# Senior Advisor, Employee Relations

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Montreal, QC, QC
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $86,800 – $127,300
**Category**: Human Resources
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

What if you could redefine what's possible? With us, you can.

Bring your employee relations expertise to complex, high-impact matters that strengthen operational excellence and the employee experience across WSP. As a trusted advisor and strategic partner, you will lead sensitive files with sound judgment, coach leaders through difficult decisions, and build capability across the organisation.

**Your Impact**

- Advise managers and leaders on complex employee relations and HR operations matters, including disciplinary action and performance improvement plans.

- Lead workplace investigations and guide fair, consistent responses to misconduct, harassment, conflict, and other sensitive concerns.

- Resolve complex situations independently while aligning outcomes with legal requirements, internal standards, and WSP values.

- Coach managers and leaders on leadership effectiveness, change management, conflict resolution, and dispute prevention.

- Oversee complex return-to-work and accommodation files in partnership with employees, leaders, and relevant stakeholders.

- Lead complex or senior-level termination processes, including risk assessment, severance considerations, and compliance requirements.

- Share employee relations best practices and strengthen knowledge across the Human Resources team and the broader organisation.

- Improve employee lifecycle processes and support learning initiatives that advance consistent, high-quality HR operations.

**The Skills That Set You Apart**

- A bachelor’s degree in human resources, industrial relations, or another relevant discipline.

- At least 10 years of progressive HR advisory experience, including substantial employee relations work, ideally in a large organisation.

- Recognised expertise in workplace investigations, human risk management, and complex case management.

- Demonstrated judgment, discretion, autonomy, and integrity when managing sensitive, high-impact situations.

- Advanced coaching and influencing skills, with experience advising managers and senior leaders.

- Strong conflict resolution, facilitation, mediation, analytical, organisational, and problem-solving capabilities.

- Professional HR certification and experience conducting harassment investigations are assets.

- French and English bilingualism to support employees and leaders across Canada.

**Why Choose WSP?**

- Proudly Canadian – we are a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026.

- A global community of brilliant minds – your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach.

- Limitless opportunities start here. Whether it’s across the country or around the globe, we help you tailor your role to match your ambition , because your growth drives ours.

- Flexible work, real balance – we recognise the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritise the balance in yours.

**Compensation**

- **AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT:** $96,100 – $127,300

- **MB & ON:** $87,700 – $120,700

- **NB, NL, NS, PE & QC:** $86,800 – $115,300

## Skills

### Required
- HR advisory
- employee relations
- workplace investigations
- conflict resolution
- coaching
- influencing
- analytical
- organisational
- problem-solving
- French
- English

### Nice to have
- Professional HR certification
- experience conducting harassment investigations

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