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Toronto, Canada Area

• A premier employee-owned global engineering and environmental sciences professional services firm with 9,000+ people. Ranked among the “50 Best Companies to Work for in Canada” (Platinum member), one of “Canada's Top.
• Developed new business focused HR management frameworks, strategies and guidelines focused on that were synthesized in a concise and easy to communicate way that the organization could understand and translate into.
• Catalyst and champion of new approaches, systems and design thinking and integration of functional corporate services silos affecting corporate wide decision-making (effectiveness)
• Developed and implemented global talent acquisition and talent management programs that were focused on end-user experience and exceeding stakeholder expectations that were more effective and efficient at achieving.
• Led the selection, procurement and global deployment of a new recruitment management system and branded web recruitment marketing system
• Coached and mentored senior business development leaders and operations managers to equip them to have the right conversations and to be more successful in their roles

Mississauga, Ontario

Led the evolution of HR from an administrative function to one more strategically aligned with the business in the Ontario Region with 800 - 1000 staff in 7 offices. As a member of the 5 person Canadian HD Strategy team established talent management priorities and initiatives for the Canadian operating company focused on strengthening the basics, manager.

Mississauga, Ontario

Accountable for the performance of the environmental site assessment and remediation business unit consisting of a multi-disciplinary team of up to 30 engineers and scientists. Initiated and led an office wide Balanced Score Card People Team focused on improving communication and supporting the operations team on the implementation of the people strategy.

Mississauga, Ontario

Responsible for the full lifecycle of environmental site decommissioning projects for national and multinational industrial, mining and legal sector clients including client development, project management, program design and implementation and staff mentoring and development. A strong client advocate that provided exceptional client relationship and.

Recognized for leadership abilities and was made laboratory manager shortly after being hired. Increased lab revenue by providing exceptional client service. Supervised high profile geo-environmental projects requiring client relationship management, contractor supervision, data collection, analysis and reporting.