Lead Talent Acquisition – HR Business Partner

Mud Bay Drilling

. Lead recruitment for senior, specialized, and business-critical field and office positions .

Posted 10/17/2026full-timeCalgary • CanadaSenior💰 CA$95,000 - CA$115,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in recruitment strategies for specialized and regulated roles, employee relations, and talent management. Proven ability to lead teams, coach leaders, and implement organizational effectiveness initiatives.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Talent AcquisitionEmployee RelationsWorkforce PlanningCompensation AnalysisLeadership Coaching

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Hard Skills

RecruitmentTalent ManagementCompensation AnalysisPre-Employment ScreeningChange ManagementOrganizational EffectivenessInvestigationsPerformance ManagementSuccession PlanningRisk Mitigation

Soft Skills

Strategic ThinkingSound Business JudgmentConflict ResolutionCoachingConstructive Challenge

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Human ResourcesCPHR

Industry Keywords

Safety-Sensitive RolesCross-Border RolesTalent StrategyEmployee EngagementPay Equity

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead recruitment for senior, specialized, and business-critical field and office positions
Oversee recruitment for safety-sensitive, regulated, and cross-border roles
Advise senior leaders on talent strategy, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, succession, and people risk
Lead employee relations matters, investigations, accommodations, conflict resolution, and risk mitigation
Coach leaders through performance management, performance improvement, difficult conversations, talent decisions, and accountability
Lead compensation analysis, job structure discussions, pay equity considerations, and organizational reviews
Identify capability gaps and lead engagement, retention, leadership and field training, and change initiatives
Lead a small team, set priorities, balance workload, coach performance, support development, and serve as first escalation point
Improve tools, data, workflows, and service standards across assigned regions or client groups
Partner with HR Centres of Excellence to implement enterprise programs locally, provide feedback, drive adoption, and support consistent One ConeTec practices

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, or a related field
Local HR designation such as CPHR preferred
6–10 years of progressive HR generalist and talent acquisition experience
1–3 years of prior people manager experience advantageous
Advanced experience in employee relations, investigations, leadership coaching, and talent decisions
Capability in workforce planning, compensation analysis, talent management, organizational effectiveness, pre-employment screening, immigration, work authorization, and cross-border escalation points
Demonstrated project leadership and change-management experience
Experience coaching or directly leading HR or talent acquisition professionals
Strategic thinking, practical execution, sound business judgment, constructive challenge, and ability to create clarity through ambiguity

Benefits

Comp & perks

Eligibility for the annual bonus program
Comprehensive benefits
Opportunity to strengthen HR capability and impact
Leadership development and coaching opportunities
Work with senior leaders across diverse regions and operations
Strong safety culture and commitment to operational excellence