Human Resources Manager
ConfidentialABOUT ALUMINUM 3104 Our VISION is to be Canada’s most trusted beverage packaging partner. To get there, we’re building the first modern aluminum beverage can plant in Canada, and the first aluminum beverage can plant in more than 40 years. Our 200,000 sq. ft., highly automated facility in Belleville, Ontario opens in late 2027. We built it for Canadian beverage brands, and we’re partnering with the Canadian aluminum supply chain, and bringing technical and operational expertise back home to strengthen Canada’s food and beverage security. We’ll make precision aluminum cans to the exact specifications brewers and drink makers need. We’ll earn our reputation one good can, one kept promise and one honest conversation at a time. Because our lines are highly automated, the work here is about running, maintaining and improving modern production equipment. That means skilled careers, strong Total Rewards and the chance to build deep expertise. We’re a startup with big plans, guided by four VALUES: Safety First. Quality Obsessed. Excellence Driven. Stronger Together. Phase one will create more than 100 jobs, most of them filled by people from the communities around our plant. We’ll pair them with experienced industry experts from around the world to build a team that sets the standard and brings a fresh perspective. As a greenfield business, we get to do things differently. We have no legacy systems and no inherited bureaucracy. What we become will come from the people we hire. Who we’re looking for. We want people who are hungry to grow, willing to spend the time in extensive training and development programs, up for a challenge and comfortable with the unknown. We hire for character, values and attitude, and we will train for skills. If you’re tired of hearing “that’s the way it’s always been done,” and you’d rather build systems than inherit someone else’s, you’ll find a rewarding career here. POSITION OBJECTIVE & SUMMARY The HR Manager is the senior people leader for a single-site, greenfield aluminum beverage can plant and carries enterprise accountability for the people function. The role builds HR from zero through start-up and commissioning, then designs the people model the business will replicate at future sites. There is no corporate HR above this role, so the incumbent owns people strategy, policy, risk and execution end to end, and sits on the site leadership team as a business partner, not a service desk. The mandate has three parts: Build the plant's people foundation. Organizational design, hiring the start-up workforce, payroll and benefits, policies and HRIS, all live before first production. Set the culture while it is still forming. A greenfield site gets one chance to define how work gets done. This role builds and protects a culture of ownership, discipline and follow-through that keeps this plant safe, competitive and staffed as we grow, so every new line and growth opportunity starts on the same standard. Training for success. Partner and oversee the training and development system that qualifies every operator, trade and leader to a documented standard faster than any can plant, and grows our team from within. HOW THIS MANAGER WORKS Safety above all. Everyone goes home daily, this is nonnegotiable. As part of the Management Team, always ensure all work in the business is completed in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, applicable regulations, and the company’s procedures. Present on the floor. Known and respected by operators on every shift. Holds the line. Sets clear expectations and follows through, including with senior leaders. Business first. Understands labour cost, uptime and output, and frames people decisions in those terms. Builder. Comfortable creating systems from nothing, then making them repeatable. Data-driven. Uses numbers to find problems early and to make the case for…