well as extended leave for operations both in Canada and abroad, ensuring seamless career integration with our nation's defense forces. #LI-Onsite