Posted 2 days ago
HRBP / HR Manager - People and Performance
@ SYSTRA
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
SYSTRA Canada is hiring a People & Performance Manager to serve as strategic HR Business Partner to the Project Director of Design Integration within the Project LRT Alliance. The role leads workforce planning, talent review, performance integration and people programs across a three-way engineering joint venture. Full-time, hybrid, with mandatory presence in the Hamilton Project Office.
Responsibilities:
- Advise the Director of Design Integration on people and resourcing priorities
- Lead workforce planning and resourcing aligned with the Alliance Resource Plan
- Run talent reviews and succession planning processes
- Integrate performance management across partner companies
- Develop and improve people programs and analyze workforce metrics
Requirements summary:
- Post-secondary degree or diploma in HR or related field
- Minimum 8 years progressive HR experience including HR Business Partner role
- Experience supporting leaders in engineering or infrastructure environments an asset
- Experience leading and developing HR teams
- CPHR, CHRL or equivalent designation an asset
- Mandatory presence in Hamilton Project Office
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · icims
- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-05
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-05
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-06
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Human resources |
| Experience | 8+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | CPHR, CHRL |
| Education | College diploma (required) |
| Fields of study | Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development |
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SYSTRA
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Full company description
SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and mobility solutions. For more than 65 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure. With its 11,000 employees, the Group's mission is to connect people and bring territories closer together in the 80 countries where it operates. By making travel more fluid, the infrastructures designed by SYSTRA bring communities together, develop social integration and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure. A signature for transport solutions, SYSTRA supports its partners and clients throughout the lifecycle of their projects. SYSTRA is involved at a very early stage in the design phase, right through to the deployment and maintenance test phases. SYSTRA provides all of its services in more than 80 countries worldwide and generates 80% of its turnover internationally. KEY FIGURES - €1.3 bn in sales in 2024 - 2nd international engineering company for Mass Transit & Rail* - 3d for Bridges* - 6th in the Transport sector* * Engineering News-Record (ENR) ranking, 2025
- LinkedIn followers
- 360,472
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 10,091
- Reported office locations
- 72 rue Henry Farman, Paris, 75015, FR
- Business categories
- Railroad
- Cyber Security
- Consulting
- Infrastructure
- Transportation
- Public Transportation
- Asset Management
- Smart Cities
- Project Management
- Civil Engineering
- Other recorded names
- SYSTRA
- Specialties
- Project management
- Design
- Sustainable and environmental studies
- Construction supervision
- Testing Commissioning
- Operation Maintenance
- Transport planning & Preliminary studies
- Infrastructure
- Systems engineering
- and Operation & Maintenance engineering
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and mobility solutions. For more than 65 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure. With its 11,000 employees, the Group's mission is to connect people and bring territories closer…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Engineering Services |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Paris |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Specialties | Project managementDesignSustainable and environmental studiesConstruction supervisionTesting CommissioningOperation MaintenanceTransport planning & Preliminary studiesInfrastructureSystems engineeringand Operation & Maintenance engineering |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 163 |
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SYSTRA Canada is part of the SYSTRA group, an international consulting and engineering group, a world leader in the design of transport infrastructures. SYSTRA Canada is an engineering and consulting firm whose primary focus is to offer transportation solutions, whether for passengers or goods: feasibility studies of building a new railway line, increasing the capacity of the existing infrastructure, privatization of a railway.
Understand better who we are by visiting www.systracanada.com.
Context
The People & Performance Manager serves as the strategic HR Business Partner to the Project Director of Design Integration within the Project LRT Alliance, supporting a complex three-way engineering joint venture environment. The role is accountable for aligning people strategies, workforce planning, talent initiatives, and organizational effectiveness activities with the objectives of the Design Integration function while fostering a high-performing, collaborative, and integrated Alliance culture.
Missions/Main Duties
- Act as the primary People & Performance advisor to the Director of Design Integration and leadership team, providing strategic guidance on resource management, organizational, and talent priorities.
- Lead workforce planning and resourcing activities for the Design Integration function, ensuring alignment with the Alliance Resource Plan and project delivery requirements while interfacing with design Leads and the Resourcing team.
- Partner with People and resourcing teams across Alliance participants to coordinate recruitment, mobilization, onboarding, and workforce transitions in accordance with Alliance governance requirements.
- Partner with functional leaders to identify current and future capability requirements, succession risks, resource gaps, and workforce priorities.
- Integrate Alliance performance management activities with partner companies, including goal setting, performance reviews, development planning, and coaching leaders on effective performance conversations.
- Facilitate talent review and succession planning processes to identify high-potential employees, critical role successors, and targeted development opportunities.
- Develop, implement, and continuously improve people programs, policies, procedures, and tools that support project outcomes and Alliance principles.
- Support employee engagement, retention, team effectiveness, change management, and culture-building initiatives across the Alliance.
- Analyze workforce metrics and trends, providing insights and recommendations to leadership to support informed decision-making and organizational performance.
- Promote and model Alliance values, fostering a "Best for Project" mindset, collaboration across partner organizations, and a high-performance culture.
Profile/Skills
- Post secondary degree or diploma in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field.
- Minimum 8 years of progressive Human Resources experience, including HR Business Partner or people leadership responsibilities.
- Experience supporting senior leaders in complex, project-based, engineering, construction, or infrastructure environments an asset.
- Demonstrated experience in workforce planning, talent management, employee relations, and organizational change.
- Experience leading and developing HR or People & Performance teams.
- CPHR, CHRL, or equivalent professional designation is considered an asset.
- Presence in the Hamilton Project Office is mandatory
SYSTRA Canada is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that values applications from all and offers employment equity based on the merits and abilities of candidates and personnel.
Note: In this description, the masculine gender is used for easy reading purposes and includes the feminine.
We use AI-enabled tools in our recruitment platform (iCIMS) for tasks like resume parsing and candidate matching. These tools do not make hiring decisions; all applications are reviewed by a human recruiter, and final decisions are made by our hiring team.
For questions about our hiring process or AI tools, please contact [email protected].
Workplace Type
HybridJournal
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